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Department for Business and Trade: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the value was of his Department's activities which (a) lapsed and (b)were cancelled as a result of the 2025 zero-based budget review.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
26 Jun 2025
Target answer date
7 Jul 2025
Answer
7 Jul 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the value was of his Department's activities which (a) lapsed and (b)were cancelled as a result of the 2025 zero-based budget review.

  2. 7 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    DBT conducted a comprehensive zero-based review as part of SR25 to identify a range of savings and efficiencies, including agreeing bespoke technical efficiency targets and delivery plans for day-today budgets with the Office for Value or Money. Through t...

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