Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2023 to Question 135388 on Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Leisure and Swimming Pools, which Office for National Statistics data were used to assess whether swimming pools are trade intensive; and what estimate he has made of (i) the energy intensity of swimming pools and (ii) the percentile figure for (A) energy intensity and (B) trade intensity for (1) swimming pools and (2) leisure centres as part of the Government's trade and energy intensity assessment.

The organisations eligible for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries scheme are those operating within sectors that fall above the 80th percentile for energy intensity and 60th percentile for trade intensity, as per ONS trade data, and those within sectors eligible for the existing Energy Intensive Industries compensation schemes. Both of those thresholds must be met to warrant inclusion, meaning that some energy intensive sectors, which are not significantly trade intensive like swimming pools and leisure centre, will not be eligible for support. The definition used for trade intensity is the international trade in goods in relation to the sector’s turnover percentile of the criteria set for the enhanced support for Energy and Trade Intensive Industries.