Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 118716

Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage

Tabled: 9 March 2026

Answered: 17 March 2026

Question

Mr Toby Perkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of carbon capture, utilisation and storage on safeguarding domestic foundation industries, including cement and lime, while meeting the UK’

Answer

Michael Shanks

The emissions of some foundational industries, such as refining and cement and lime, are mainly from processes that cannot be reduced by fuel switching. The CCC have said that CCS would be responsible for 62%% of emissions reductions in the cement and lim...

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