Question follow-through · 9908
Solar Power
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the solar sector.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 15 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
15 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to support the solar sector.
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Contracts for Difference scheme is the main mechanism for incentivising ground mount solar, with contracts awarded to over 12GW capacity to date. The Government encourages the uptake of rooftop solar with favourable tax treatment, permitted developmen...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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