Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to helpthe surface engineering sector to transition to net zero.

The Industrial Decarbonisation Strategy sets out a funding approach to support the deployment of low carbon technologies and the critical shared infrastructure required to deploy these at scale. This includes the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF), and Scottish IETF, for which the surface engineering sector is eligible. Subject to business case approval, IETF Phase 3 will open for applications in early 2024, increasing the total funding available to over £500 million.