Question follow-through · 37176
Batteries: Storage
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to protect green belt land from fire risks when developing battery energy storage systems.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to take steps to protect green belt land from fire risks when developing battery energy storage systems.
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Government agrees with the need to have robust measures in place to manage the risks associated with facilities that use large numbers of lithium-ion batteries. The Health and Safety Executive regulates grid-scale lithium-ion batteries within a robust...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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