Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to classify onshore wind farms as critical infrastructure to combat the theft of copper cabling from wind turbines.

On 9 June 2025, the Government made legislation to reintroduce onshore wind into the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) regime. Government has concluded that low carbon infrastructure entering the NSIP regime, including renewables such as onshore wind, should be deemed as critical national priority infrastructure. Security arrangements for onshore wind farms are a matter for individual developers.