Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of support to de-carbonise heavy industry.

Government is providing a range of support to decarbonise heavy industry while keeping competitiveness.

In May, government announced a new £470m funding package for chemicals and ceramics to back decarbonisation and resilience in these sectors.

Government also offers a range of support to enable hydrogen use in industrial sectors, including business models for production and transport and storage; and in September 2025, government also signed a contract with Padeswood, the UK’ first carbon capture-enabled cement plant.

The Industrial Energy Transformation Fund also made around £500m available to support UK industry to decarbonise.

Government continues to keep its approach under review.