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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many gigawatts of energy the Electricity System Operator plans to allow from future connections from offshore wind projects in (a) Scotland and (b) England and Wales in the context of the Government's increased target of up to 50 GW of operating offshore wind capacity by 2030.

For projects expected to connect by 2030 that are not already operational, 26GW of capacity will connect in England and Wales, and 18GW of capacity will connect in Scotland.

Projects that are expected to connect before 2030 but do not yet have an indicative landing point have been excluded from the figures above.