Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 29112

Chemicals and Energy Intensive Industries: Carbon Emissions

Tabled: 5 February 2025

Answered: 13 February 2025

Question

Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the UK carbon price to £147/tCO2 by 2030 on (a) energy-intensive manufacturing industries and (b) chemical indu

Answer

Sarah Jones

The Department has no plans to make an assessment of the potential impact of increasing the UK carbon price to £147/tCO2 by 2030. The Department previously published an impact assessment in July 2023 of the impact of the moving to the current United Kingd...

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