Carbon Emissions
Commons · Question 27454 · Tabled 29 Jan 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of net zero policies since 2000.
Answer
Answered by Kerry McCarthy, 6 Feb 2025
The Net Zero transition is critical to sustainable UK growth because of the economic costs of unmitigated climate change. The Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) published its analysis of the cost of reaching net zero by 2050 in chapter 3 of the July 20...