Question follow-through · 123549
Heat Networks: Outages
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department holds data on the frequency and duration of outages affecting heat network customers.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 24 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 1 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
24 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department holds data on the frequency and duration of outages affecting heat network customers.
26 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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1 Apr 2026
Answer published
Historically, heat network performance, including outage duration and frequency has been unregulated in Great Britain, and as such the Department does not hold this data. As the newly appointed market regulator for heat networks, Ofgem now have powers to ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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