Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department will publish revised guidance on tidal energy as part of the energy National Policy Statement.

BEIS has been analysing the responses received as part of the public consultation on the draft revised energy National Policy Statements and aims to issue the response shortly. This will take into account these responses and any resolutions or recommendations from the Parliamentary scrutiny process.