Question follow-through · 101477
Ministry of Defence: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net zero targets for the Ministry of Defence and its arm’s-length bodies are; and what guidance has been issued on adopting net zero targets earlier than 2050.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jan 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the net zero targets for the Ministry of Defence and its arm’s-length bodies are; and what guidance has been issued on adopting net zero targets earlier than 2050.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Net Zero target in the Climate Change Act 2008, is a target for the whole of the UK, not individual departments or arms-length bodies. Greening Government Commitments are the central framework setting out the actions UK Government departments and thei...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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