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1724261

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of lower carbon-emitting fuels on the rate of decarbonisation of the maritime sector.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	2363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2024 answer text <p>Decarbonising transport is central to the delivery of the UK’s cross-economy climate targets, and directly supports the Prime Minister’s mission to make Britain a clean energy superpower and accelerate our journey to net zero.</p><p> </p><p>The International Maritime Organization (IMO)’s revised 2023 greenhouse gas (GHG) strategy and the upcoming negotiations later this year will be of vital importance to decarbonising the global maritime sector. The measures under consideration include a goal-based marine fuel standard which would drive down the GHG intensity of marine fuels and incentivise the uptake the cleaner zero and near zero GHG emission fuels. The potential impact of these global measures will be considered in a comprehensive impact assessment as part of this negotiation process.</p><p> </p><p>This work goes hand in hand with the need to unlock investment in maritime decarbonisation technologies; zero and near zero GHG emission vessels; and green port infrastructure within the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wythenshawe and Sale East answering member printed Mike Kane question first answered 03/09/2024 16:39:31 answering member 4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

1700357

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will (a) develop and (b) implement an updated net zero shipping strategy.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	21244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department is actively preparing to release a refreshed Clean Maritime Plan in Spring 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/04/2024 10:46:22 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1697853

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Operation Zero steering board meetings were there in 2023; and how long each meeting lasted.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	19810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>In 2023, the Operation Zero Steering Board met three times, with each meeting lasting two hours.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/03/2024 10:31:36 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1677833

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met representatives of the shipping industry to discuss the operation of Emissions Trading Schemes in the maritime sector.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	6783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The expansion of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to domestic maritime is currently planned from 2026. Officials across the UK ETS Authority have been regularly engaging across the maritime sector ahead of the next consultation on expansion of the UK ETS to domestic maritime. My officials met with industry bodies as recently as three weeks ago, and will continue to do so both ahead of, and following, the publication of the next consultation on the expansion of the UK ETS.</p><p> </p><p>The EU ETS meanwhile will apply to all cargo and passenger vessels over 5000GT operating within the European Economic Area (EEA) and internationally to the EEA from 1 Jan 2024.</p><p> </p><p>We have no plans to make a full assessment of this EU ETS scheme, it will impact all nations going to the EEA equally. The amount of in-scope emissions that allowances must be surrendered will increase from 40% in 2024, increasing to 70% in 2025, and 100% in 2026. The EU ETS will initially cover carbon dioxide emissions and be widened to include methane and nitrous oxide from 2026.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to monitor developments of international and regional carbon pricing instruments covering shipping schemes, including the EU ETS proposal, and consider how these might interact with our domestic policy in the future. This will be applied equally to all operators travelling internationally to the EEA. The EU ETS is not expected to have any organizational impact on the MCA.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 6780 6782 6784 6785 question first answered 20/12/2023 13:51:03 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1676594

registered interest
date	08/12/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the status is of each project funded through the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	5998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/clean-maritime-demonstration-competition-cmdc" target="_blank">Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC)</a> has thus far awarded over £95m to 105 projects since 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The first round, CMDC1, allocated £23m to 55 projects, which delivered feasibility studies and technology trials between September 2021 – March 2022. A summary of the projects and their outcomes can be found <a href="https://www.ukri.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/IUK-28092022-7052_CMDC-Project-Brochure_sh_final1.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>CMDC2 allocated £12m to 31 projects to deliver feasibility studies and pre-deployment trials between January – August 2023. 25 projects completed by August 2023. Six projects received project extensions and completed by November 2023.</p><p> </p><p>CMDC3 allocated £60m to 19 projects to deliver technology and system demonstrations between April 2023 – March 2025. 16 projects have commenced work and are due to complete by March 2025. Three projects did not commence the delivery phase, due to issues they encountered during project set up. No grant funding was paid out to these projects, and the funding will be utilised elsewhere in the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE) programme.</p><p> </p><p>CMDC4 was launched in July 2023 with a budget of £34m. The application window closed on 27 September 2023 and winning projects will be announced in early 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 18/12/2023 14:17:50 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1665447

