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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department made of the cost of delivering the Eastern Link HVDC scheme overland via traditional pylons; and what underlying assumptions were used in reaching that estimate.

The Eastern High Voltage Direct Current Link scheme is a joint project between the three private electricity transmission network companies in Great Britain, which are developing a Business Case, including consideration of different ways to deliver the link. Ofgem, as the regulator, is responsible for overseeing this. Government has no role in the costing of this project.