Environment Protection: Employment
Lords · Question HL3541 · Tabled 17 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 3 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Baroness Fookes
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will take account of the role played by environmental horticulture in their definition of green jobs.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock, 3 Jan 2025
The ONS defines green jobs as: "employment in an activity that contributes to protecting or restoring the environment, including those that mitigate or adapt to climate change" (2024, ONS - Experimental estimates of green jobs, UK - Office for N...