Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 4773

Biofuels: Sustainable Development

Tabled: 9 September 2024
Answered: 17 September 2024

Question

Alex Sobel

Labour (Co-op)Leeds Central and Headingley

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress his Department has made on its review of biomass sustainability standards.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The 2023 Biomass Strategy contained a commitment to consult on developing and implementing a cross-sector sustainability framework to enable greater consistency across sectors. Next steps on this will be announced in due course.