Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether Peak Cluster Limited has submitted to his Department or to Ofgem any societal risk assessment (FN curve analysis) under BS PD 8010 Parts 1 and 3 comparing the risk profile of the current proposed pipeline route through Gawsworth Parish with any alternative route that avoids the settled Gawsworth valley.

The department is engaging with potential future CCUS projects, including the Peak Cluster, to understand their proposals.

The Peak Cluster’s pipeline proposals are still in development. A societal risk assessment is part of the quantitative risk assessment framework for the pipelines under BS PD8010, which will be carried out as part of the FEED design stage. The Peak Cluster project is not yet at this stage. Once complete, the risk assessment will be submitted to the Health and Safety Executive, who will undertake the review.