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Data Centres: East of England and Lincolnshire |
| Question ID: |
1808650 |
| UIN: |
56836 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4500 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Clive Lewis
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| Asking Member handle: |
labourlewis
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@labourlewis
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what information his Department hold on plans for data centres to be built in areas supplied by the new reservoir announced for (a) East Anglia and (b) Lincolnshire. |
| Is named day: |
false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-11 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
1446 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Chris Bryant
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Chris Bryant
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The Government does not routinely track individual plans for data centre developments. Water companies have no obligation to approve water for non-domestic uses, such as for data centres. Data centres may therefore be refused or restricted a supply connec... |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |