Disclosure Log

Freedom of Information request - Freedom of Information Request Under the Environmental Information Regulation 2004 - Carbon offset contributions received by the Council (FOI/8103)

Message from Nottinghamshire County Council - 23 June 2026

Dear *********                                                    

Provision of requested information – Ref: FOI/00008103

Thank you for your request for information about Carbon offset contributions, which we received on 16th June 2026.  Your request has been considered under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR). The response to your request is provided below.

In your request you asked:
 
  1. The total amount of carbon offset contributions received by the Council for each fiscal year from 2022 to the present day.

The council has not received any funding relating to carbon offsetting contributions.
 
  1. A breakdown of how the total offset funds were allocated, including:

- The amount of funds directed to each individual offset project or initiative;
- The exact name of each carbon offsetting initiative or project;
- The location of each initiative, including the most precise geographic information available (e.g. site address, or local authority area).

          Not applicable

For each project identified above, please indicate whether it is:

a.) Council-led (wholly managed and delivered by the Council); or
b.) Collaborative (delivered in partnership with another local authority, public body, or third-party organisation). If so, please name the partner organisations involved.

Not applicable

Your privacy: we use your personal information such as name and address so that we can comply with our legal obligations to respond to EIR requests.  For further details about the use of information about you, please see the information handling privacy notice on our website at https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/4323566/informationgovernanceandinformationrightsprivacynotice.pdf.

If you are unhappy with the way the authority has handled your request you may ask for an internal review.  Please contact: Complaints and Information – Team Manager, Nottinghamshire County Council, County Hall, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, NOTTINGHAM, NG2 7QP or [email protected], who will arrange an internal review of your case.

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.  The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, WILMSLOW, SK9 5AF or https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/foi-and-eir-complaints/.

If you have any queries about this letter please contact me.

Yours sincerely

The Complaints and Information Team
Nottinghamshire County Council