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1686303

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of prioritising sustainable aviation fuel when securing non-recyclable municipal solid waste as a feedstock, in the context of the number of available near-term options for decarbonising the aviation sector.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	12397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government confirmed that a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) mandate would be introduced in 2025 requiring at least 10% (around 1.5 billion litres) of jet fuel to be made from sustainable feedstocks by 2030. Recycled carbon fuels such as non-recyclable municipal solid waste have the potential to become a key feedstock for UK produced SAF, and supporting them via the SAF mandate will broaden the existing feedstock pool. This is consistent with the Government’s approach to waste policy as guided by the waste hierarchy, where the best environmental outcome for waste that cannot be either prevented or prepared for reuse is for material to be recycled. Where waste cannot be prevented, reused or recycled, the Government supports maximising the value of residual waste through recovering energy, including supplying electricity or heat, or through use as, or conversion into, a fuel. There are a range of recovery options - both established and emerging - available to waste handling operators, which will be selected according to market conditions and local needs, taking account of the waste hierarchy and the need to ensure the best available environmental outcome for the waste. There is nothing preventing the production of fuel from residual waste if this is determined, by local authorities or other waste handlers, to be the best overall value for money and environmental outcome for such waste.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Robbie Moore question first answered 14/02/2024 15:53:31 answering member 4861 label Biography information for Robbie Moore
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1669515

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to support UK SMEs developing innovative decarbonisation technologies in the aviation sector other than through the Aerospace Technology Institute.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	1521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) is responsible for aerospace manufacturing, however the Department for Transport (DfT) is supporting UK SMEs to develop technology for use at airports to support the decarbonisation of the aviation sector.</p><p> </p><p>In October, DfT announced the latest round of Transport Research and Innovation Grant (TRIG) funding which includes £450,000 for up to 10 projects that either facilitate the development of airport ground infrastructure for zero emission aircraft or support airport operations in their transition to zero emission. TRIG is open to UK registered SMEs, large companies and universities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also works with industry and academia through the Jet Zero Council, co-chaired by the Secretaries of State for Transport, Business and Trade and Energy Security and Net Zero, to drive the delivery of new technologies and innovative ways to cut aviation emissions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 16/11/2023 15:03:19 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

1664617

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of emissions produced by private jets on the UK's ability to reach its net zero target.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	202470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport’s Jet Zero Strategy shows that the sector can achieve net zero aviation, which includes business aviation, by 2050 without government intervention to limit aviation growth. To support this the Department for Transport recently published independent research to establish a baseline of carbon emissions emitted by the General Aviation (GA) sector, which included private jets. It highlighted the need for the sector to focus on new fuels and technology, which have economic and social benefits, without limiting demand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/10/2023 11:51:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1661488

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current UK capacity to produce sustainable aviation fuel; what will be the capacity required to meet their Jet Zero Strategy targets; and whether they are on track to achieve the Jet Zero Strategy targets.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL10270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2023 answer text <p>The Jet Zero Strategy sets a clear goal of net zero aviation emissions by 2050 but recognises that there are multiple pathways to achieving that goal. In the “Jet Zero illustrative scenarios and sensitivities” document published alongside the Jet Zero Strategy four different scenarios assume different levels of sustainable aviation fuel uptake by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>To track progress against targets, the Government has set a CO2 emissions reduction trajectory based on the “high ambition” scenario that sees UK aviation emissions peak in 2019. Provisional estimates for 2022 UK international aviation greenhouse gas emissions show that they are 29% below 2019 levels. Progress will be monitored against the emissions reduction trajectory on an annual basis from 2025 and the overall strategic approach reviewed every five years.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is introducing an ambitious set of policies to support the growth of the UK Sustainble Aviation Fuel sector and meet Jet Zero targets. Emissions savings are being secured through a mandate, which will be introduced from 2025 and will require at least 10% of UK aviation fuel to be derived from sustainable sources by 2030. In the 2023 consultation, the trajectories for sustainable aviation fuel uptake from 2025 to 2040 demonstrated how these trajectories align with the 2050 scenarios and ambition set out in the Jet Zero Strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is also kick starting a domestic sustainable aviation fuel industry through £165 million funding from the Advanced Fuels Fund to support first of a kind plants to reach commercial scale. The UK does not currently have any large scale dedicated production facilities, but this funding will help to deliver the commitment to have at least five commercial SAF plants under construction in the UK by 2025. The Government has also recently committed to design and implement a revenue certainty mechanism to further support the development of a UK industry. The government has published a delivery plan, outlining how such a scheme can be delivered by 2026.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 28/09/2023 09:13:23 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1661490

registered interest
date	18/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, if any, to strengthen the International Civil Aviation Organisation agreement and the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL10272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2023 answer text <p>At the 41<sup>st</sup> Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization in 2022, the UK played a leading role in securing agreement on a net zero by 2050 CO<sub>2</sub> emissions goal for international aviation. This agreement sends a clear signal of collective ambition and provides the platform for the development of further international measures and policies. UK experts are contributing to technical work on the monitoring of progress towards the goal, and the UK is currently engaged in negotiations to define the role that sustainable aviation fuels will play in meeting it.</p><p> </p><p>The Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (or CORSIA), the first global market-based measure to address emissions from a single sector, was first agreed in 2016 and airlines have been monitoring their emissions under the scheme since 2019. A further agreement, which the UK was also influential in securing at last year’s Assembly, preserves the integrity of the scheme by setting its baseline at a level stringent enough to ensure airlines begin offsetting their emissions on flights between 125 countries from next year.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is also working to strengthen compliance with CORSIA by supporting other states to implement it. As offsetting begins and experience grows, we will use the scheme’s Periodic Reviews to negotiate for it to be strengthened such that it fully supports the new net zero goal.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 27/09/2023 14:16:42 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1658727

