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Energy Intensive Industries: Ceramics

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 36726, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the eligibility criteria for accessing the British Energy Supercharge scheme for sectors that a

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
18 Mar 2025
Answer
18 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 36726, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the eligibility criteria for accessing the British Energy Supercharge scheme for sectors that a

  2. 18 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Sectors have been assessed against their electricity and trade intensity. As part of our review of eligibility in 2026, we will assess whether these data sets and the thresholds we have previously used remain the best approach to judging eligibility for t...

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