Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measurements he has made of the UK armed forces' carbon emissions for (a) 2015 and (b) any previous years for which data is held; and what plans the Government has to reduce UK military carbon emissions in response to the Paris Climate Change Agreement.

Information on the UK Armed Forces' carbon emissions from 2009-10 to 2014-15 can be found in pages 11 and 12 of the Sustainable Ministry of Defence (MOD) Annual Report, using the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/447951/20150723-Sustainable_MOD_Annual_Report-internet-ver.pdf

The MOD continues to reduce carbon emissions as part of the Government's Greening Government commitments and the new targets are being developed for 2016-2020.