Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan for a core hydrogen pipeline network to operate in the UK.

We are committed to conducting analysis to assess the potential scale, pace and geography of developing a core network. In the early years of the hydrogen economy, it is likely that most industrial demand for hydrogen will be located within industrial clusters where sites can share infrastructure and access available supply. We are therefore prioritising the development of regional network infrastructure while we continue to review the case for a core network to connect regional networks in the future.