The Committee on Climate Change
- Date 9 February 2026
- Sector Central government, Other
- Decision(s) EIR 12(4)(a): Not upheld, EIR 14(3): Upheld, EIR 14(2): Upheld
The complainant submitted an information request to the Climate Change Committee (CCC) for spreadsheets that set out the gross and baseline costs for the ‘7th Carbon Budget’.
The Commissioner’s decision is that on the balance of probabilities, the CCC does not hold the information being requested, and so regulation 12(4)(a) (information not held) of the EIR applies. However, in initially handling the request under FOIA, and not the EIR, the CCC breached regulations 14(2) and 14(3) of the EIR.
The Commissioner does not require further steps, as a result of this decision notice.