At present, only central government departments and their arm’s-length bodies are required to measure and report their emissions in accordance with HM Treasury’s Sustainability Reporting Guidance, which leaves huge areas of the public sector, including 5 C&AG’s Report, para 1.2 6 Q 5 7 C&AG’s Report, para 12 8 Qq 15–16, 39–40 9 C&AG’s Report, para 9 & 1.13 10 Qq 23–24 11 Qq54–56, C&AG’s Report, para 3.12 12 Qg 16, 34 13 Qq 42–45 14 Q 69 10 Measuring and reporting public sector greenhouse gas ...

At present, only central government departments and their arm’s-length bodies are required to measure and report their emissions in accordance with HM Treasury’s Sustainability Reporting Guidance, which leaves huge areas of the public sector, including 5 C&AG’s Report, para 1.2 6 Q 5 7 C&AG’s Report, para 12 8 Qq 15–16, 39–40 9 C&AG’s Report, para 9 & 1.13 10 Qq 23–24 11 Qq54–56, C&AG’s Report, para 3.12 12 Qg 16, 34 13 Qq 42–45 14 Q 69 10 Measuring and reporting public sector greenhouse gas emissions schools, local government and hospitals, to develop their own approaches.15 There are some parts of the public sector, such as the NHS, where w Type: conclusion | Number: 8 | Response status: not_addressed