Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 36727

Energy Intensive Industries: Ceramics

Tabled: 10 March 2025
Answered: 18 March 2025

Question

Gareth Snell

Labour (Co-op)Stoke-on-Trent Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of removing the business-level test from the Energy Intensive industry scheme eligibility requirements for UK ceramic manufacturers.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The business level test was introduced to focus support under the British Industry Supercharger at those individual businesses most at risk of carbon leakage and to balance the cost of the scheme to other electricity users with the benefits to Energy Inte...

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