Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 38809

Fire Prevention

Tabled: 17 March 2025

Answered: 25 March 2025

Question

John Milne

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of creating national fire safety (a) standards and (b) regulations for battery energy storage sites to hel

Answer

Emma Hardy

The Government agrees with the need to have robust measures in place to manage the risks associated with facilities that use large numbers of lithium-ion batteries. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) regulates grid-scale lithium-ion batteries within a ...

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