Question follow-through · 116456
Carbon Emissions: Refineries
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of carbon pricing on the refinery sector.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 27 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 9 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
27 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of carbon pricing on the refinery sector.
3 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Mar 2026
Answer published
The UK ETS Authority provides free allocations to sectors at risk of carbon leakage, such as the refining sector, to reduce exposure to the carbon price. The Authority recently concluded a review into free allocation policy which confirmed refining is at ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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