Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Local Net Zero Forum, how often the Forum has met; what the membership of the Forum is; and whether minutes from the Forum will be published.

To date, the Local Net Zero Forum has held two meetings, with further meetings planned for the new year. The membership list will be published on gov.uk in due course.

The Forum strengthens the engagement between central government and local government on net zero by allowing discussion of net zero policy and delivery issues between officials. Forum discussions feed into ongoing policy and delivery work but the Forum itself does not make decisions or produce publications.