Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in electricity standing charges on farm businesses in Fylde constituency.

The Government recognises concerns about the impact of standing charges on business consumers and is committed to ensuring that energy costs are recovered fairly.

We are working closely with Ofgem as it undertakes its Cost Allocation and Recovery Review, which is considering how fixed system costs, including those commonly recovered through standing charges, are allocated across domestic and non-domestic consumers and whether they could be recovered in fairer and more progressive ways, including in relation to regional differences.