Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 17 December 2024 on Development and the environment, HCWS317, how the new Environmental Outcome Reporting regime will differ from the EU legacy (a) Environment Impact Assessment and (b) Strategic Environmental Assessment regimes; and whether the Environmental Outcome Reporting regime will include carbon reporting.

As set out in my answer to Question UIN 26559 on 6 February 2025, the detail of the new system will be set out in secondary legislation through regulations as well as in guidance.