Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has received reports of concerns regarding solar panels fitted to domestic properties which have caught fire or exploded; and if he will make a statement.

The Government is aware of some previously reported incidents of fires involving photovoltaic panels / solar panels and that is why we commissioned the Building Research Establishment in 2015 to conduct a study on this issue. The interim findings of this study were published in July 2017 and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-incidents-involving-solar-panels