Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 115075

Energy Intensive Industries: Costs

Tabled: 23 February 2026
Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Antonia Bance

LabourTipton and Wednesbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme will be funded; when his Department plans to consult on how the scheme will be funded; and whether the costs of the scheme will be passed onto other co

Answer

Chris McDonald
A consultation will be launched in the Spring on the amendments to legislation that will be required to deliver the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme. This will include details on how the scheme will be funded.