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Department for Business and Trade: Carbon Emissions

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 23 February 2026UIN 112686

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 108797, what the estimated costs were of proposals, programmes or initiatives aimed at reducing official travel emissions in a) 2024–25 and b) 2025

Answered by Kate Dearden

The Department has no programmes aimed specifically at reducing official travel emissions and therefore has incurred no costs of proposals, programmes or initiatives aimed at reducing official travel emissions.

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