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My hon. Friend is a strong campaigner for his constituents. Due to pressure from him and others, Ministers agreed last year to relax the “continuous facility to burn” criterion, which will allow more people to claim cash in lieu. I will ensure that Ministers hear his concerns—not just about individual...
My hon. Friend is a strong campaigner for his constituents. Due to pressure from him and others, Ministers agreed last year to relax the “continuous facility to burn” criterion, which will allow more people to claim cash in lieu. I will ensure that Ministers hear his concerns—not just about individual...
Many former mineworkers in my constituency are entitled to receive a set amount of solid fuel per year. As few homes now rely on coal, some have requested a payment in lieu from the National Concessionary Fuel Office, as they are entitled to. Those requests have often been refused, yet...
Many former mineworkers in my constituency are entitled to receive a set amount of solid fuel per year. As few homes now rely on coal, some have requested a payment in lieu from the National Concessionary Fuel Office, as they are entitled to. Those requests have often been refused, yet...
The government is consulting on how to reduce emissions from solid fuel fires. These account for a fifth of the UK’s particulate matter emissions.
The government is consulting on how to reduce emissions from solid fuel fires. These account for a fifth of the UK’s particulate matter emissions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Domestic Solid Fuel Regulations 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Domestic Solid Fuel Regulations 2020.
In November 2025, we published the Post Implementation Review of the Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020, which assesses the effectiveness of the Regulations.
Data suggest that the Regulations have led to consumers moving from more polluting fuels to less polluting fuels. The review concluded that this has led to a reduction in emissions of PM2.5 and SO2 with environmental and public health benefits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review rules around burning solid fuels in (a) general and (b) smoke control zones.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to review rules around burning solid fuels in (a) general and (b) smoke control zones.
Domestic combustion remains a major source of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions in the UK, and ownership of solid fuel appliances is increasing.
The Government recognises that it is important that we take further action to reduce emissions from domestic burning, and the impact on human health. We are currently evaluating a number of options to reduce emissions of PM2.5 from domestic burning both in and outside of Smoke Control Areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2024 to Question 21619, what his planned timetable is for (a) completing the Emission Factors for Domestic Solid Fuels Work Package 1 project and (b) assessing the implications for his policies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2024 to Question 21619, what his planned timetable is for (a) completing the Emission Factors for Domestic Solid Fuels Work Package 1 project and (b) assessing the implications for his policies...
The Emission Factors for Domestic Solid Fuels Project – Work Package 1 Report was published on 5 January, there are two remaining work packages which are expected to be completed to feed into the annual publication of the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory in February 2025.
We continue to undertake regular monitoring of emission sources of air pollutants to inform future policy. There will be an assessment of the implications for policies following the completion of the whole Emissions Factors for Domestic Solid Fuels Project. We would not expect this assessment to be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report entitled Emission Factors for Domestic Solid Fuels Project - Work Package 1 Report, published on 3 January 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report entitled Emission Factors for Domestic Solid Fuels Project - Work Package 1 Report, published on 3 January 2024.
We continue to undertake regular monitoring of emission sources of air pollutants to inform future policy. The results from Work Package 1 of this project are preliminary. An assessment of the implications for policies will be considered after the project is complete.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to ensure that rural households that rely on sustainable solid fuels will not experience increases in household bills.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to ensure that rural households that rely on sustainable solid fuels will not experience increases in household bills.
Alternative fuel prices have fallen since winter 2022-23 and while there is no price cap for alternative fuels, households who use solid fuel for heating are still protected by the price cap for their electricity tariff.
The Government is currently providing a package of support worth £108 billion, or £3,800 per household on average between 2022 – 2025, which is one of the largest support packages in Europe. The Government is continuing to support households past April 2024, cutting National Insurance contributions, worth £900 to the average worker, increasing benefits by 6.7%, and increasing the National Living Wage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the Stove Industry Alliance report entitled, The Contribution of Domestic Burning to UK Particulate Emissions, published on 31 January 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the Stove Industry Alliance report entitled, The Contribution of Domestic Burning to UK Particulate Emissions, published on 31 January 2022.
Defra will continue to evaluate new evidence on sources of air pollution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 14 January 2022 to Question 98203 on Wood-burning Stoves, if he will publish the evaluation of the impact of the Domestic Solid Fuel Regulations 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 14 January 2022 to Question 98203 on Wood-burning Stoves, if he will publish the evaluation of the impact of the Domestic Solid Fuel Regulations 2020.
The evaluation of the Domestic Solid Fuel Regulations 2020 is ongoing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on the Burn Better, Breathe Better campaign.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on the Burn Better, Breathe Better campaign.
The Department will spend at least £328,000 on the 2023-4 Burn Better, Breathe Better Campaign. This is delivering targeted communications which promote best practice in the use of open fires and stoves to reduce emissions of air pollutants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) regulations and (b) requirements his Department has introduced to control domestic burning since 1 January 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) regulations and (b) requirements his Department has introduced to control domestic burning since 1 January 2020.
