Question follow-through · 12847
Heating: Vegetable Oils
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to encourage rural off-grid households to switch to hydrogenated vegetable oil in heating.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to encourage rural off-grid households to switch to hydrogenated vegetable oil in heating.
11 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2024
Answer published
As sustainable biomass is a limited resource, the Government expects to prioritise its use in sectors like aviation, and potentially the small number of homes unsuitable for heat pumps, as these sectors have fewest options to decarbonise. The cost of rene...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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