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National Grid: Hinchingbrooke Hospital

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 20 October 2025UIN 82445

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of receiving approval from NESO for additional grid connection for the final phase of Hinchingbrooke Hospital’s rebuild.

Answered by Michael Shanks

Details of the requirements for individual connections to the electricity network are held in private connection contracts between the relevant parties.

Faster grid connections are crucial to the Government's clean energy superpower and growth missions. We announced plans in the Industrial Strategy on a series of measures to accelerate connections for strategically important demand projects.

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