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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the proposed closure of Eggborough Power Station; and if he will make a statement.

The proposed closure of Eggborough Power Station is a commercial decision and as such the Department holds limited information on this matter.

The information we do hold is that Eggborough Power Limited has confirmed that it will continue to meet its obligations under its current Capacity Market Agreement, which runs through to the end of September 2018. The timeframe for closing, decommissioning and demolishing the power station beyond this date is a commercial decision for the company.