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1551112

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to (a) help increase the capture and reuse of used cooking oil and (b) support the domestic production of (i) hydrotreated vegetable oil and (ii) other low-carbon liquid fuels.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	109537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government published impact assessments alongside consultations on phasing out the installation of fossil fuel heating off the gas grid, on 19 October 2021. The Government will respond to those consultations and set out further details in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) scheme continues to drive a market for low carbon liquid fuels. Under the RTFO scheme, sustainable low carbon liquid fuels, including hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), are eligible for support when used in road transport and forms of non-road mobile machinery, with waste-based fuels such as HVO derived from used cooking oil benefitting from twice the reward available to low carbon fuels produced from crops.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 109536 question first answered 22/12/2022 13:14:55 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1540816

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Answer of 17 October 2022 to Question 59578, what assessment his Department makes of the proportion of biomass that is generated sustainably.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	82220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government only supports sustainable biomass and there are strict sustainability criteria. Suppliers must demonstrate to the regulator Ofgem that they have met the criteria and their evidence is independently verified.</p><p> </p><p>Consequently only biomass that complies with stringent sustainability criteria is eligible for support.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/11/2022 17:07:24 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1537238

registered interest
date	28/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reassess biomass electricity's classification as both a renewable and carbon neutral energy source.
tabling member printed	Lord Randall of Uxbridge
uin	HL3020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government considers sustainable biomass a renewable, low carbon energy source.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 11/11/2022 14:21:11 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	209 label Biography information for Lord Randall of Uxbridge

1522811

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of any plans to amend its biomass sustainability criteria in the forthcoming Biomass Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	64271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government issued a call for evidence in 2021 (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Frole-of-biomass-in-achieving-net-zero-call-for-evidence&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C04ecc173b3d147c404f508dab2827c6a%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638018570737292106%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=MYr9PlqR%2BL12hjLbPNIr9EmHb8zr0u6ODF1F3Yuvp5I%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/role-of-biomass-in-achieving-net-zero-call-for-evidence</a>) to seek stakeholder views and evidence on a range of biomass-related questions. This included potential improvements to the biomass sustainability criteria. The responses to the call for evidence, alongside feedback from extensive stakeholder engagement, are feeding into recommendations for further strengthening of the UK’s already stringent biomass sustainability criteria, which we will set out in the forthcoming Biomass Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/10/2022 16:02:34 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1523120

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his timescale is for publishing the Biomass Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	64212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is actively progressing work on the Biomass Strategy and plans to publish it in due course.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/10/2022 13:16:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1506561

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what energy support costs have been offered to users of biomass.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	51988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The use of biomass in the electricity sector is already supported by the Contracts for Difference Scheme, the Renewables Obligation Scheme and Feed in Tariff Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>In the heat sector, the Government has recently consulted on a proposal temporarily to suspend the wood pellet quality requirements for the Renewable Heat Incentive to help increase the availability of pellets.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/09/2022 13:25:19 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1504646

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish their Biomass Strategy.
tabling member printed	Lord Carrington
uin	HL2085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is actively progressing work on the biomass strategy, including work on the assessment of the priority use of biomass across the economy, which will be explained in the forthcoming strategy. The Government plans to publish the Biomass Strategy in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 20/09/2022 09:57:24 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4712 label Biography information for Lord Carrington

1503829

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's timescale is for the publication of the Government's biomass strategy.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
uin	45584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is actively progressing work on the biomass strategy, including work on the assessment of the priority use of biomass across the economy, which will be explained in the forthcoming strategy. The Government plans to publish the Biomass Strategy in due course.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/09/2022 09:48:11 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1487328

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's timescale is for making an assessment of the quantity of forestry needed to grow biomass for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage in 2050.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	32608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government only supports sustainable biomass. The Government will publish a Biomass Strategy this year which will consider the volume of forestry residues from sustainable forestry operations and the use of other sustainable feedstocks for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/07/2022 13:41:14 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1459201

registered interest
date	21/04/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the Government's Biomass Strategy 2022.
tabling member constituency	Swansea West
tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
uin	157259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government intends to publish its Biomass Strategy in late 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/04/2022 16:45:06 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies