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Written question asked by Alex Cunningham (Labour) on Wednesday, 11 November 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 November 2020 (named day). It was answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch (Conservative) on Monday, 16 November 2020 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Shipping: Carbon Emissions

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2020 to Question 111511 on Merchant Shipping: Carbon Emissions, how much the Government is investing to support the transition to zero emission vessels in the UK shipping industry; and if he will include full details of that investment in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan.

Answer

To date, the Department for Transport has funded a £1.5m competition for innovation in clean maritime and provided £193,897 in grant support, through the Department’s Transport Technology Research Innovation Grant Programme, to early stage research projects related to clean maritime. Details of the grant winners are available, respectively, on the MarRI-UK website[1] and on GOV.UK[2].

[1] https://www.marri-uk.org/funding-opportunities/clean-maritime-call/clean-maritime-call-winners

[2] https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/879162/transport-technology-research-innovation-grants-t-trig-funding-winners.csv/preview

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
114163
Session
2019-21
Related items
Merchant Shipping: Carbon Emissions
Wednesday, 11 November 2020
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Shipping Carbon emissions
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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