Question follow-through · 34337
Drax Power Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Written Statement of 10 February 2025 HCWS424, whether generation dispatched by the National Energy System Operator from Drax power station will count towards the maximu
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 27 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 7 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
27 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Written Statement of 10 February 2025 HCWS424, whether generation dispatched by the National Energy System Operator from Drax power station will count towards the maximu
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Mar 2025
Answer published
Yes. Under the low carbon dispatchable CfD, there will be a cap on the volume of electricity generation subsidised across the year. The cap is set with reference to maximum seasonal load factors (with Winter higher than Summer, to reflect system requireme...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Energy: Prices
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Offshore Industry: North Sea
3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department made of the potential impact of spatial limits in the North Sea on (a) interconnectors, (b) fisheries, (c) wind farms and (d) other offshore infrastructure.
Electricity Interconnectors: Data Protection
3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help protect the security of sensitive data on multi-purpose interconnectors.
Electricity Interconnectors: Data Protection
3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the security of interconnector data.
Wind Power: Manufacturing Industries
3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to ensure that wind turbines manufactured in China are not vulnerable to foreign espionage.
Office for Nuclear Regulation: Businesses
3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of regulations from the Office for Nuclear Regulation on businesses.
Office for Nuclear Regulation: Small Modular Reactors
3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions (a) Ministers, (b) advisors and (c) officials in his Department have had with the Office for Nuclear Regulation on Small Modular Reactors.
Office for Nuclear Regulation: Planning Permission
3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many pages of paperwork businesses must complete on average to receive planning approval from the Office for Nuclear Regulation.
Nuclear Reactors: Planning Permission
3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the average waiting time is for businesses to receive planning approval from the Office for Nuclear Regulation by nuclear reactor types since 1997.
Small Modular Reactors: Construction
3 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help remove barriers to the development of Small Modular Reactors.
Great British Energy: Logos
20 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the cost was of redesigning GB Energy's (a) branding and (b) logo.
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Design
20 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many graphic designers work in his Department.