Question follow-through · 25905

Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the UK's carbon footprint including emissions from imported goods is since 2010.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
22 Jan 2025
Target answer date
24 Jan 2025
Answer
28 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the UK's carbon footprint including emissions from imported goods is since 2010.

  2. 24 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Information about the Carbon footprint for the UK is published here : Carbon footprint for the UK and England to 2021 - GOV.UK Data are available up to 2021. The total carbon footprint now includes the seven main Greenhouse Gases comprising: CO2, Methane ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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