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Iron and Steel: Manufacturing Industries

Commons · Question 13472 · Tabled 26 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 1 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Graham Stuart

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help reduce levels of industrial electricity costs for UK steel producers compared to EU ones.

Answer

Answered by Chris McDonald, 1 Jul 2026

We are reducing industrial energy prices for steel businesses through the measures set out in the Industrial and Steel Strategies: the EII compensation Scheme, the uplift to the British Industry Supercharger, and the British Industrial Competitiveness Sch...