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Parliamentary Debates
Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2024 9 speeches (2,757 words) Tuesday 26th March 2024 - Grand Committee Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Lord Ravensdale (XB - Excepted Hereditary) They will also enable RCFs as key near-term components of sustainable aviation fuels in the SAF mandate - Link to Speech 2: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) We have confirmed that the forthcoming mandate for sustainable aviation fuels will support nuclear-derived - Link to Speech 3: None The mandate for sustainable aviation fuel is on track to start on 1 January 2025. - Link to Speech
Budget Resolutions 131 speeches (43,925 words) Wednesday 6th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Chris Grayling (Con - Epsom and Ewell) competitiveness.At the same time, I am very pleased to see the investment in helping the development of sustainable - Link to Speech
Oral Answers to Questions 127 speeches (8,870 words) Wednesday 6th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Scotland Office Mentions: 1: Chris Grayling (Con - Epsom and Ewell) Last year, a number of us were on the first transatlantic flight powered by sustainable aviation fuel - Link to Speech 2: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) I am pleased to tell him that, to get there, we have provided £135 million to 13 different UK sustainable - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 3rd April 2024 Special Report - Sixth Special Report - Net zero and the UK aviation sector: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report Environmental Audit Committee Found: On sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), the Government has made significant progress, including the publication
Tuesday 5th March 2024 Written Evidence - Airbus IPO0064 - Industrial policy Industrial policy - Business and Trade Committee Found: pioneer the industry, with key partners, to make low carbon commercial flight a reality utilising Sustainable
Tuesday 5th March 2024 Written Evidence - Airlines UK IPO0051 - Industrial policy Industrial policy - Business and Trade Committee Found: A major opportunity is the commercialisation of new sustainable aviation fuels, produced in the UK
Tuesday 5th March 2024 Written Evidence - Hybrid Air Vehicles Limited IPO0050 - Industrial policy Industrial policy - Business and Trade Committee Found: routes in Spain, Malta and to destinations around the Mediterranean. c.A study, conducted with the Sustainable
Tuesday 5th March 2024 Written Evidence - Fuels Industry UK IPO0049 - Industrial policy Industrial policy - Business and Trade Committee Found: Sustainable Aviation Fuels, or can enable other low carbon technologies e.g.
Tuesday 5th March 2024 Written Evidence - Phoenix Group IPO0044 - Industrial policy Industrial policy - Business and Trade Committee Found: expanding CfDs to new sectors such as hydrogen, Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) and sustainable
Tuesday 5th March 2024 Written Evidence - Heathrow IPO0031 - Industrial policy Industrial policy - Business and Trade Committee Found: Aviation Fuels in Decarbonizing Air Transport’ (the World Bank, 2022). 2 IATA - Sustainable
Tuesday 5th March 2024 Written Evidence - Carbon Engineering; 1PointFive IPO0034 - Industrial policy Industrial policy - Business and Trade Committee Found: As an example, in aviation, Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs), while improving on existing fossil
Tuesday 5th March 2024 Written Evidence - Sustainable Aviation IPO0042 - Industrial policy Industrial policy - Business and Trade Committee Found: IPO0042 - Industrial policy Sustainable Aviation Written Evidence
Tuesday 5th March 2024 Written Evidence - TheCityUK IPO0027 - Industrial policy Industrial policy - Business and Trade Committee Found: utilisation and storage (CCUS), green hydrogen, tidal and wind power, battery and hydrogen storage, and sustainable
Tuesday 5th March 2024 Written Evidence - Aerospace Technology Institute IPO0029 - Industrial policy Industrial policy - Business and Trade Committee Found: b.Technological breakthroughs will be needed to decarbonise aviation: from fuel efficiency and sustainable
Tuesday 5th March 2024 Written Evidence - Opportunity Green IPO0025 - Industrial policy Industrial policy - Business and Trade Committee Found: or 3) producing jet fuel from renewable sources, through a range of fuels commonly referred to as ‘sustainable

