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Carbon Emissions: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 16 April 2026 on Carbon Price Support, HCWS1519, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to tax revenues of abolishing Carbon Price Support in each financial year

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Treasury
Tabled
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
22 Apr 2026
Answer
22 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Written Statement of 16 April 2026 on Carbon Price Support, HCWS1519, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to tax revenues of abolishing Carbon Price Support in each financial year

  2. 22 Apr 2026

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  3. 22 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    As the grid continues to decarbonise, the Carbon Price Support (CPS) tax base will become smaller and CPS revenue is forecast to significantly decline.Final costings will be confirmed at a fiscal event in the usual way. The Chancellor will set out details...

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