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Measuring and reporting public sector greenhouse gas emissions

Status: Closed Opened: 9 Jun 2022 Closed: 24 Feb 2023 11 recommendations 7 conclusions 1 report

In June 2019, the government committed in law to achieving ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The overall responsibility for achieving net zero was assigned to the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy which published the Net Zero Strategy two years later in October 2021, committing government and wider public sector to lead …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twenty-Third Report - Measuring and reporting public sector… HC 39 2 Nov 2022 18 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
1 Conclusion Twenty-Third Report - Measuring and rep… Not Addressed

On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence...

On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the Department for Environment. Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and HM Treasury on how the public sector measures and reports its greenhouse gas emissions (emissions).1

Government response. The government response consists of correcting a factual error in the committee's conclusion regarding the date of the hearing and publication of the report.
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Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
4 Jul 2022 Ben Rimmington · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, David Hill · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Sarah Munby · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Steve Field · HM Treasury View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
DateDirectionTitle
8 Sep 2022 — Correspondence from Sarah Munby, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Department…