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Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme

Question for Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UIN HL7788, tabled on 11 May 2023

To ask His Majesty's Government whether, in pursuit of their Net Zero strategy, they will enquire into the relationship between the price obtainable for newly cut timber in the UK, and that paid for wood pellets under their Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme.

Answered on

24 May 2023

The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme pays for heat generated by participants. It does not pay for the supply of wood.