Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made to date with Operation Zero and its target of delivering zero emission vessels in the offshore wind supply chain by 2025.

The Operation Zero implementation plan was launched in Grimsby in October 2022 with attendance from signatories from across the offshore wind sector and government officials. At this event the steering board and working groups for the initiative were formed.

The first meeting of the steering board is scheduled for April this year with the working groups meeting in March.

My department has been engaging with relevant teams across government to progress this work.