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Energy Intensive Industries: Government Assistance

Commons · Question 87292 · 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, whether his Department has conducted a regional impact assessment of the Network Charging Compensation Scheme uplift on industrial competitiveness across the devolved nations.

Answer

Answered by Chris McDonald, 11 Nov 2025

This Government understands the pressures facing our energy intensive industries (EIIs), across the nation, including high electricity prices. Our recent announcement of the uplift of relief offered by the Network Charging Compensation Scheme from 60% to ...