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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...