Electricity: Prices
Commons · Question 65946 · Tabled 8 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has undertaken economic modelling on the potential impact of sustained high industrial electricity prices on the competitiveness of the manufacturing sector until 2035.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Jones, 14 Jul 2025
Competitiveness depends on a wide range of factors. The Government recognises that high industrial electricity costs negatively impact the competitiveness in UK manufacturing, in line with the academic literature.The Government announced the British Indus...