Ferries: UK Emissions Trading Scheme
Commons · Question 109242 · Tabled 28 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Greg Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what policy reason route-level impact assessments were not published for ferry-dependent communities ahead of laying secondary legislation for the domestic maritime UK ETS.
Answer
Answered by Keir Mather, 4 Feb 2026
It is neither proportionate nor expected to conduct individual route-level impact assessments for all routes in scope of the ETS. An Impact Assessment was published alongside the main Authority Response to the "UK Emissions Trading Scheme Scope Expan...