Oral Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
“Whether his Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of establishing an offshore transmission network in the southern North Sea.”
Tabled: 28 June 2023Answered: 4 July 2023
Asked by
Jerome Mayhew
Conservative — Broadland and Fakenham
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Energy (Michael Shanks)
We are delivering a strategic spatial energy plan to support a more actively planned approach to energy infrastructure. It will consider wider demands, including food production, water supply and nature recovery. The Departments for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and for Energy Security and Net Zero will ensure that the strategic spatial energy plan and the land use framework work together.