Oral QuestionDepartment for Education

What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for maintained nursery schools.

Tabled: 6 November 2018Answered: 12 November 2018

Asked by

Matthew Pennycook

LabourGreenwich and Woolwich

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Education

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Chris McDonald)

The Government recognise the challenge of high industrial energy costs. From April we will raise the discount on electricity network charges from 60% to 90% under the network charging compensation scheme, supporting around 550 electricity-intensive businesses. This year we also plan to review eligibility for the British industry supercharger and the energy-intensive industries compensation scheme. From 2027 the British industrial competitiveness scheme will cut electricity costs by around £35 to £40 per MWh for around 7,000 manufacturing businesses.