Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 34
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Accepted in Part
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Five-yearly Jet Zero Strategy review timetable is too relaxed, risking late policy adjustments.
Conclusion
Ministers have committed to five-yearly reviews of progress against the Jet Zero Strategy’s targets, and have undertaken to take action to amend policy if it appears to be necessary. On the current timetable the first such review is to take place in 2027. This appears to us to be a relaxed timetable for policy review at what is a critical stage for an incipient policy. If a review in 2027 concludes that targets are unlikely to be met, the ensuing policy changes will only bear fruit in the early 2030s—arguably too late for the emissions reductions initially envisaged to be achieved.
Government Response Summary
The government notes the concern about the review timetable, stating they will monitor progress annually from 2025, with the first major review of the Jet Zero Strategy remaining in 2027. They also plan to produce a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation framework.
Paragraph Reference:
200
Government Response
Accepted in Part
HM Government
Accepted in Part
The Government notes this recommendation. The Government are committed to a data led approach in our policy making and we remain transparent in our modelling towards Jet Zero. We will monitor progress against our emissions reduction trajectory on an annual basis from 2025, with a major review of the Strategy and delivery plan every five years. The first major review will be in 2027, five years after publication of the Strategy in 2022. We are consistently reviewing and updating our underlying evidence and analysis relating to aviation decarbonisation, and any updated modelling as a result of this will be included in our reviews of the Jet Zero Strategy. To further our monitoring and to effectively track progress against our Jet Zero targets, we plan to produce a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation framework which will include suggestions for appropriate data collection methods, monitoring metrics, and evaluation activities.