Department of Health and Social Care: Carbon Emissions

(asked on 13th December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help achieve net zero emissions by 2050.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
This question was answered on 17th December 2021

The Department is committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. Between 2009/10 and 2019/20 it reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 64%. The Department is currently developing a sustainability strategy and undertaking surveys of its estate to understand the changes required to achieve net zero.

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