| Heading: |
Solar Power: Decommissioning |
| Question ID: |
1809268 |
| UIN: |
57227 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4108 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sir Gavin Williamson
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| Asking Member handle: |
gavinwilliamson
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@gavinwilliamson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to require solar farm developers to utilise bonds in order to cover the costs of decommissioning. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-09 |
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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: |
We do not currently have plans to require solar and battery projects to be covered by decommissioning bonds. Solar farms are normally temporary structures and planning conditions can be used to ensure that the installations are removed when no longer in u... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |