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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to cut approval times for new offshore wind farms from four years to one year.

In the British Energy Security Strategy the Government outlined how it will cut approval times. The Government will strengthen the National Policy Statements, establish a fast-track consenting process for priority cases, implement a new Offshore Wind Environmental Improvement Package, review the Habitats Regulations Assessment process and work with the Offshore Wind Acceleration Task Force on further cutting the timeline.