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1019385

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the publication of the Government’s response to the consultation on E10 petrol, consumer protection and fuel pump labelling.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	198205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>It is the Department’s hope to publish a formal response to the consultation paper, “E10 petrol, consumer protection and fuel pump labelling”, in the New Year. The Department has received a number of representations on behalf of the British bioethanol industry since the consultation closed in September. I spoke to the Managing Director of Vivergo Fuels shortly after the company announced cessation of production at their plant in Hull, and am happy to meet with the hon. Member for Scunthorpe and representatives of the British bioethanol industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that the domestic bioethanol industry has faced difficult trading conditions in recent months due to increased wheat prices and low bioethanol prices. In increasing targets under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) in April, the Government made clear that moving to E10 fuel could make achieving the UK’s renewable energy targets easier and provide wider economic benefits. It is the Government’s hope that both of the UK bioethanol plants that announced suspensions in production recently will be able to restart production in the future</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 198206 198207 198210 question first answered 06/12/2018 13:54:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1019386

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the halting of production by Vivergo and other British bioethanol manufacturers on the sustainability of the British bioethanol industry.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	198206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>It is the Department’s hope to publish a formal response to the consultation paper, “E10 petrol, consumer protection and fuel pump labelling”, in the New Year. The Department has received a number of representations on behalf of the British bioethanol industry since the consultation closed in September. I spoke to the Managing Director of Vivergo Fuels shortly after the company announced cessation of production at their plant in Hull, and am happy to meet with the hon. Member for Scunthorpe and representatives of the British bioethanol industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that the domestic bioethanol industry has faced difficult trading conditions in recent months due to increased wheat prices and low bioethanol prices. In increasing targets under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) in April, the Government made clear that moving to E10 fuel could make achieving the UK’s renewable energy targets easier and provide wider economic benefits. It is the Government’s hope that both of the UK bioethanol plants that announced suspensions in production recently will be able to restart production in the future</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 198205 198207 198210 question first answered 06/12/2018 13:54:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1019387

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received from the British bioethanol industry on the sustainability of that sector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	198207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>It is the Department’s hope to publish a formal response to the consultation paper, “E10 petrol, consumer protection and fuel pump labelling”, in the New Year. The Department has received a number of representations on behalf of the British bioethanol industry since the consultation closed in September. I spoke to the Managing Director of Vivergo Fuels shortly after the company announced cessation of production at their plant in Hull, and am happy to meet with the hon. Member for Scunthorpe and representatives of the British bioethanol industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that the domestic bioethanol industry has faced difficult trading conditions in recent months due to increased wheat prices and low bioethanol prices. In increasing targets under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) in April, the Government made clear that moving to E10 fuel could make achieving the UK’s renewable energy targets easier and provide wider economic benefits. It is the Government’s hope that both of the UK bioethanol plants that announced suspensions in production recently will be able to restart production in the future</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 198205 198206 198210 question first answered 06/12/2018 13:54:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1019390

registered interest
date	03/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will meet with the hon. Member for Scunthorpe and representatives of the British bioethanol industry.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	198210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>It is the Department’s hope to publish a formal response to the consultation paper, “E10 petrol, consumer protection and fuel pump labelling”, in the New Year. The Department has received a number of representations on behalf of the British bioethanol industry since the consultation closed in September. I spoke to the Managing Director of Vivergo Fuels shortly after the company announced cessation of production at their plant in Hull, and am happy to meet with the hon. Member for Scunthorpe and representatives of the British bioethanol industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that the domestic bioethanol industry has faced difficult trading conditions in recent months due to increased wheat prices and low bioethanol prices. In increasing targets under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) in April, the Government made clear that moving to E10 fuel could make achieving the UK’s renewable energy targets easier and provide wider economic benefits. It is the Government’s hope that both of the UK bioethanol plants that announced suspensions in production recently will be able to restart production in the future</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 198205 198206 198207 question first answered 06/12/2018 13:54:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1017473

registered interest
date	30/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has his Department made of the effect on the economy of the introduction of (a) E10 and (b) E80 fuel.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	197634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The cost benefit analysis published alongside amendments to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) this year includes an assessment of the effects of E10 should it be deployed to meet increased targets for the supply of renewable fuel. Any future proposal to require the introduction of E10 would be subject to a full consultation with an accompanying impact assessment setting out the potential economic impacts.</p><p> </p><p>Most petrol vehicles in the UK can use E10, which is the test fuel for new vehicles. By contrast there are very few vehicles in the UK compatible with significantly higher blends of ethanol in petrol, such as E80 and E85, and the wide use of such fuels is considered to be of low probability in the near future.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/12/2018 11:08:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1002045

