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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what research is being conducted by the Government on carbon capture technologies.

Since 2011 the Government has invested over £130 million through innovation support to help develop carbon capture technologies and reduce their costs. This includes spending approximately £11 million since 2015 on a range of carbon capture projects supporting research and development in CO₂ storage, carbon capture technologies and CCS feasibility studies. The Government Energy Entrepreneurs Fund has funded approximately £1.6 million in support to innovative carbon capture technologies. Phase 5 of this Fund opened on 30 October 2016. This is an additional £9 million of funding which is open to carbon capture projects and further information can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-entrepreneurs-fund-phase-5