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Solar Power: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what eligibility criteria her Department is using to choose successful schools for Great British Energy's rooftop solar panels project.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
17 Apr 2025
Target answer date
23 Apr 2025
Answer
9 May 2025 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what eligibility criteria her Department is using to choose successful schools for Great British Energy's rooftop solar panels project.

  2. 23 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 May 2025

    Answer published

    The department recently announced, in partnership with Great British (GB) Energy, an £80 million (£40 million from the department and £40 million from GB Energy) initiative to install solar and other technologies such as electric vehicle chargers in 200 s...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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