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Twenty-Third Report - Measuring and reporting public sector greenhouse gas emissions
Public Accounts Committee
HC 39
Published 2 November 2022
Conclusions (2)
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
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 Summary
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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Conclusion
BEIS has not spelt out the assumptions underpinning its ambitions to decarbonise the public sector, in particular the extent to which it is relying on technological innovation to meet its long-term targets. BEIS told us that it expects electric heat pumps to fall to around the same price as gas …