Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 4.51 of the Red Book, what his Department’s definition is for new low-carbon electricity levies.

For the purpose of the new Control, new low carbon electricity levies are defined as anything beyond our existing low carbon electricity levy contracts and commitments. Existing contracts and commitments include Contracts for Difference, the Renewables Obligation and Feed-in Tariffs, as well as the commitment to up to £557 million for further Contracts for Difference. The government will continue to support low carbon electricity as it becomes more cost competitive.

Further information on paragraph 4.51 can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/control-for-low-carbon-levies