Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the amount of fuel made from used cooking oil and other waste products.

Building on the success of Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) in supporting a market for fuels made from waste, the Government set out a fifteen-year strategy for renewable transport fuels last September in “The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations Order: Government Response to consultations on amendments” (Cm 9494), which is available in the Libraries of both Houses. The strategy includes increased targets for the supply of renewable fuels, and measures to promote advanced development fuels derived from waste.

These legislative changes were made in March. Biodiesel made from Used Cooking Oil will remain eligible for double certificates, which can be used in meeting the increased targets.