Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 116438

Electricity: Infrastructure

Tabled: 27 February 2026
Answered: 9 March 2026

Question

Andrew George

Liberal DemocratSt Ives

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the additional costs and delays to customers resulting from the current statutory processes for acquiring land and rights for electricity network upgrades.

Answer

Michael Shanks
DESNZ has worked closely with stakeholders to understand the extent to which current land access, rights and consents processes delay and add costs to rollout of electricity network infrastructure required for delivering clean power by 2030 and accelerati...

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