Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps they are taking to help ensure that their Department (a) gives sufficient attention to long term strategic challenges, (b) does not allow current events to slow down work on long term strategic issues and (c) consistently undertakes horizon scanning.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero committed to transforming Britain’s energy security and scaling up affordable, clean and homegrown power after its creation in February 2023. To address the long-term strategic challenges associated with its remit, the Department has a dedicated senior leadership team and Strategy Directorate which ensure strategic thinking and horizon scanning is bolstered and embedded across the breadth of the Department’s work.