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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of phasing out wood burning stoves.

Our Environmental Improvement Plan published in January 2023 sets out our polices to reduce emissions from wood burning. We recognise that some households are reliant on solid fuels as a primary heat source. Our policies are focused on encouraging those who must burn to do so in the cleanest way possible.