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Energy Intensive Industries: Government Assistance

Commons · Question 87293 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2025

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Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is planning to take to (a) monitor and (b) evaluate the effectiveness of the 90% compensation rate in supporting (i) decarbonisation and (ii) energy efficiency in energy intensive industr

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Answered by Chris McDonald, 11 Nov 2025

The Government consulted a wide range of stakeholders from across the energy industry on the proposal to uplift the level of relief offered by the Network Charging Compensation Scheme from 60% to 90%. Industry stakeholders were broadly in favour of this m...