Transport: Carbon Budgets
Commons · Question 68457 · Tabled 16 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Sarah Olney
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department’s policies of the UK Climate Change Committee's report entitled the Sixth Carbon budget, published in December 2020.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 22 Jul 2025
As the UK’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, transport has an important role in the UK economy meeting the Sixth Carbon Budget. Transport emissions reduced by 10% between 2019 and 2023, but must fall faster to achieve our legal targets. The Gov...