PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Remote Working: Environment Protection (19 May 2021)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the environmental benefits of remote working.
Asked by:
Esther McVey (Conservative)
Asked by:
Esther McVey (Conservative)
Answer
Assessing the environmental benefits of remote working is complex. Account needs to be taken of issues beyond commuter transport – for instance, the energy efficiency of our housing compared with that of commercial buildings and the increase in local travel which home-working can bring. Overall, the evidence on the net environmental benefits is mixed.
The policy opportunities associated with homeworking from a climate perspective are more likely to concern how we promote low carbon actions and behaviours when people are working from home, rather than simply asking people to work remotely.
Answered by:
Paul Scully (Conservative)
28 May 2021
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