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Solar Power

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of solar farms.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled: 13 May 2025
Target answer date: 15 May 2025
Answer: 21 May 2025 · 8 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

13 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of solar farms.
15 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2025
Answer published
The solar market is mature, and Britain has a healthy pipeline of projects in development. The Clean Power Action Plan calls for the rapid acceleration of solar deployment, from around 18GW at present to 45-47GW by 2030. Large solar projects are supported...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Renewable Energy: Apprentices

24 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of apprentices in the renewable energy sector.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Boilers

1 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many homes have qualified for new boilers through Government energy schemes.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Carbon Emissions: Small Businesses

14 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on the potential merits of offering incentives to small and medium-sized businesses to encourage them to adop

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Community Energy: Schools

14 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the the Secretary of State for Education on the level of uptake of community energy projects in schools.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Energy: Private Rented Housing

15 Sept 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an estimate of the funding required for local authorities to ensure the enforcement of proposed new minimum energy efficiency standards in the private rented s

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Private Rented Housing: Energy

20 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that the cost of the new energy efficiency standards in the private rented sector are not passed on to tenants through higher rents.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Energy: Prices

21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what funding his Department will provide to the devolved administrations to help support the cost of meeting energy bills during the winter of 2025-26.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Carbon Emissions: Small Businesses

28 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support small businesses with energy transitions.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electricity: Prices

3 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with PowerNI on electricity prices in autumn 2025.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Electricity: Prices

9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of electricity prices.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Solar Power: Housing

27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what financial support is available for the installation of solar panels in UK domestic settings.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Drax Power Station

24 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has requested that the Drax power station provides further documents relating to its conduct following of the 2022 BBC Panorama investigation.