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Written question asked by Jacqui Lait (Conservative) on Monday, 26 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 November 2009. It was answered by David Kidney (Labour) on Tuesday, 3 November 2009 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.


Planning Act 2008

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which draft national policy statements under the Planning Act 2008 for which his Department is responsible he expects to publish before March 2010.
Answer

[holding answer 2 November 2009]: The Department intends to publish a suite of six energy national policy statements for consultation during autumn 2009.This will include an overarching national policy statement for energy and five technology-specific national policy statements on: fossil fuel electricity generation; renewable energy generation; gas supply infrastructure and gas and oil pipelines; electricity networks and nuclear power generation.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
498 c890-1W; 296504
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Department of Energy and Climate Change National policy statements
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk