Carbon Literacy Training
Authority [[department-of-environment-food-and-agriculture
Date received 2025-11-26
Outcome Some information sent but not all held
Outcome date 2025-12-10
Topic [[environment-agriculture

Summary

A request sought the specific benefits and efficiency impacts of £50,450.38 spent on Carbon Literacy training, but the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture clarified the actual cost was £42,350.38 and refused to provide interpretative opinions on the training's value, instead directing the requester to a project review document.

Key Facts

  • The Department corrected the requested expenditure figure from £50,450.38 to £42,350.38.
  • Information regarding the specific benefits and efficiency impacts was withheld as it constitutes opinion rather than recorded information.
  • A link to the 'Review of Carbon Literacy Project for the Isle of Man Public Service' was provided as an alternative source of information.
  • The Department clarified that Carbon Literacy training covers climate science, carbon footprints, and action planning.
  • The request was initially clarified on 27 November 2025 before the final response was issued.

Data Disclosed

  • £50,450.38
  • £42,350.38
  • £730
  • £10 per head
  • 507 staff
  • 434 staff
  • 73 staff
  • 6%
  • 2025-11-26
  • 2025-11-27
  • 2025-12-10
  • 8 hours
  • 5121005

Exemptions Cited

  • Information not held (request seeks interpretation or opinion rather than recorded information)

Original Request

  1. What benefit has the expenditure of £50,450.38 paid to Earthscope Limited for "carbon literacy training" undertaken by a little over 6% of Government workers across the public sector, been to the efficiency of Government Departments where they are employed and to Government generally in its quest to achieve "Net Zero"?

  2. Of the 507 staff who undertook the training Minster Barber has been quoted as saying that only 434 completed both parts of the training. Does this mean that the 73 staff members who didn't complete both parts of the training are not carbon literate and that the £730 costs of their training at £10 per head has been wasted?