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 merits of waiving grid fees for electrolysers for the production of green hydrogen.

The Government recently published the UK Hydrogen Strategy package, which sets out our comprehensive package of support for hydrogen production technologies, including electrolytic 'green' hydrogen, to help meet our 5GW ambition.

We have considered a range of policy options to support deployment of electrolytic hydrogen, including assessing costs related to hydrogen production, such as grid connection fees and are currently seeking views on the best way to overcome such issues via the live consultation on a proposed hydrogen business model.

We will continue to engage with electrolytic hydrogen producers, Ofgem, National Grid and wider industry to promote electrolytic hydrogen production in line with our stated ambitions.