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

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the bidders for the carbon capture and storage competition have (a) sought and (b) been offered compensation from her Department for costs they incurred prior to that competition's cancellation.

The carbon capture and storage competition document stated that the Department would not meet bidders’ costs other than those shared with the Department through the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract, and that payments to bidders since November 2015 have been consistent with the terms and conditions in those FEED contracts agreed between Government and each bidder.