An extensive legal framework is in place to reduce emissions from domestic combustion.
The Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020 came into force in May 2021 and over two years phased out the sale of traditional house coal for domestic use, prevented the sale of small volumes of wet wood, and placed emissions standards on manufactured solid fuels. In January 2022, new Ecodesign requirements for stoves came into force.
Our Environmental Improvement Plan, published in January 2023, commits us to go even further in driving up stove and fuel standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulations are in place to control the (a) sale and (b) use of fuels used in domestic heating and burning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what regulations are in place to control the (a) sale and (b) use of fuels used in domestic heating and burning.
An extensive legal framework is in place to reduce emissions from domestic combustion.
The Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuels Standards) (England) Regulations 2020 came into force in May 2021 and over two years phased out the sale of traditional house coal for domestic use, prevented the sale of small volumes of wet wood, and placed emissions standards on manufactured solid fuels. In January 2022, new Ecodesign requirements for stoves came into force.
Our Environmental Improvement Plan, published in January 2023, commits us to go even further in driving up stove and fuel standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 2 November 2022 to Question 70939 on Solid Fuels: Air Pollution, what his planned timetable is for publishing the project report of his Department's study to measure pollutant emissions from burning solid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 2 November 2022 to Question 70939 on Solid Fuels: Air Pollution, what his planned timetable is for publishing the project report of his Department's study to measure pollutant emissions from burning solid...
The Emissions Factors for Domestic Combustion project is currently expected to run until August 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will permit the export of hexamine solid fuel tablets to Ukraine.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will permit the export of hexamine solid fuel tablets to Ukraine.
All goods that require an export licence are assessed against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria on a case-by-case basis. The Export Control Joint Unit, which is responsible for export licensing in my Department, refuses only a very small proportion of export licence applications, but we will not grant an export licence if to do so would be inconsistent with the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will publish the results of his Department’s study to measure pollutant emissions from burning solid fuels in a range of domestic appliances under real-world conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he will publish the results of his Department’s study to measure pollutant emissions from burning solid fuels in a range of domestic appliances under real-world conditions.
The project is currently expected to run until August 2023, after which a project report will be published. The Emissions Factors for Domestic Combustion project aims to develop our understanding of real-word emissions from solid fuel burning in domestic stoves. It is likely that this information and the results of other improvement projects will feed into the formal inventory in future years. The methodologies used to compile the formal inventory follow (or go beyond) the international guidance specified in the latest EMEP/EEA Guidebook. We publish the methods we use in the Informative Inventory Report and methods document ('Methods and quality processes for UK air pollutant emissions statistics') on an annual basis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what actions his department are taking to ensure social housing residents who use (a) biomass, and (b) solid fuel, as their source of heating or hot water are able to access the £100 off-grid energy financial support payment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what actions his department are taking to ensure social housing residents who use (a) biomass, and (b) solid fuel, as their source of heating or hot water are able to access the £100 off-grid energy financial support payment.
The Government is aiming to make this process as simple as possible for customers. Households eligible for these payments in Great Britain will receive £100 as a credit on their electricity bill this winter. For Northern Ireland the Government is working with electricity suppliers to explore how the payment could be delivered via electricity bills under a similar delivery model to Energy Bills Support Scheme.
Households who are eligible for but who do not receive the Alternative Fuel Payment (AFP) because they do not have a relationship with an electricity supplier for example, will receive the £100 via the AFP Alternative Fund which will be provided by a designated body.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure households who rely for heating and hot water on (a) district biomass, (b) domestic biomass and (c) solid fuel will receive the planned off-grid energy support during Winter 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure households who rely for heating and hot water on (a) district biomass, (b) domestic biomass and (c) solid fuel will receive the planned off-grid energy support during Winter 2022.
The Alternative Fuel Payment will provide a one-off payment to UK households that use alternative fuels for heating. This will come in addition to the £400 provided by the Energy Bills Support Scheme, and a further £800 of one-off support provided to eight million of the most vulnerable households to help with the cost of living.
The Government will continue to monitor the prices of alternative fuels and will consider further intervention if required to protect UK households from extraordinary fuel prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2021 to Question 88607, if he will publish the terms of reference for the £1.6 million research project to investigate the emissions associated with different solid fuels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2021 to Question 88607, if he will publish the terms of reference for the £1.6 million research project to investigate the emissions associated with different solid fuels.
The contract for the research project to measure emissions factors of domestic solid fuels is published on the Government Contract Finder website:
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/69d7d635-5624-43d9-98a8-b49296681c5b
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he will continue to allow new applications for the exemption of a solid fuel burning appliance or appliances under the Clean Air Act 1993 after the Ecodesign regulations enter into force on 1 January 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he will continue to allow new applications for the exemption of a solid fuel burning appliance or appliances under the Clean Air Act 1993 after the Ecodesign regulations enter into force on 1 January 2022.
Applications for the exemption of solid fuel burning appliances under the Clean Air Act 1993 will continue.