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Just Transition Task Force report entitled Mapping a Maritime Just Transition, published 9 Nov 2022, what assessment he has made of the implication for his policies of that report's recommendations on the number of seafarers requiring additional training to handle alternative fuels and technologies by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	202964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has not been involved with Just Transition Task Force report entitled Mapping a Maritime Just Transition, published 9 Nov 2022 therefore no assessments to this report have been made.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 25/10/2023 13:11:23 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1653959

registered interest
date	18/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to support the maritime sector's transition to net zero emissions.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	194910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>The government continues to deliver on commitments made in the 2021 Transport Decarbonisation Plan (TDP). In July, we confirmed that the UK Emissions Trading Scheme would be extended to include domestic maritime emissions, beginning in 2026 and published the summary of responses to the domestic maritime course to zero consultation.</p><p> </p><p>The fourth round of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition was launched on 7<sup>th</sup> July, bringing the total invested through the CMDC to £129 million, part of the £206 million UK SHORE R&amp;D investment to support maritime decarbonisation.</p><p> </p><p>Internationally the United Kingdom has worked ambitiously with the International Maritime Organization to reach a unanimous agreement at landmark negotiations in July, for net zero emissions by around 2050 that puts the Paris Agreement 1.5C temperature goal within reach.</p><p> </p><p>The department intends to publish a refresh of the Clean Maritime Plan (CMP) by the end of 2023. It will build on the achievements of the 2019 CMP and TDP to deliver an ambitious, action focused plan to accelerate maritime decarbonization in the UK.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 24/07/2023 10:53:52 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1642769

registered interest
date	07/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support the (a) development and (b) procurement of decarbonising technology in the maritime sector.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	188264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>My department is supporting the decarbonisation of the UK maritime sector through a two-pronged approach: R&amp;D funding and investment through the £206m UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions (UK SHORE) programme, the biggest government investment ever in our commercial maritime sector, accompanied by a comprehensive policy and regulatory programme.</p><p> </p><p>So far UK SHORE has invested R&amp;D funding to the tune of over £95m in three rounds of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, £7.4m in a Clean Maritime Research Hub in partnership with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and £77m Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure (ZEVI) competition, which will see three-year demonstrations of operational zero emission vessels and the infrastructure needed to support them deployed by 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 12/06/2023 10:45:36 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1624216

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what their success criteria are for reaching agreement on reducing the UK’s international shipping emissions in line with Net Zero at the July 2023 meeting of the International Maritime Organisation’s Marine Environment Protection Committee.
tabling member printed	Baroness Parminter
uin	HL7474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK is committed to building consensus to ensure international shipping keeps pace with the Paris goal of 1.5°C degrees and is championing a 2050 target of zero emissions.</p><p> </p><p>While we cannot provide specific comment on success criteria during ongoing negotiations, the UK is working to ensure the Marine Environment Protection Committee agrees a strengthened revision of the 2018 IMO greenhouse gas reduction strategy this July.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 04/05/2023 12:48:20 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4178 label Biography information for Baroness Parminter

1602891

registered interest
date	09/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department will take to (a) prioritise funding for the Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure (ZEVI) competition and (b) ensure that this funding is spent on increasing and improving clean maritime technologies.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	162281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The Zero Emissions and Vessels and Infrastructure Scheme (ZEVI) was launched on 6 February 2023. It is a key scheme of the £206m UK SHORE programme, demonstrating high Technology Readiness Level vessels and infrastructure as part of the pipeline accelerating clean maritime technologies towards commercial readiness. The £77m of match funding under ZEVI is available to fund the construction and set-up of projects until March 2025, with project partners covering all costs of demonstrating in an operational environment for the following three years. This ZEVI funding will be allocated to projects via fair and open competition as run and operated by Innovate UK. Deadline for applications is 19 April 2023 and projects will be scored on the innovation demonstrated within their projects as well as how they will share knowledge and develop the clean maritime market beyond this. Full criteria details can be found <a href="https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/zevi-alternative-fuel-vessels-and-refuelling-infrastructure" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 17/03/2023 09:25:45 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan