Written questions

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...