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Fortieth Report - Achieving government’s long-term environmental goals

Public Accounts Committee HC 927 Published 3 February 2021

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

22 items (7 recs)

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Government Response

AI assessment · 22 of 22 classified

Accepted 11

Accepted in Part 1

Acknowledged 2

Deferred 1

Not Addressed 7

Government response

Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fortieth report from Session 2019-21 · published 3 Sep 2021

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

5 Recommendation Accepted in Part

Environmental impacts are still not being taken into account in spending decisions.

Recommendation

Environmental impacts are still not being taken into account in spending decisions. For the last Spending Review, the Treasury asked departments to set out how their proposals would contribute towards the UK’s statutory carbon targets, and to explain their impact … Read more

Government Response Summary

The government agrees with the recommendation but states it is reviewing past guidance and considering what additional information should be published following the next spending review, rather than explicitly committing to publish the specific analysis requested.

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