To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department has made an assessment of the competitiveness of the British renewable energy sector specialising in the combustion of end-of-waste products manufactured from used cooking oil; and if he will make a statement. (281827)

We have not made a specific assessment of the competitiveness of renewable energy from used cooking oil. However, we have taken steps to increase the overall competitiveness of renewable technologies in Britain. The Renewables Obligation supports electricity generation from renewable sources. Used cooking oil can receive up to the maximum level of support of two ROCs per MWh.