National Grid: Rural Areas
(asked on 3rd November 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of difficulties in connecting remote communities to the national electricity grid on rural depopulation.
This question was answered on 11th November 2025
The Government has not made an assessment of any relationship between connecting to the electricity network and changes in rural populations.