Question follow-through · 41701
Solar Power: Industrial Estates and Retail Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating businesses occupying spaces in (a) retail and (b) industrial estates to install solar panels on their roofs.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2025 · 7 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
26 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of mandating businesses occupying spaces in (a) retail and (b) industrial estates to install solar panels on their roofs.
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Government provides fiscal incentives to encourage businesses to install rooftop solar, such as through tax relief and business rate exemptions. Through permitted development rights, there is no limit to the capacity of a commercial solar installation...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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