Energy Intensive Industries: Compensation
Commons · Question 7569 · Tabled 8 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Navendu Mishra
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will broaden the eligibility criteria for the Energy Intensive Industries Compensation Scheme to include more food manufacturing businesses.
Answer
Answered by Chris McDonald, 16 Jun 2026
The Energy-Intensive Industries (EII) Compensation Scheme compensates eligible businesses for the indirect costs of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme and Carbon Price Support Mechanism, targeting businesses at high risk of carbon leakage, the offshoring of ...