To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which companies providing carbon offsetting arrangements his officials examined in making a choice for his Department's offsetting arrangements. (119406)

DEFRA ran a tendering process for the Government carbon offsetting fund contract and received 16 expressions of interest from:

AEA Technology plc

Agrinergy Ltd

Arup Project Management

Carbon Aided Ltd

Carbon Ventures Ltd

Carbonium

Climate Focus BV

Climate Wedge Ltd

CO2e Ltd

Ecofys UK Ltd

EcoSecurities Ltd

EEA Fund Management Ltd

Hyder Consulting (UK) Ltd

Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM)

South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd

The Carbon Neutral Company

EEA Fund Management was selected as the winning bidder after delivering the highest score following all rounds of the evaluation process.