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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an estimate of the quantity of wood pellets that will be burnt at Drax in each year up to 2027.

The Government has not made an estimate of the quantity of wood pellets that will be burnt at Drax, however Drax has a fixed declared net generation capacity of 2,595 MW for biomass and has previously utilised 6-7 million tonnes of biomass pellets per year when operating at capacity. Drax is able to generate electricity using a variety of biomass feedstocks, providing they meet the sustainability criteria set under the Contracts for Difference and Renewable Obligation schemes.