§ Mr. Barronasked the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list information available to him on the capacity and routes of new transmission systems for the national electricity grid planned for the period up to 1995.
§ Mr. GoodladThe Central Electricity Generating Board provides annually a general description of its proposals for investment in the transmission system. However, my Department normally receives detailed information on the capacity and routes of individual proposals for new transmission lines only where the Secretary of State's consent to place a line above ground is necessary under section 10(b) of the schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899, as amended by the Electricity Act 1947. My Department has no applications for such consent at present.
Matters relating to the electricity transmission system in Scotland are for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.