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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of exceeding the Levy Control Framework's forecasted costs each year to 2020-21 on consumer energy bills.

The latest projections for the Levy Control Framework (LCF), published by the Office of Budget Responsibility in March 2016, show that while LCF future spending is forecast to exceed the budget cap to 2020/21, it remains within the 20% headroom agreed with the Treasury in all years.

The Department keeps the impact of LCF projected spending on consumer bills under review.

Updated projections for the LCF will be published by Office of Budget Responsibility alongside the Autumn Statement.