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.
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.