| Heading: |
Drax Power Station: Timber |
| Question ID: |
1747153 |
| UIN: |
17859 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4616 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Rosie Duffield
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| Asking Member handle: |
RosieDuffield1
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@RosieDuffield1
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the KPMG interim investigation of December 2022 into Drax Power Station’s claims for government subsidy. |
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true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-09 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4998 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Michael Shanks
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| Answering Member handle: |
mgshanks
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mgshanks
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| Answer text: |
Ofgem as the independent energy regulator is responsible for assuring the Government that large scale biomass generators, such as Drax, are in full compliance with sustainability requirements. Ofgem recently undertook a full investigation into Drax’s comp... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |