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Renewable Energy: Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of his Department's policies on jobs in the renewable energy sector.

answeredDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
13 May 2026
Target answer date
18 May 2026
Answer
22 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of his Department's policies on jobs in the renewable energy sector.

  2. 18 May 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 May 2026

    Answer published

    The clean energy transition represents one of the UK’s largest opportunities for economic growth and high-quality job creation this decade. In October 2025, we published the Clean Energy Jobs Plan which sets out the workforce needed to deliver our Clean E...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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