Written question asked by Shivani Raja (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 June 2026 (named day). It was answered by Keir Mather (Labour) on Monday, 29 June 2026 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 9696 on the Low Carbon Fuels Fund, what estimate the Department has made of the amount of private sector investment that will be leveraged by the £219 million available through the scheme.

Answer: We expect the £219m of capital funding available through the Low Carbon Fuels Fund to be invested directly into progressing projects through the early lifecycle stages towards a Final Investment Decision, by contributing to development costs, whilst maintaining a pipeline of demonstration projects to diversify technology. Projects able to evidence match funding, such as private sector investment, will be scored preferentially during the assessment process and so have more likelihood of success. Until the bidding process is complete, we will not have a view on the level of private investment supported but for comparison the Advanced Fuels Fund leveraged £76.5m match funding against £198m allocated through grant funding.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 12599
Session: 2026-27
Related items: Aviation: Alternative Fuels
Monday, 22 June 2026
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Aviation Finance Private sector Alternative fuels
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk