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Drax Power Station: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government plans to continue providing subsidy payments to the Drax power station.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
13 Jan 2025
Answer
16 Jan 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Government plans to continue providing subsidy payments to the Drax power station.

  2. 13 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    A consultation was held under the previous administration on whether a transitional support mechanism should be introduced for large-scale biomass generators when their current support ends. Government is considering the responses to that consultation and...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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