| Heading: |
Drax Power Station |
| Question ID: |
1761979 |
| UIN: |
28656 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-02-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4869 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Nadia Whittome
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Nadia Whittome
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, on how many occasions the Drax power station has claimed that 100% of the wood it burnt is from sustainable sources since 2012. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-10 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
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: |
DESNZ does not hold detailed data on the sourcing of biomass. Drax’s compliance with sustainability criteria is overseen by Ofgem, the independent energy regulator, and the Low Carbon Contracts Company as the counterparty for the Contract for Difference S... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |