Question follow-through · 111462

UK Export Finance: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the cost to UK Export Finance was in 2024–25 of expanding its climate stress testing models and scenarios using Network for Greening the Financial System scenarios; what the estimated cost of this

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
6 Feb 2026
Target answer date
10 Feb 2026
Answer
12 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 6 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the cost to UK Export Finance was in 2024–25 of expanding its climate stress testing models and scenarios using Network for Greening the Financial System scenarios; what the estimated cost of this

  2. 10 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The work to update UKEF’s climate stress testing models in 2024-25 is in line with industry good practice on financial risk management and uses tools at no extra cost. This work is part of our ongoing responsibilities to meet government risk management re...

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