Question follow-through · 46300
Biofuels: Palm Oil
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Transport & Environment, publication entitled Palm Oil?, published on 9 April 2025, what assessment his Department has made of the potential disruption to the transport fuel supply.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Transport & Environment, publication entitled Palm Oil?, published on 9 April 2025, what assessment his Department has made of the potential disruption to the transport fuel supply.
23 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2025
Answer published
We take the concerns raised in Transport & Environment’s publication relating to the biofuel feedstock Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME) seriously. Fuel supplied in the UK under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) is subject to robust checks as...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Railways
8 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve passenger rail connectivity.
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
19 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with local councils on (a) accessing the Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund and (b) using cross-pavement solutions for charging electric vehicles.
Driving Tests
29 Aug 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on how many and what proportion of driving test bookings involved the initial driving licence number on the booking form being subsequently changed, in each month since January 20
Driving Tests
10 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of booked practical driving tests were attended by learner drivers in each month in the last ten years.
Driving Tests
13 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what technological steps her Department is considering taking to restore the number of practical driving test bookings back to pre-covid levels.
Driving Licences
23 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people hold a valid (a) provisional and (b) full UK driving licence.
Driving Tests
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of setting up a whistleblowing route or digital hotline to allow driving instructors to report those who are reselling tests for profit.