Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with counterparts in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on coordinating low-carbon hydrogen production and end-use demand within the transport sector.

The Government recognises that renewable hydrogen and its derived fuels have an important role to play in decarbonising transport applications where alternatives such as electrification are limited, particularly in aviation and in the maritime sector, where the diversity of operations requires a wide range of fuels and technologies. Low carbon hydrogen will be increasingly important both as a direct fuel (e.g. in fuel cells and internal combustion engines) and in the production of other low carbon fuels such as ammonia, methanol, and power-to-liquid sustainable aviation fuels.

DfT officials are working closely with DESNZ on the updated Hydrogen Strategy to set out Government’s vision and objectives for hydrogen, and how we intend to work together with industry to continue to transform ambition into action. DfT and DESNZ officials are working together on ensuring a supply of renewable hydrogen and its derivatives is available to meet transport demand and will continue to develop relevant policies where evidence shows that these fuels are a suitable decarbonisation solution.