Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 89017

Energy Intensive Industries: Scotland

Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 14 November 2025

Question

Euan Stainbank

LabourFalkirk

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of support to reduce industrial electricity costs on job (a) creation and (b) retention in energy-intensive manufacturing sectors in Scot

Answer

Chris McDonald
The Government delivers electricity cost relief schemes to provide support to businesses in energy intensive sectors across the country, including businesses in Scotland, to remain competitive and protect thousands of well paid, British jobs. The British ...

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