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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) local authorities and (b) communities on the steps that can be taken to meet the Government's targets for carbon emissions.

The Clean Growth Strategy, published in October 2017, sets out the Government’s ambitious plans for decarbonising the economy through the 2020s. We worked across Whitehall to ensure the Clean Growth Strategy is as robust and ambitious as possible.

The joint BEIS and MHCLG office for Cities and Local Growth works closely with Ministers from both departments. BEIS has launched a Local Energy Programme which will support the work of that unit and the excellent work already being achieved by local authorities and community groups.