Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 97258

Energy Intensive Industries: Costs

Tabled: 4 December 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Claire Coutinho

ConservativeEast Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the new British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme will be funded through a) the Exchequer, b) energy suppliers or c) another source.

Answer

Chris McDonald
As stated in the Modern Industrial Strategy, the Government intends to fund the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme by bearing down on costs across the energy system to ensure that the scheme is delivered in line with our wider priorities to deliver...

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