| Heading: |
Data Centres: Planning |
| Question ID: |
1759293 |
| UIN: |
26894 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-28 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5062 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Nick Timothy
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Nick Timothy
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to allow the National Policy Statements for Energy and Planning Policy Guidance to approve grid infrastructure for new data centres. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-05 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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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: |
The Planning and Infrastructure Bill will provide the powers to accelerate the infrastructure needed to deliver on the Government’s ambitions. The Government published a working paper [1] on the proposals on the 26th January 2025 and more detail will be a... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |