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Solar Power

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 2 July 2025UIN 62157

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an estimate of how many and what proportion of solar panels installed in the UK in the last five years were made (a) in the UK and (b) in China.

Answered by Michael Shanks

The Department does not hold this information. HMRC publishes the value and mass of solar panels imported, by country, on its data portal at www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table/.

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