Question follow-through · 53448

Carbon Capture and Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that carbon capture and storage does not disproportionately impact energy bills for consumers.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
19 May 2025
Target answer date
21 May 2025
Answer
28 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that carbon capture and storage does not disproportionately impact energy bills for consumers.

  2. 21 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to ensuring that the costs of the UK’s transition to Net Zero are fair and affordable for all energy consumers. The CCUS programme will be funded through a mixture of levy and government funding. We have created several busines...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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