John Pugh – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Pugh on 2015-10-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what data her Department holds on the carbon footprint and emissions of local authorities.

Andrea Leadsom

The Department of Energy and Climate Change has requested local authorities in England to annually measure, and report on their websites, greenhouse gas emissions data for their own estate and operations. A collation of the data extracted from local authority websites for the years 2008/09 to 2012/13 can be found on gov.uk:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/sharing-information-on-greenhouse-gas-emissions-from-local-authority-own-estate-and-operations-previously-ni-185#summary-of-local-authorities-ghg-emissions-data-for-20112012-and-20122013.

From 2013/14 DECC ceased to collate and publish the data on gov.uk.

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