Asked by: Yasmin Qureshi (Labour - Bolton South East)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department is taking steps to increase the use of rooftop solar panels on (a) civic and (b) commercial buildings.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Government has established a Government/industry taskforce focussing on rooftop solar to drive forward solar deployment. The Government recently consulted on proposals to amend permitted development rights to support commercial solar and will publish practical guidance to support the installation of rooftop solar on its own estate and the wider public sector estate.
The Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme provides grants for public sector bodies to fund heat decarbonisation and energy efficiency measures, including solar.
Asked by: Yasmin Qureshi (Labour - Bolton South East)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the number of green jobs in (a) the North West, (b) the Borough of Bolton and (c) Bolton South East constituency.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Department does not collect data with the level of granularity required to discuss green employment figures for the North West, the Borough of Bolton and Bolton South East.
ONS figures show there were over 400,000 jobs in low carbon businesses and their supply chains across the country in 2020.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is working with the Green Jobs Delivery Group, exploring how government and businesses can support local areas to deliver a successful transition. For example, ensuring green skills are considered through Local Skills Improvement Plans and setting out skills needs and priority changes required in an area.