Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) functional, (b) cyber and (c) physical security standards apply to energy generating facilities.

The Department works with Ofgem, the regulator, security agencies and technical authorities, and the generator community, to ensure that proportionate physical and cyber security standards are in place for the energy sector.

The Network and Information Systems Regulation 2018 requires generators over a certain threshold to ensure proportionate cyber security measures are in place to protect the service they provide. DESNZ works with industry to provides guidelines and advice on physical security, reinforced by a personnel security programme.