Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to include training on the implementation of the duty in section 19 of the Environment Act 2021 to have due regard to the Environmental Principles Policy Statement in the new cycle of the Statutory Instrument Capability Programme due to launch in November.

Training is available to all civil servants on the environmental principles duty. The Statutory Instrument Capability Programme is a series of monthly seminars designed to advise civil servants on the management of Statutory Instruments, including the role of Impact Assessments.