Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the response by Lord Callanan on 3 July (HL Deb col 983), when they expect the investigation by Ofgem on Drax Plc to conclude.

Ofgem has assured the Government that this matter is a priority for them and they are progressing the investigation at pace. Ofgem is engaging constructively with Drax, however, due to the sizeable amount of evidence that needs to be scrutinised in the course of this investigation and the fact that at this stage it is unclear whether further information will have to be collected, Ofgem cannot provide a timeline for when this investigation may be concluded.