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Carbon Emissions: Finance

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 3 February 2026UIN 108293

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what funding his Department allocated for the development of its planned Net Zero strategy and action plan, including staffing and consultancy costs in the 2025-26 financial year.

Answered by Kate Dearden

Separate funding for the department's corporate sustainability activity, including net zero strategy and action planning, is not allocated. The associated work is dispersed across several functions and it is not possible to identify the cost of this. No consultancy costs have been funded or incurred in the 2025/26 financial year to date.

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