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Aviation: Alternative Fuels

Commons · Question 66031 · Tabled 8 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 11 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Kirsteen Sullivan

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to take steps to prevent aviation fuel suppliers from charging compliance risk premiums to mandated volumes of sustainable aviation fuel.

Answer

Answered by Mike Kane, 11 Jul 2025

We recognise that SAF is more expensive than jet fuel. This is why the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate has been designed to protect against excessive costs. The SAF Mandate also has a built-in review process so the Government can take action to ch...