Question follow-through · 116670
Electricity: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the resilience of electricity networks serving rural businesses.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 27 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 9 Mar 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the resilience of electricity networks serving rural businesses.
3 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Mar 2026
Answer published
Energy resilience is one of our top priorities. The Government is working with the industry to continually improve and maintain the resilience of old and new energy infrastructure, networks and assets, including the ones in rural areas. This will reduce v...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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