Question follow-through · 87724
Energy Intensive Industries: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the uplifted Network Charging Compensation Scheme on the UK’s industrial electricity price competitiveness relative to other G7 economies.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 4 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 11 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the uplifted Network Charging Compensation Scheme on the UK’s industrial electricity price competitiveness relative to other G7 economies.
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Nov 2025
Answer published
Raising the level of compensation delivered by the Network Charging Compensation Scheme from 60% to 90% will reduce electricity prices for the average energy intensive industry (EII) business by a further £7-10/MWh. This increased discount will bring elec...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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