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the his Department's consultation, E10 petrol, consumer protection and fuel pump labelling, published on 20 July 2018, for what reason that consultation did not consider the mandatory introduction of E10 fuels.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	188161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department's consultation, “E10 petrol, consumer protection and fuel pump labelling”, included a call for evidence inviting stakeholders to contribute ideas on whether and how E10 could be introduced in a way which maximises the benefits of that fuel and ensures consumers are protected.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is carefully considering the responses submitted, including proposals for a mandate or scrappage scheme, and will respond to the call for evidence in due course. The information gathered in the call for evidence will help the Department to ensure that decision making on this important policy area is robust. Any legislative proposals on the mandatory introduction of E10 would be subject to a full consultation with an accompanying impact assessment.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 188163 188164 question first answered 12/11/2018 17:16:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

1002047

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the consultation, E10 petrol, consumer protection and fuel pump labelling, published by his Department on 20 July 2018, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of combining a mandated introduction of E10 fuels with a scrappage scheme for incompatible vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	188163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department's consultation, “E10 petrol, consumer protection and fuel pump labelling”, included a call for evidence inviting stakeholders to contribute ideas on whether and how E10 could be introduced in a way which maximises the benefits of that fuel and ensures consumers are protected.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is carefully considering the responses submitted, including proposals for a mandate or scrappage scheme, and will respond to the call for evidence in due course. The information gathered in the call for evidence will help the Department to ensure that decision making on this important policy area is robust. Any legislative proposals on the mandatory introduction of E10 would be subject to a full consultation with an accompanying impact assessment.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 188161 188164 question first answered 12/11/2018 17:16:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

1002048

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the publication of the Government’s response to the consultation entitled E10 petrol, consumer protection and fuel pump labelling, published by her Department on 20 July 2018.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	188164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department's consultation, “E10 petrol, consumer protection and fuel pump labelling”, included a call for evidence inviting stakeholders to contribute ideas on whether and how E10 could be introduced in a way which maximises the benefits of that fuel and ensures consumers are protected.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is carefully considering the responses submitted, including proposals for a mandate or scrappage scheme, and will respond to the call for evidence in due course. The information gathered in the call for evidence will help the Department to ensure that decision making on this important policy area is robust. Any legislative proposals on the mandatory introduction of E10 would be subject to a full consultation with an accompanying impact assessment.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 188161 188163 question first answered 12/11/2018 17:16:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

971344

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of bio-ethanol fuel comes from sources in (a) the UK, (b) the EU and (c) the rest of the world.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	172422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department publishes regular statistics covering the volume of biofuel reported under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation. This data includes feedstock and country of origin at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/biofuels-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/biofuels-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest full year’s verified data is in report 6 from obligation year 9 (2016/17). It shows that 1,541 million litres of renewable fuel was supplied, of which 49 per cent was bioethanol. This is a total of 758 million litres of bioethanol. Of this total amount, 218 million litres (29 percent) is produced from UK feedstocks, 429 million litres, (57 percent) is produced from feedstocks sourced from elsewhere in the EU, and 111 million litres (15 percent) is produced from feedstocks sourced from the rest of the world.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/09/2018 10:42:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

830380

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of waste-based biodiesel which will be used in 2020; and what information his Department holds on the amount of such biodiesel which was used in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2013-14, and (c) 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	124946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2018 answer text <p>In September we published “The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations Order, Government response to the consultation on amendments”. Appendices of Annex A of that Government response include details of the evidence and assumptions underpinning our analysis of the costs and benefits of the proposals. Table 30 in Appendix 3 includes estimates of waste-based biodiesel supply to 2020 and beyond.</p><p> </p><p>Biofuel statistics setting out the amount of biofuel by feedstock reported under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) are published on the Department for Transport pages of the gov.uk website. These statistics indicate that the volume of waste-based biodiesel supplied was as follows (a) 742 million litres in 2014-15, (b) 749 million litres in 2013-14, and (c) 461 million litres in 2012-13.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/02/2018 11:43:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner