Question follow-through · 70276
Drax Power Station: Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of biomass generation at Drax Power Station on the environment.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 22 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 5 Sept 2025 · 45 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of biomass generation at Drax Power Station on the environment.
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government published an impact assessment in early 2024 as part of the consultation on proposed support options for large scale biomass generators, including Drax. This assessment was consistent with the views of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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