Treasury's cost of net zero
Dear Her Majesty's Treasury,
I understand that the Treasury recently gave the cost of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050 as £1 trillion. I would like a copy of the underlying calculations so I can understand how this figure was derived.
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Montford
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Please find attached HM Treasury’s response to your information request.
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[1]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-be...
Yours sincerely
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Dear Her Majesty's Treasury,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Her Majesty's Treasury's handling of my FOI request 'Treasury's cost of net zero' on the grounds that:
1. Supporting calculations do not constitute "communications".
2. Even if they did constitute communications, the public interest has not been given due weight. The Net Zero target will involve a very significant expenditure programme. The costs of the programme were clearly in dispute between the Treasury and the CCC. Now that the policy is no longer under development (the Statutory Instrument having been passed by Parliament), the public interest should be in favour of disclosure of the relevant figures.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/t...
Yours faithfully,
Andrew Montford
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Unit | Correspondence and Information Rights | HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ www.gov.uk/hm-treasury
Dear Mr Montford
Please find attached HM Treasury’s internal review of your information
request. I am sorry for the delay in providing this to you.
I have copied below the links to published information cited in the review
response.
[1]https://ico.org.uk/media/for-organisatio...
[2]https://www.parliament.uk/business/commi...
[3]https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm...
[4]https://www.parliament.uk/business/commi...
[5]https://www.parliament.uk/business/commi...
[6]https://www.gov.uk/government/news/net-z...
[7]https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019...
[8]https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019...
Yours sincerely
Information Rights Unit | Correspondence and Information Rights Team | HM
Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ [9]www.gov.uk/hm-treasury
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4. https://www.parliament.uk/business/commi...
5. https://www.parliament.uk/business/commi...
6. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/net-z...
7. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019...
8. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019...
9. http://www.gov.uk/hm-treasury
Dear Mr Montford
Our earlier email did not get through to the Whatdotheyknow website.
I asked the website to reopen your request, which they have done. So I am
now able to re-send this response to you.
Yours sincerely
Information Rights Unit | Correspondence and Information Rights Team | HM
Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ |
[1]www.gov.uk/hm-treasury
From: FOI Requests
Sent: 24 February 2021 16:54
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Subject: IC-46878-R8K0 HM Treasury response
Dear Mr Montford
Please find attached HM Treasury’s response letter, in compliance with the
recent ICO Decision Notice.
Yours sincerely
Information Rights Unit | Correspondence and Information Rights Team | HM
Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A
2HQ | [2]www.gov.uk/hm-treasury
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