Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether electricity used in rolling stock maintenance and refurbishment is eligible for relief under the British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme; and how eligibility is determined at sites undertaking both manufacturing and maintenance.

Businesses must operate within an eligible Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code and manufacture products within eligible Harmonised System (HS) code to be eligible for the British Industrial Competitiveness scheme.

Eligible businesses will receive support depending on their electricity consumption towards eligible manufacturing activity. This includes electricity used directly in the manufacturing process, as well as electricity used for supporting activities that are necessary for eligible manufacturing to take place. Supporting activities that are used solely for ineligible production will not be eligible.