Question follow-through · 109645
Electric Cables: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the cost and feasibility of undergrounding new electricity transmission infrastructure in rural areas, including Suffolk.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 29 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the cost and feasibility of undergrounding new electricity transmission infrastructure in rural areas, including Suffolk.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 2026
Answer published
Network developers, not Government, are responsible for assessing the cost and feasibility of construction methods for new electricity transmission infrastructure. This includes consideration of whether construction methods are technically deliverable and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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