Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to Question 26024 answered on the 1st September 2026, whether her Department has considered the potential benefits of issuing specific guidance for social housing providers on managing end-of-life solar photovoltaic panel disposal and recycling across large housing portfolios.

I refer my hon Friend to the answer given to her on 9 September 2026 to Question UIN 26024.

Legislation is in place to control the disposal of solar equipment at the end of its life, and the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013 (as amended) are a matter for my Rt hon Friend the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

The Government will keep under review whether specific guidance for social housing providers managing large portfolios of solar panels would be beneficial.