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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the (a) terms of reference, (b) qualifying criteria and (c) submission deadlines will be provided for the £20 million allocation to support the development of the next generation carbon capture, usage and storage technologies.

On 24^th May the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy published an Expression of Interest (EOI) for the CCUS 2.0 Innovation programme that will be providing up to £20 million to support the development of next generation carbon capture, usage and storage technologies. The EOI confirmed that BEIS will be looking to publish the competition guidance documents and application form by 11^th June 2021, with a deadline for applications by 8^th August 2021.

The competition guidance document will provide the scope of the competition and the assessment criteria. Applicants will have up to 8 weeks to complete an application for grant-funding, with the online application form due to go live on the 28^th June 2021.