Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) financial and (b) other support his Department is providing to local authorities to develop local area energy plans.

The Government is considering the role of local-level energy planning in delivering Net Zero. We have supported the development of local area energy planning through the Prospering from the Energy Revolution (PFER) programme, to which we committed £104 million in funding.

The PFER programme included co-funding for the development of local area energy planning guidance, and the production of plans for Peterborough, Pembrokeshire, Stafford, Cannock Chase and Lichfield.