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Electricity: Prices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of marginal electricity pricing on the Consumer Prices Index since July 2024.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
22 Apr 2026
Target answer date
28 Apr 2026
Answer
28 Apr 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of marginal electricity pricing on the Consumer Prices Index since July 2024.

  2. 28 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 28 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    Forecasting the economy, including the impact of Government policy decisions on inflation, is the responsibility of the independent Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). The OBR has not published a specific estimate of the impact of marginal electricity...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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