Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 87293

Energy Intensive Industries: Government Assistance

Tabled: 3 November 2025

Answered: 11 November 2025

Named Day

Question

Dame Harriett Baldwin

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is planning to take to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate the effectiveness of the 90% compensation rate in supporting (i) decarbonisation and (ii) energy efficiency in energy intensive industr

Answer

Chris McDonald

The Government consulted a wide range of stakeholders from across the energy industry on the proposal to uplift the level of relief offered by the Network Charging Compensation Scheme from 60% to 90%. Industry stakeholders were broadly in favour of this m...

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