Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the effect of changes to planning permission for onshore wind projects on investor confidence in the offshore wind sector.

The Government is putting in place measures to fulfil our commitment to end new subsidies for onshore wind and to change the law so that local people have the final say on onshore windfarm applications.

These measures do not apply to offshore wind.

The UK is the world leader in offshore wind with significantly more installed capacity than any other country in the world. The Government expects offshore wind installed capacity in the UK to double by the end of the decade, from 5GW today to around 10GW.