Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 56447
Timber: Subsidies
Tabled: 2 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025
Question
Pippa Heylings
Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, on what statutory basis his Department can prevent biomass companies from claiming renewable subsidies for burning wood from irreplaceable primary forests.
Answer
Michael ShanksThe Secretary of State has the statutory authority to determine the sustainability criteria for biomass subsidies either by secondary legislation such as regulations under the Renewables Obligation scheme, or by determining the terms of a contract under t...
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