Energy Intensive Industries: Government Assistance
Commons · Question 87291 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the uplift in compensation for energy intensive industries does not lead to increased costs for other electricity consumers.
Answer
Answered by Chris McDonald, 11 Nov 2025
The Government will bear down on costs across the energy system to ensure that the uplift of the relief offered by the Network Charging Compensation Scheme does not lead to a net increase in electricity bills for domestic and non-domestic energy consumers...