Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the contribution of cities and local government will be examined in the forthcoming emissions reduction plan.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is looking ahead to the emissions reduction plan, which will set out how we will decarbonise across the UK through the 2020s.

The benefits of local energy projects include increased economic growth, carbon reduction, improved public health and welfare, and cost reduction. Support for local energy aligns with and complements other work across Government, including devolution and the provision of flexibility and decision making powers to local areas.

Officials are already actively engaging with Local Enterprise Partnerships, Local Authorities, the community energy sector and other local partners to support delivery of local energy projects which contribute to the achievement of national objectives.