Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department of climate-related extreme weather since 1 January 2020.

The third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment published in 2021 included an analysis of the current and future costs of climate change to the UK and highlighted the climate-change related risks to our energy infrastructure.

Government works closely with the energy industry to put plans in place to mitigate, and respond to all crises, including incidents resulting from climate-related extreme weather. The costs of responding to the network impacts of severe weather events are primarily managed by network operators.

We are taking steps to future-proof the energy system including funding research to understand emerging climate risks to energy assets and infrastructure, and how best to enhance system resilience.