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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in reference to his Department's announcement on green technology and UK jobs on 24 May 2021, for what reason projects based only in England and Wales have received up to £250,000 funding for projects that contain innovative designs that develop new ways of removing greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere and store them safely; and if he will make a statement.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Direct Air Capture (DAC) and Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) Innovation Programme allocated up to £250,000 to projects based in England and Scotland. United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI) is supporting projects up to £4.5million which are based across the UK. Therefore, the coverage of the combined programmes is across the UK.