Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 24
24
Paragraph: 122
As the Public Accounts Committee has recently observed, there is no single point of responsibility...
Conclusion
As the Public Accounts Committee has recently observed, there is no single point of responsibility within government for monitoring overall expenditure on environmental goals, and the Government does not have a good understanding of the total costs required to deliver its environmental goals. It is difficult to determine how much of the funding announced by Ministers for these goals has so far been spent, and thus whether the Government’s funding commitments will in fact be met.
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Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
We have commissioned the Joint Nature Conservation Committee to develop a global environmental footprint indicator to help us understand the UK’s global footprint. This work is commissioned as part of indicator K1 in the Outcome Indicators Framework (OIF) for the 25 Year Environment Plan in England and exists in the context of Defra’s international commitments and ambitions, as well as alongside the other international indicators in the OIF. We will publish updates from this work in the OIF in line with established indicator reporting requirements. The first phase of this work was published in May 2021, with further development currently underway. The outcomes of this work will help inform our future thinking on the most appropriate approach to drive change in this area.