Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her planned timetable is for announcing the final revised budget for contracts for difference allocation round six.

National Grid ESO are currently reviewing applications against the published CfD qualification criteria. The outcomes of this process will dictate timings for when my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will decide whether an increase to the budget is appropriate. The different timeline scenarios are published here:

https://www.cfdallocationround.uk/news/ar6-core-parameters-published