Question follow-through · 7066
Energy: Infrastructure
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to next update the National Policy Statement for energy infrastructure; and whether that update will include battery storage as significant energy infrastructure.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 9 Oct 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Energy: Housing · 23 Oct 2024
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when his Department plans to next update the National Policy Statement for energy infrastructure; and whether that update will include battery storage as significant energy infrastructure.
9 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Chancellor committed to Government updating relevant National Policy Statements (NPSs) for infrastructure within 12-months and this includes reviewing the energy NPSs.This Government recognises that batteries have a key role to play in decarbonising t...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Energy: Housing
23 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Future Home Standard on National Grid capacity.
Energy: Storage
25 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of battery energy storage systems.