Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she will publish updated estimates of the impact of the SAF Mandate on average air fares, including the potential costs of buyout payments arising from insufficient fuel supply in (a) 2027, (b) 2028 and (c) 2030.

The Department for Transport plans to publish an annual Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate statistics report following each reporting year. These reports will include information on compliance with the SAF Mandate, including the use of buy-out payments where applicable.

Projections of future buyout payments under the SAF Mandate, and associated impacts on air fares, are dependent on future market developments and form part of ongoing policy development and analysis. As such, the Department is not currently providing projections for specific future years.