Question follow-through · 101478
Ministry of Justice: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the net zero targets for the Ministry of Justice and its arm’s-length bodies are; and what guidance has been issued to prisons, courts and other agencies on adopting net zero targets earlier than 2050.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jan 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the net zero targets for the Ministry of Justice and its arm’s-length bodies are; and what guidance has been issued to prisons, courts and other agencies on adopting net zero targets earlier than 2050.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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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 their ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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