Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Lloyd’s Register Decarbonisation Hub’s Zero Carbon Fuel Monitor, if she will fund experimental research into the impact of liquid hydrogen in the context of the safety of its storage and transportation.

The Department for Transport is funding research and development into a range of technologies, fuels and projects to decarbonise maritime, including hydrogen.

The first two rounds of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition have allocated funding to 86 projects to support the design and development of clean maritime solutions. 31 of those projects are exploring the use of hydrogen in maritime, including its safe storage and transportation. Hydrogen-related projects are also in scope of the £60m third round of the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition, which launched on 29 September and is open for applications until 9 November 2022.