Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed locational marginal pricing system on renewable deployment in Scotland.

The Government will set out the case for long-term reform of British electricity market arrangements as well as an initial assessment of policy options in a summer consultation: Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA), as announced in the British Energy Security Strategy,

REMA will consider a wide range of options for reform to electricity markets and policies; at this point in time no options have been proposed by the Government.

The Government is discussing REMA with the Devolved Administrations and will continue to engage closely as policy options develop under the programme.