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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Carbon Emissions (29 June 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much carbon his Department’s activities have produced in each of the last five years.

Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

The table below shows how much carbon the Department’s activities have produced in each of the last four reporting years since the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy was formed in 2016.

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

Emissions tCO2e

2,529.24*

3,231.08

2,607.31

2,465.37

*Emissions for 2016/17 are based on energy consumed at the Department’s headquarters building (1 Victoria Street, London) and do not include emissions from other activities.


Answered by:
Kwasi Kwarteng (Conservative)
7 July 2020

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