Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, (a) when the audit of Drax's supply chain ordered by Ofgem in September 2025 will be completed; (b) whether its findings will be published in full; and (c) if he will not agree final terms for subsidies from March 2027 until that audit has been published.

Following its 2023-4 investigation into the company’s sustainability reporting, Ofgem required Drax to commission and fund a global supply chain audit. The progress of the audit – and any decision on whether to publish its findings - is a matter for Ofgem as the independent regulator. However, the first phase has been delivered and relevant information shared with DESNZ officials.

Any further findings will continue to inform Ofgem and the Low-Carbon Contracts Company’s approach to identifying supply chain-related risks and targeting audit activity, including in relation to the Low-Carbon Dispatchable CfD which operates from 2027.