Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 290324 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Energy Supply, whether his Department remains committed to reducing the impact of its operations on the environment and achieving net zero emissions by 2025; and if he will provide an update on the progress taken to date.

BEIS is working towards achieving the Greening Government Commitments which set out the actions that UK government departments and their agencies will take to reduce their impacts on the environment, including targets for departmental reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, with current targets for the period 2021-25.

BEIS is committed to contributing towards the UK government’s net zero by 2050 target.

The response to the PQ 290324 from 2019, suggested BEIS had a net zero target of 2025 which is incorrect.

In 2019/20 BEIS had reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 72% compared to a 2009/10 baseline.