Oral QuestionCOP26

“What assessment he has made of the role of geothermal energy in delivering the UK's COP26 commitments.”

Tabled: 24 February 2022Answered: 2 March 2022

Asked by

Dr Kieran Mullan

Conservative — Bexhill and Battle

Answering Minister

the President of COP26

Answer from Hansard

The Minister for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook)

The Government recognise that community-led housing delivers a wide range of benefits. We strengthened support for it in the revised national planning policy framework published last year, and in March we announced a 10-year social finance investment to provide capital funding for community-led housing. As part of the development of our long-term housing strategy, we are considering how the Government might further support the growth of the sector.