Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 88546

Solar Power: Oxfordshire

Tabled: 5 November 2025
Answered: 12 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Calum Miller

Liberal DemocratBicester and Woodstock

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has sought the advice of the office of the Financial Sanction Implementation on reported Russian-linked funding associated with the proposed Botley West Solar Farm.

Answer

Michael Shanks
Given the Secretary of State’s quasi-judicial role in taking decisions on applications for development consent for energy infrastructure proposals, it would not be appropriate to comment on matters relating to specific proposals