Department for International Development: Carbon Emissions
(asked on 7th September 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department spent on carbon offsetting in each of the last three years; and to which companies payments in respect of carbon offsetting were made in each such year.
This question was answered on 14th September 2015
DFID has offset all its air miles flown annually since 2008 through the Government Carbon Offsetting Scheme (GCOF). We have spent the following sums in each of the last three years:
2011/12: £8,345
2012/13: £14,208
2013/14: £25,341
In 2011/12 and 2012/13 payment was made to EDF Trading Ltd. In 2013/14 it was made to Carbon Footprint Ltd.