Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what estimate he has made of the average time between a company applying for Network Charging Costs compensation and receiving payment.

Under the Network Charging Compensation Scheme, eligible businesses submit evidence of their network charging costs for each relevant quarter. Payments are subsequently made 13 months in arrears. This is to accommodate the scheme’s funding cycle under which claims are registered and the funding required to make payments is raised through the EII Support Levy which is paid by electricity suppliers and consumers. The Department works closely with the third-party administrator, Elexon, to ensure that exemption certificates are issued and that eligible businesses receive compensation in accordance with the scheme's established payment timetable.