| answer text |
<p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has participated in carbon offsetting resulting
from air travel. However, it has not kept central records of expenditure in respect
of carbon offsetting in the last three years and to provide this information would
incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p>The Government Legal Department has spent £171.28
on carbon offsetting over the last 3 financial years. In 2012-13, £42.13 was paid
South Pole Holding AG and in 2013-14 £129.15 was paid to Carbon Footprint Ltd. The
companies paid were those who won the e-auctions to provide Certified Emissions Reductions
(CERs) held by Crown Commercial Services in each of the years identified.</p><p>The
Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has spent £153 towards carbon offsetting over the last
three years through Crown Commercial Services carbon offsetting arrangements. In 2013,
£79 was paid for Fujian Wind power for 116 CERS (Certified Emission Reductions) and
£74 to EDF for 104 CERS in January 2014.</p><p>The Attorney General’s Office and HM
Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate have not incurred any expenditure on carbon
offsetting over the past three years.</p><p> </p>
|
|
