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Energy: Infrastructure

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 28 October 2024UIN 10835

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that community benefit funds provide adequate compensation to communities affected by nationally significant infrastructure projects.

Answered by Michael Shanks

It is the Government’s priority to build support for developments by ensuring communities directly benefit, as per the commitment set out in the election manifesto. As such we are reviewing how to most effectively deliver community benefits for communities living near new energy infrastructure.

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