Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 69505
Manufacturing Industries: Electricity
Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025
Question
Adam Jogee
Labour — Newcastle-under-Lyme
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that businesses in Northern Ireland will be eligible for support under the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme.
Answer
Sarah JonesThe British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme will only be applicable to businesses within Great Britain. This is due to the energy market being devolved within Northern Ireland, where a Shared Energy Market is operated with the Republic of Ireland.We wil...
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