Question follow-through · 60232
Electricity: Business
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of total UK electricity consumption is used by businesses eligible for the British Industry Supercharger.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 19 Jun 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what proportion of total UK electricity consumption is used by businesses eligible for the British Industry Supercharger.
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Jun 2025
Answer published
The British Industry Supercharger was launched in 2024 and provides support to over 450 companies in energy intensive industries with some of the highest electricity costs.The government estimates that support on electricity prices for EIIs in the form of...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme
4 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the new British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme will be funded through a) the Exchequer, b) energy suppliers or c) another source.