| Heading: |
Schools: Solar Power |
| Question ID: |
1807845 |
| UIN: |
HL7947 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-02 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4297 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
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| Asking Member handle: |
greenjennyjones
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@greenjennyjones
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential carbon savings from equipping all suitable school buildings with solar panels; and what steps they are taking to accelerate the rollout of solar energy across schools in line |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-16 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
269 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Smith of Malvern
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| Answer text: |
The education estate has around 55 million square meters of roof area. The department is already working with Great British Energy to harness the opportunity for solar generation by installing rooftop solar panels in this financial year on around 200 scho... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |