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Aviation: Alternative Fuels

Asked by Henry TufnellLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 2 June 2026UIN 3957

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered the potential merits of reviewing the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Mandate to ensure it supports the competitiveness of the SAF industry.

Answered by Keir Mather

The SAF Mandate has been designed to drive decarbonisation at an acceptable cost.

There are, however, inherent uncertainties given the nascency of the SAF industry. We intend to publish an update on SAF before the Summer recess on a range of topics, subject to usual cross-Government approvals. This will include a Call for Evidence on whether additional flexibility is needed in the SAF Mandate to account for uncertainties in global production capacity without undermining investor confidence.

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