Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 76352

Solar Power

Tabled: 10 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Sarah Dyke

Liberal DemocratGlastonbury and Somerton

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to help ensure that local communities benefit from hosting ground mounted solar farms.

Answer

Michael Shanks
The Government is determined to ensure that, where communities host clean energy infrastructure, they benefit from it directly. We recently published a working paper on community benefits, in which we proposed making it mandatory for developers to provide...

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