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 support local authorities (a) to (i) create and (ii) deliver local area energy plans and (b) to work with local communities as part of that process.

The Government is considering the role of local-level energy planning in delivering net zero. It has supported the development of local area energy planning through the Prospering from the Energy Revolution (PFER) programme, by committing £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.