Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 39198

Fishing Vessels: Electricity

Tabled: 18 March 2025
Answered: 24 March 2025

Question

Martin Wrigley

Liberal DemocratNewton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will provide funding to support the electrification of UK fishing fleets.

Answer

Daniel Zeichner
The UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions programme in the Department for Transport has opened a round of funding for feasibility studies and pre-deployment trials into clean maritime solutions, with fishing vessels in scope.

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