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

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of which fuel source is the most efficient for national electricity grid re-starts following power cuts; and if she will make a statement.

DECC officials routinely work with National Grid to assess the resilience of response processes, including the failure of the National Electricity Transmission System.

This work includes assessment of how different fuel sources can deliver this ‘Black Start’ capability.