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

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost is of (a) the supplementary balancing reserve and (b) other black start ancillary support contracts provided by the National Grid to (i) Eggborough, (ii) Fiddler's Ferry and (iii) Drax power plant.

Information on Supplementary Balancing Reserve and ancillary support contracts is confidential. The cost of contracts with individual suppliers is therefore unavailable.