Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy on levels of domestic carbon emissions as of 11 July 2023.

The Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy (March 2021) set out a plan for decarbonising industry in line with the government’s net zero goals, including an indicative Carbon Budget 6 (CB6) pathway. These plans were updated in the Net Zero Strategy (NZS) (October 2021) and further updated in the Net Zero Growth Plan (NZGP) (March 2023).

Industry emissions are expected to fall:

• by 15% to 25% on average over 2023-27, 41% to 52% by 2030 and 62% to 75% on average over 2033-37, compared to 2021 levels, and
• by 87-96% by 2050, down to 3-10 MtCO₂e^[2], to meet the net zero goal.