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Drax Group

Asked by Sir Oliver DowdenConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 20 July 2026UIN 17771

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will ask Ofgem to disclose (a) when Drax Group plc first informed Ofgem of the existence of the December 2022 and February 2023 KPMG reports and (b) whether Ofgem obtained unfettered access to unredacted versions of those reports before concluding its investigation in August 2024.

Answered by Michael Shanks

As requested, I will ask Ofgem to write to the Rt hon Member in due course to set out responses to your questions.

Please note that Ofgem kept DESNZ officials suitably informed of the progress of its investigation and the documents it accessed in the course of reaching its findings, including the KPMG reports.

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