| Heading: |
Wind Power: Scotland |
| Question ID: |
1806721 |
| UIN: |
55154 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-30 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4602 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Wera Hobhouse
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| Asking Member handle: |
Wera_Hobhouse
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@Wera_Hobhouse
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of potential development sites for onshore wind which fall within the vicinity of the Eskdalemuir Seismological Array (ESA) in Scotland. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
483 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Maria Eagle
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| Answering Member handle: |
meaglemp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@meaglemp
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| Answer text: |
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is a statutory consultee in the UK planning systems to safeguard operational defence sites. As such, the MOD is consulted on all wind farm planning applications within 50km of the Eskdalemuir Seismological Array. The MOD cann... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |