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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate his Department has made of the additional electricity generation that will be required following the ban on petrol and diesel cars in 2035; and if he will make a statement.

Figure 3.2 of the Energy White Paper^[1]shows indicative demands from electric vehicles for 2035 and 2050 that align with the ban on petrol and diesel vehicles in 2035.

Annex O of the Energy and Emission Projections^[2]provides indicative scenarios to show how the power sector might evolve to meet this additional demand.

^[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-white-paper-powering-our-net-zero-future

^[2] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-and-emissions-projections-net-zero-strategy-baseline-partial-interim-update-december-2021