Written Answers
Carbon Emissions: Finance Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 73 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, which policy areas will receive funding from the £1.8 billion allocated to core net zero spend relating to the Department for Transport for the 2024-25 financial year; and how much funding as been issued to each of those policy areas for the 2024-25 financial year. Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The £1.8 billion allocated to the Department for Transport for the financial year 2024-25 in the 2021 Spending Review supports net zero policies across zero emission vehicles (including buses) and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, the bus transformation funding to support local authority Bus Service Improvement Plans, air quality improvement measures, active travel policies, City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements, Nexus Metrofleet in Newcastle, rail electrification, and the UK’s production of sustainable aviation fuel. £333 million of the £1.8 billion was reallocated to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (now the Department for Business and Trade), for the electrification of UK vehicle manufacturing and their supply chains, including through the Automotive Transformation Fund Programme. The Department’s business planning process for 2024-25 financial year remains ongoing and final plans will be published in due course as per standard practice.
Alternative Fuels Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire) Thursday 29th February 2024 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that projects that received alternative fuels fund round 1 grants remain viable. Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) Our Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) programme is one of the most comprehensive in the world. The Government’s Advanced Fuels Fund has allocated £135m across 13 projects to support private investment in UK SAF projects by overcoming perceived technological and construction risks and will support our industry shared aim to have at least five commercial SAF plants under construction in the UK by 2025. Our SAF mandate that will be in force from 2025 and in September, the government committed to design and implement a revenue certainty mechanism to support SAF production in the UK.
Aviation: Fuels Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire) Thursday 29th February 2024 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to ensure that sustainable aviation fuel projects can start construction in 2025. Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) Our Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) programme is one of the most comprehensive in the world. The Government’s Advanced Fuels Fund has allocated £135m across 13 projects to support private investment in UK SAF projects by overcoming perceived technological and construction risks and will support our industry shared aim to have at least five commercial SAF plants under construction in the UK by 2025. Our SAF mandate that will be in force from 2025 and in September, the government committed to design and implement a revenue certainty mechanism to support SAF production in the UK.
Aviation: Fuels Asked by: Baroness Randerson (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Monday 26th February 2024 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to their consultation on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandate published on 30 March 2023; whether it is still their policy to have five SAF plants under construction by 2025; and, if so, what is their progress towards meeting that target. Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Government is on track to introduce the UK sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) mandate in 2025, with a target of at least 10% SAF in UK jet fuel by 2030. We will publish the government response to the second mandate consultation, setting out our final policy positions, in the Spring. There are currently two commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plants operational or under construction in the UK. The Government’s Advanced Fuels Fund has allocated £135m across 13 projects to supporting our aim to have at least five commercial SAF plants under construction in the UK by 2025.

Written Answers

Carbon Emissions: Finance
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Monday 11th March 2024

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 73 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, which policy areas will receive funding from the £1.8 billion allocated to core net zero spend relating to the Department for Transport for the 2024-25 financial year; and how much funding as been issued to each of those policy areas for the 2024-25 financial year.

Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The £1.8 billion allocated to the Department for Transport for the financial year 2024-25 in the 2021 Spending Review supports net zero policies across zero emission vehicles (including buses) and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, the bus transformation funding to support local authority Bus Service Improvement Plans, air quality improvement measures, active travel policies, City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements, Nexus Metrofleet in Newcastle, rail electrification, and the UK’s production of sustainable aviation fuel.

£333 million of the £1.8 billion was reallocated to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (now the Department for Business and Trade), for the electrification of UK vehicle manufacturing and their supply chains, including through the Automotive Transformation Fund Programme.

The Department’s business planning process for 2024-25 financial year remains ongoing and final plans will be published in due course as per standard practice.

Alternative Fuels
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Thursday 29th February 2024

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that projects that received alternative fuels fund round 1 grants remain viable.

Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Our Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) programme is one of the most comprehensive in the world. The Government’s Advanced Fuels Fund has allocated £135m across 13 projects to support private investment in UK SAF projects by overcoming perceived technological and construction risks and will support our industry shared aim to have at least five commercial SAF plants under construction in the UK by 2025.

Our SAF mandate that will be in force from 2025 and in September, the government committed to design and implement a revenue certainty mechanism to support SAF production in the UK.

Aviation: Fuels
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Thursday 29th February 2024

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to ensure that sustainable aviation fuel projects can start construction in 2025.

Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Our SAF mandate that will be in force from 2025 and in September, the government committed to design and implement a revenue certainty mechanism to support SAF production in the UK.

