Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will consider mandating that all new school buildings incorporate solar panels as standard.

In November 2021, the department launched a new set of construction standards addressing sustainability, energy and climate change. These revised standards mandate that all new department funded school buildings include roof mounted photovoltaic panels.

The department’s full specification can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/school-design-and-construction#output-specification.