Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what correspondence (a) ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have received from Alexander Temerko since 1 March 2021.

Department Ministers have received one letter from Alexander Temerko since March 2021, sent on 22 March 2021 to the former Minister of State for Energy, my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed.

In line with departmental Propriety Guidance, the then Minister of State for Energy recused herself from the decision for the proposed Aquind interconnector from 8 January.

As a result of this action, she was removed from the process - this means that no discussions were had, nor correspondence entered into by the Minister in respect of the Aquind Interconnector project. This correspondence was not shown to the Minister as a consequence.

There was no correspondence from Alexander Temerko to special advisors or officials during this time.