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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 April 2021 to Question 173996, what assessment his Department has made of the role of green hydrogen in its Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy.

The Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy set out that to be on track to deliver net zero, we expect that the minimum, in all future scenarios, is 20 TWh per year of fossil fuel use replaced with low carbon alternatives in 2030. Hydrogen, electrification and bioenergy all have a role to play, including green hydrogen. Further details will be set out in the forthcoming Hydrogen Strategy.