Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 163786 on UK Emissions Trading Scheme, what his Department’s timescale is for publishing its response to the consultation on technical short term improvements to the free allocation policy through the UK Emissions Trading Scheme.

As part of the ongoing review into the UK's approach to free allocation policy, the UK ETS Authority published a consultation last year. This covered a number of measures, including technical short-term improvements to the policy. The UK ETS Authority will publish a response in due course.