Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on reaching net zero for emissions controlled by the NHS by 2040.

The Government continues to support the National Health Service to drive down its direct carbon emissions while increasing its energy efficiency and resilience.

Since 2019, the NHS has seen £1.2 billion in decarbonisation grant funding successfully delivered under the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero), replacing fossil fuel systems with non-carbon alternatives.

The Department for Health and Social Care has also invested £95 million for energy efficiency and resilience measures across the NHS estate through the National Energy Efficiency Fund in current financial year 2025/26, driving down trust energy bills while delivering carbon savings.

In addition, all NHS trusts and integrated care boards have now introduced Green Plans setting out the key actions they will take to decarbonise, and the first ever NHS Net Zero Travel and Transport Strategy was published in 2023.

The Department will continue to work across Government to pursue our shared environmental aims, and we recently confirmed a new £100 million partnership with Great British Energy to increase solar generation across the NHS from 2025/26.