| Heading: |
Batteries: Storage |
| Question ID: |
1787847 |
| UIN: |
40799 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5062 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Nick Timothy
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Nick Timothy
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the effectiveness of fire prevention policies and (b) potential fire hazards at battery energy storage systems sites following the fire in Liver |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-01 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4998 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Michael Shanks
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| Answering Member handle: |
mgshanks
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mgshanks
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| Answer text: |
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) oversees a robust regulatory framework which covers batteries and requires responsible parties to take measures to ensure health and safety throughout all stages of a battery system’s deployment. |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |