Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to support the decarbonisation of the metals recycling sector.

The metals recycling sector can bid into a number of government-funded decarbonisation schemes, including the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, the Programme of Research and Innovation for the UK Steel and Metals sector (PRISM) run by the Materials Processing Institute, and the SUSTAIN Future Manufacturing Research Hub headed by Swansea University.

Businesses can also benefit from exemptions on business rates for investments in green technologies. The Government has announced a new Business Energy Advice Service that will specifically target SMEs. Working with the Energy Efficiency Taskforce, the Government is reviewing what additional support could help businesses to save energy.