Fuels

(asked on 24th January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the oral contribution by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport, on January 18 2018, Official Report, column 634, if his Department will publish details of meetings Ministers and officials of his Department have held with fuel suppliers in each year since 2015.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 2nd February 2018

Ministers and officials meet regularly with representatives from fuel suppliers and counterparts in other countries, and discuss a wide range of issues.

Details of meetings taking place with either Ministers or the Permanent Secretary and external organisations are published on a quarterly basis and are available via the gov.uk website.

Other officials at the Department are not required to keep a record of meetings attended and a comprehensive list of meetings with fuel suppliers and counterparts in other countries could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. However, officials hold regular meetings with such parties. These include stakeholder meetings and workshops with fuel suppliers affected by the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, and regular meetings with counterparts from other EU Member States as part of the Concerted Action on Renewable Energy Sources group. Information on Concerted Action is available at https://www.ca-res.eu/index.php?id=2

The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, sponsored by Government and industry, runs a working group which considers E10 as well as new labelling requirements under the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive. This group takes into account experiences in other countries. Details of working group meetings are at

https://www.lowcvp.org.uk/projects/fuels-working-group/e10-public-info-prep.htm

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