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Infrastructure: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to accept the recommendation by the Office of Value for Money to lay a Command Paper with a Strategy and Delivery Plan for specific mega projects before Parliament.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
27 Oct 2025
Answer
31 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to accept the recommendation by the Office of Value for Money to lay a Command Paper with a Strategy and Delivery Plan for specific mega projects before Parliament.

  2. 27 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    Where projects within the Department are designated as megaprojects, the recommendations of the Office for Value for Money study will be considered as appropriate. Having been defined a mega project by the study, a Strategy and Delivery Plan for Sizewell ...

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