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he is taking to reduce emissions from the aviation sector.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	198193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government has introduced several fiscal measures to reduce emissions from the aviation sector. The aviation sector is subject to a carbon price via the Emissions Trading Scheme, meaning that airline operators must pay for each tonne of carbon that they emit. Some airline operators in the scheme receive free allowances which reduces their exposure to the carbon price. Following a consultation last year, the UK ETS Authority has announced its decision to phase out free allocation for domestic aviation by 2026.</p><p> </p><p>Air Passenger Duty (APD) is the principal tax on the aviation sector. It is expected to raise £3.8 billion in 2023-24 and the primary objective of the tax is to ensure that airlines make a fair contribution to the public finances. The banding structure for distance ensures that those who travel furthest, and thus have a greater impact on the environment, incur a greater tax liability.</p><p> </p><p>Further, the Government has committed £685 million to the Aerospace Technology Institute over this Spending Review period to help drive the development of more carbon efficient and zero-emission aircraft. At the Spending Review the Government also guaranteed funding for the Aerospace Technology Institute to 2031. Plus, £165 million has been allocated to directly support the production of more sustainable aviation fuels in the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 13/09/2023 15:24:11 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1657868

registered interest
date	04/09/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward the date by which net zero for aviation is implemented.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	197426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>In July 2022, the Government published the Jet Zero Strategy, setting out its approach to achieving net zero (or “Jet Zero”) for the UK aviation sector, focusing on the rapid development of technologies in a way that maintains the benefits of air travel. Aviation is one of the most challenging sectors to decarbonise and through the Strategy the Department has set ambitious interim targets to ensure the sector plays its part in delivering the UK’s net zero commitments through to 2050.</p><p> </p><p>These include introducing a CO<sub>2</sub> emissions reduction trajectory that sees aviation emissions peak in 2019 and residual emissions in 2050 that are comparable to the Climate Change Committee’s Balanced Net Zero pathway for aviation. In addition, the Department has set targets for UK domestic flights to reach net zero by 2040, and all airport operations in England to be zero emission by 2040.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2023, the Department published “Jet Zero Strategy: One Year On”, highlighting the progress and achievements that have been made since the launch of the Strategy, and the next steps to deliver net zero aviation by 2050. The Department has committed to a major review of the Strategy and delivery plan every five years, supported by annual monitoring of progress against its emissions reduction trajectory from 2025.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/09/2023 11:27:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1639974

registered interest
date	24/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
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 carbon footprint of all private jets registered in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	186618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2023 answer text <p>DfT recently commissioned independent research to establish a baseline of carbon emissions emitted by the General Aviation (GA) sector, in which private jets are included. The research estimated that GA flights emitted 779kt of carbon emissions per year, based on data from 2019 obtained from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The research estimated that approximately 75% of all GA emissions relate to flights for the purposes of Business Aviation.</p><p>The research is available online, at:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdecarbonising-general-aviation&amp;data=05%7C01%7CDominik.Lengauer%40dft.gov.uk%7C2b7989abb9d642059d4308db685777b2%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638218497088438831%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yzDj3OEabqiWdTQsdQeDr12ts3uDy8Xa9QTtoU7lCqw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decarbonising-general-aviation</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/06/2023 08:36:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1605172

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of using public service obligation air routes to introduce zero emissions regional flights in the UK.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	168029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government published the Jet Zero Strategy in 2022 which sets out it’s approach to achieving net zero aviation by 2050. The Strategy considers the potential for zero emission flight alongside other measures. This includes exploring the feasibility of using zero emission aircraft on existing UK government funded PSO routes, as well as noting the balance between reducing aviation emissions and ensuring value for money on routes supported by public funding.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Jet Zero Council, the Department has established a dedicated Delivery Group to convene activity across Government, industry and academia on the development of zero emission flight.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also investing £685 million between 2022 and 2035 through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme to co-fund, with industry, the development of zero-carbon and ultra-efficient aircraft technology. A recent example, announced at the seventh meeting of the Jet Zero Council in February, was £113 million of joint government and industry investment in R&amp;D projects to develop liquid hydrogen combusting jet engines and high-end lightweight batteries for small aircraft.</p><p> </p><p>ATI funding is also supporting the current flight testing by ZeroAvia of a 19- seater aircraft using hydrogen propulsion. If successfully brought to market such aircraft could provide zero emission flight on regional and sub-regional routes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 168030 question first answered 23/03/2023 16:17:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1605173

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take steps with Cabinet colleagues to incentivise the manufacture of new zero emissions aircraft in the UK for use on (a) regional and (b) sub-regional routes.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	168030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government published the Jet Zero Strategy in 2022 which sets out it’s approach to achieving net zero aviation by 2050. The Strategy considers the potential for zero emission flight alongside other measures. This includes exploring the feasibility of using zero emission aircraft on existing UK government funded PSO routes, as well as noting the balance between reducing aviation emissions and ensuring value for money on routes supported by public funding.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Jet Zero Council, the Department has established a dedicated Delivery Group to convene activity across Government, industry and academia on the development of zero emission flight.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also investing £685 million between 2022 and 2035 through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme to co-fund, with industry, the development of zero-carbon and ultra-efficient aircraft technology. A recent example, announced at the seventh meeting of the Jet Zero Council in February, was £113 million of joint government and industry investment in R&amp;D projects to develop liquid hydrogen combusting jet engines and high-end lightweight batteries for small aircraft.</p><p> </p><p>ATI funding is also supporting the current flight testing by ZeroAvia of a 19- seater aircraft using hydrogen propulsion. If successfully brought to market such aircraft could provide zero emission flight on regional and sub-regional routes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 168029 question first answered 23/03/2023 16:17:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous