Question follow-through · 5437
National Grid: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the cost of frequency response services in the electricity grid in each year since 2000.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 1 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
1 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the cost of frequency response services in the electricity grid in each year since 2000.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The National Energy System Operator (NESO) procures frequency response services as part of a wider suite of balancing services to maintain system frequency within statutory limits. This data is published by NESO in the Monthly Balancing Services Summary.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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