Question follow-through · 100084

National Underground Asset Register

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of integrating the National Underground Asset Register with existing safe digging services such as Linesearchbefore

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
17 Dec 2025
Answer
23 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 15 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of integrating the National Underground Asset Register with existing safe digging services such as Linesearchbefore

  2. 17 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    We have conducted a discovery project and testing phase to investigate the potential to broaden access to information held in NUAR, and through other channels, including via third-party access. The outputs of this will be communicated to the sector in due...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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National Underground Asset Register

16 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the National Underground Asset Register will enter full operational service on 1 January 2026 for safe digging and what formal safety and risk assessments the Department has rec