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 potential merits for the UK of an international centralised reporting framework and quality control standards for carbon capture and storage statistics; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the UK managing and maintaining that system.

The UK Government does not own an international reporting system for Carbon Capture Usage and Storage (CCUS) and has not conducted an assessment to evaluate such a system.

The Government is an active participant in the development of ISO Standards for Carbon dioxide capture, transportation, and geological storage through the BSI (British Standards Institution) committee on carbon capture, transport and storage. This alliance allows the UK to influence, and have direct input into, the development of international Carbon Capture and transportation standards.

The Government also works through forums, such as the Clean Energy Ministerial to help the UK develop its CCUS industry.