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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the generation of offshore wind in the UK.

The British Energy Security Strategy increased the ambition for offshore wind to up to 50GW by 2030 and outlined the Government’s commitment to accelerating deployment, reducing the consenting time for wind farms from up to four years to one year.

Generation of offshore wind is supported through the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme. The Fourth CfD Allocation Round is underway, and the Fifth Round will open in March 2023 – the first in a series of annual CfD auctions.

The Government has also announced up to £320 million to support offshore wind ports and factories.