Question follow-through · 123877

Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation to include electricity used for electric vehicle charging.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
13 Apr 2026
Answer
13 Apr 2026 · 19 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Environment and energy

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation to include electricity used for electric vehicle charging.

  2. 13 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 13 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    In 2025, the Government published and responded to a call for evidence on the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO). In that review, which included a specific question on whether the RTFO should support renewable electricity for road transportation, ...

Open official record

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.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Courier Services: Blood

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered introducing national provision to permit registered volunteer blood bike services to use bus lanes.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

29 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many councils have utilised the electric vehicle pavement channels grant since the 2025 grant came into place.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Department has made of the level of accuracy of in-service public electric vehicle charge points in billing consumers for the energy delivered; and whether her Department plans to use the po