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Industry: Electricity

Commons · Question 67882 · Tabled 15 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 22 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce industrial electricity prices.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 22 Jul 2025

Government is well aware of the issue of high industrial energy costs, and the challenges that poses for Energy Intensive Industries (EII). That is why we continue to offer support to electro-intensives through the EII compensation scheme and the Supercha...