Question follow-through · 44090
Heat Pumps: Energy Company Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of exempting Ground Source Heat Pumps from blowout prevention permitting requirements in Mining Remediation Authority Areas.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 3 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2025 · 19 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of exempting Ground Source Heat Pumps from blowout prevention permitting requirements in Mining Remediation Authority Areas.
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Mining Remediation Authority are responsible for safely managing the effects of past coal mining and will request a risk assessment as part of the permit to drill phase and the heat access agreement application for projects with groundworks in or near...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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