Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 69505

Manufacturing Industries: Electricity

Tabled: 21 July 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025

Question

Adam Jogee

LabourNewcastle-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 Jones
The 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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