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Written question asked by Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative) on Monday, 25 April 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 27 April 2022. It was answered by Jo Churchill (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 April 2022 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Fertilisers: Production

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what funding his Department has allocated to fertiliser production plants in the UK in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022; and whether his Department plans to provide further funding to those plants in 2022.

Answer

In September 2021, the government provided limited financial support for CF Fertilisers’ operating costs for three weeks. The deal enabled CF Fertilisers’ Billingham plant to continue to operate while global gas prices remained high. It meant that key sectors, including food processing and nuclear power, were ensured supplies of CO2. Details of this support will be published in the usual way in the 2021-22 BEIS Annual Report and Accounts.

Industry then came to an agreement in October without taxpayer support to ensure CF Fertilisers on Teesside could continue to operate for 3 months. This market-led agreement was renewed in January 2022 and continues at the current time, even with high global gas prices.

In the longer term, the government would like to see the market take measures to improve resilience, and we are engaging on ways this could happen.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
158897
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Finance Fertilisers Production
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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