Question follow-through · 46964
Solar Power: Fire and Rescue Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what level of fire service coverage Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project solar farms are required to have.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 22 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 30 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Great British Energy: Staff · 25 Apr 2025
- National Grid: Tempsford · 29 Apr 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
22 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what level of fire service coverage Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project solar farms are required to have.
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Apr 2025
Answer published
Fire service coverage is considered during the examination and determination of any Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project. It is for the applicant to demonstrate satisfactorily that this issue has been addressed, which will include the view of the...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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8 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the total acreage of land is within active applications for nationally significant infrastructure projects that are solar farms.
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