Question follow-through · 18603
Drax Power Station: Subsidies
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, If he will delay announcing subsidy decisions on Drax until after he has received Ofgem’s report on the compliance of Drax with sustainability rules during the last financial year.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, If he will delay announcing subsidy decisions on Drax until after he has received Ofgem’s report on the compliance of Drax with sustainability rules during the last financial year.
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Government only supports sustainable biomass and generators only receive subsidies for biomass that complies with our criteria. The results of Ofgem’s investigation into Drax’s compliance with biomass sustainability criteria was published in August 20...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Nuclear Fusion: Research
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding he has allocated to fusion energy research and development.
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20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the funding commitments are for the STEP programme.
Nuclear Fusion: Supply Chains
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps the Government is taking to support the development of UK-based fusion supply chains.
Drax Power Station: Timber
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Drax Power Station: Timber
9 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to his answer of 27 February 2026 to Question 113391 regarding the impact of Drax’s burning of wood on carbon sequestration, what is his calculation for the number of years it takes
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