Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of support for the landfill gas to energy sector on methane emissions and landfill gas capture rates.

Defra is working closely with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to explore how the cessation of the Renewable Obligations Certificates scheme affects the continued operation of landfill gas to energy plants and the potential impacts of this on methane emissions and landfill gas capture rates. With these issues in mind, Defra is working with DESNZ on options, including a potential transition scheme. In turn, Defra is considering options for a long-term alternative to landfill gas capture which would follow the end of this transition. These are in line with the Government’s commitments set out in the Methane Action Plan.