F gas regulation in Great Britain: Reform of the HFC phasedown

• By email to fgas@defra.gov.uk

• Written responses by post, specifying which questions you are responding to:

F gas Regulation in Great Britain: Consultation

Domestic F gases and ODS Team

Defra

1st Floor, Seacole Building

2 Marsham Street

London

SW1P 4DF

Please note, any responses sent by post must have arrived at the above address by the closing date of the consultation in order to be considered. Unfortunately, we cannot analyse any responses received after this date. To ensure your response is included in the analysis, please consider responding online via Citizen Space.

When you reply, please confirm whether you are replying as an individual or submitting an official response on behalf of an organisation and include:

• your name

• your position (if applicable)

• the name of organisation (if applicable) 

This consultation is being conducted in line with the Cabinet Office “Consultation Principles”.

All complaints about the consultation process should be submitted to the Consultation Coordinator via email: consultation.coordinator@defra.gov.uk. To meet with Defra’s service standard, all complaints will be responded to within 15 days of receipt. 

Information and comments submitted through this consultation will be used to inform our consideration of next steps. A report summarising responses and an outline of next steps will be published on gov.uk following the conclusion of the consultation.

How we use your personal data is set out in the consultation and call for evidence exercise privacy notice.

In taking forward policy development following this consultation, in addition to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, consultation responses will be shared with Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, the Department for Business and Trade, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, HM Treasury, and the Scottish and Welsh Governments as needed.

There may be occasions when Defra will share the information you provide in response to the consultation, including any personal data, with external analysts. This is for the purposes of consultation response analysis and provision of a report of the summary of responses only.

Additionally, responses may be shared with the Environment Agency, as administrator and operator of aspects of the F gas regulatory system in Great Britain, so that any future regulatory measures following this consultation are developed and implemented in a coordinated manner.