Question follow-through · 24663
Electricity Interconnectors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of interconnectors with other countries.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 17 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 27 Jan 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
17 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of interconnectors with other countries.
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
27 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Clean Power 2030 Action Plan outlines our approach to delivering a clean electricity system, including our approach to electricity interconnectors. It expects 12-14GW of electricity interconnection by 2030, up from the 9.8GW currently installed. Under...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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