Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of doubling the floating offshore 2030 target from 1GW to 2GW; and if he will make a statement.

One of the key priorities of this Government is putting in place policies to support a significant growth of offshore wind to 2030 and beyond. Within this, we are committed to supporting the development of floating offshore wind, as reflected by our ambitious target of 1GW of floating wind by 2030.

Floating offshore wind will be eligible to bid as a separate technology in the next Contract for Difference allocation round, which will open in December 2021.

This approach will provide the foundation for investment in a sustainable, competitive UK-based supply chain.