Biofuels
(asked on 5th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much public funding has been provided related to biofuels in each of the last five years.
The RTFO Unit in the Department for Transport operates the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) which supports the market for sustainable biofuel by means of a certificate trading scheme. The Department is also supporting the commercialisation of advanced biofuels by grant funding through the Advanced Biofuel Demonstration Competition. Departmental funding includes budgets for policy development, analysis and research into low carbon fuels, including (but not limited to) biofuels.
The table below sets out readily identifiable expenditure for the last five full financial years.
Public spending related to biofuels (and low carbon fuels)
Year | Low Carbon Fuels research programme | RTFO Unit | Advanced Biofuel Demonstration Competition | Total |
2016-17 | £63,000 | £905,000 | £6,548,000 | £7,516,000 |
2015-16 | £56,000 | £694,000 | £973,000 | £1,723,000 |
2014-15 | £106,000 | £701,000 | £106,000 | £913,000 |
2013-14 | £131,000 | £706,000 | £83,000 | £920,000 |
2012-13 | £6,000 | £584,000 | nil | £590,000 |