Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the feasibility of installing BioLPG boilers in off-grid homes in relation to (a) the UK’s 6th Carbon Budget and )b) alternative net-zero measures including electric heat-pumps.

The UK Government recognises that biofuels such as bioLPG may play a role in future off-gas-grid decarbonisation, particularly for properties that are not suitable for a heat pump.

However, further evidence is needed to consider what role these biofuels could play and to develop the policy framework which would support such a role.

The forthcoming Biomass Strategy will consider evidence on the likely supply and sustainability of biomass feedstocks, including those used to produce biofuels, available to the UK, the total lifecycle emissions for different biomass uses, and the best uses of biomass across the economy to achieve our net zero target.

As Building Regulations are an area of devolved competence, it would be for the Welsh Government to consider steps to enable the decarbonisation of off grid homes in Wales.