Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring quantitative assessments under the adaptation reporting power in the Climate Change Act 2008.

The Government is consulting on proposals for the fourth round of climate adaptation reporting under the Adaptation Reporting Power. This includes consideration of guidance to support reporting organisations and whether to make reporting voluntary or mandatory. The consultation closes on 5^th April and can be accessed at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/climate-change-adaptation-reporting-power-plans-for-the-fourth-round. Consultation feedback will inform the final strategy, to be published alongside the third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) this year.