Aviation: Fuels
Asked by: Baroness Randerson (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Monday 26th February 2024

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they will respond to their consultation on sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandate published on 30 March 2023; whether it is still their policy to have five SAF plants under construction by 2025; and, if so, what is their progress towards meeting that target.

Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Government is on track to introduce the UK sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) mandate in 2025, with a target of at least 10% SAF in UK jet fuel by 2030. We will publish the government response to the second mandate consultation, setting out our final policy positions, in the Spring.

There are currently two commercial-scale sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plants operational or under construction in the UK. The Government’s Advanced Fuels Fund has allocated £135m across 13 projects to supporting our aim to have at least five commercial SAF plants under construction in the UK by 2025.

Department Publications - News and Communications
Thursday 11th April 2024 Department for Business and Trade Source Page: Industry Minister celebrates multibillion-pound green tech funding milestone for UK aerospace sector Document: Industry Minister celebrates multibillion-pound green tech funding milestone for UK aerospace sector (webpage) Found: Institute (ATI), a joint government-industry funded organisation that drives world-class research in sustainable
Tuesday 5th March 2024 Department for Science, Innovation & Technology Source Page: Science Minister speech at LEAP '24, Riyadh Document: Science Minister speech at LEAP '24, Riyadh (webpage) Found: revolutionary stem cell treatment for reversing sight loss to the first transatlantic flight run on 100% sustainable
Sunday 3rd March 2024 HM Treasury Source Page: £360 million to boost British manufacturing and R&D Document: £360 million to boost British manufacturing and R&D (webpage) Found: . £200 million joint investment in zero-carbon aircraft technology to develop a more sustainable aviation

Department Publications - Statistics
Thursday 21st March 2024 Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Source Page: Environmental capacity for industrial clusters Document: Environmental capacity for industrial clusters: Phase 2 (PDF) Found: switching, hydrogen storage in salt caverns, large scale battery energy storage , solar farms, and sustainable

Department Publications - Policy paper
Monday 18th March 2024 Department for Transport Source Page: Future of Flight action plan Document: Future of Flight action plan (PDF) Found: HAV undertook a study with SATE (Sustainable Aviation Test Environment) consortium partners in Scotland
Tuesday 27th February 2024 Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Source Page: Hydrogen net zero investment roadmap Document: Hydrogen net zero investment roadmap: leading the way to net zero (PDF) Found: In July 2022, Government confirmed that a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandate will be introduced

Department Publications - Consultations
Thursday 29th February 2024 Department for Transport Source Page: Renewable transport fuel obligation: addressing multiple incentives Document: Renewable transport fuel obligation: addressing multiple incentives (webpage) Found: The changes to the RTFO would be replicated in the upcoming sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandate to

Non-Departmental Publications - Statistics
Mar. 21 2024 Environment Agency Source Page: Environmental capacity for industrial clusters Document: Environmental capacity for industrial clusters: Phase 2 (PDF) Statistics Found: switching, hydrogen storage in salt caverns, large scale battery energy storage , solar farms, and sustainable

Sustainable Aviation mentioned in Scottish results

Scottish Select Committee Publications
Monday 25th March 2024 Report - A report by the Economy and Fair Work Committee following its inquiry into a Just Transition for the North East and Moray. Inquiry into a just transition for the North East and Moray Economy and Fair Work Committee Found: In relation to the production of sustainable aviation fuel and the potential opportunities for Grangemouth

Scottish Government Publications
Wednesday 20th March 2024 Energy and Climate Change Directorate Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate Source Page: Draft Bioenergy Policy Statement Document: Draft Bioenergy Policy Statement (PDF) Found: Use of biomass for Sustainable Aviation Fuel ( SAF) production and use of biofuels for rail transport

Scottish Parliamentary Debates
Review of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement 66 speeches (63,809 words) Thursday 28th March 2024 - Committee Mentions: 1: Stewart, Kevin (SNP - Aberdeen Central) Perhaps an air hub that promoted the use of sustainable aviation fuel would be the way forward.Ms Burnett - Link to Speech
Portfolio Question Time 92 speeches (45,389 words) Wednesday 27th March 2024 - Main Chamber Mentions: 1: McAllan, Màiri (SNP - Clydesdale) To combine my economy and net zero interests, I am clear that sustainable aviation fuel and the development - Link to Speech