20
Accepted
Complex public funding hinders DESNZ's ability to track net zero innovation spending.
Recommendation
The complexity of public sector funding will make it hard for DESNZ and the Innovation Delivery Board to track spending.55 We challenged witnesses on how the Government will report to the public on progress against plans for delivering net zero innovations and reaching carbon objectives.56
Government Response Summary
The government agrees to improve public reporting on net zero innovation progress, committing DESNZ to publish an update on the Net Zero Research and Innovation Framework Delivery Plan by Spring 2025.
Government Response
Accepted
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
7.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: Spring 2025 7.2 DESNZ intends to publish an update on the Net Zero Research and Innovation Framework Delivery Plan’s progress by the end of the current Spending Review period in 2025.
Source
Committee
Public Accounts Committee
Report
Seventy-Ninth Report - Support for innovation to deliver net zero
15 Nov 2023
HC 1331
Addressee Bodies
HM Treasury
Timeline
Recommendation age
2.5 yrs
Report published
15 Nov 2023