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Batteries: Storage

Asked by Helen WhatelyConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 27 February 2026UIN 115042

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will hold discussions with the Electrical Storage Health and Safety Governance Group on introducing BESS to the Environmental Permitting Regulations.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Defra officials have regularly attended Electrical Storage Health and Safety Governance Group meetings, where the proposal of potentially including battery energy storage system (BESS) sites into the Environmental Permitting Regulations has previously been discussed. Officials will continue to engage with the Group, and other key stakeholders, as part of BESS policy development.

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