{"value":{"id":1836088,"askingMemberId":5012,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-09-16T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-09-30T00:00:00","uin":"HL10570","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how many \"shovel-ready\" energy applications have secured grid connections in Scotland since 2021, broken down by local authority area.","answeringBodyId":215,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Energy Security and Net Zero","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1603,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-09-29T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Department does not hold this data however, through reforms to the connections process, only projects that are ready and needed will be offered a connection, by requiring evidence of land access and permission to build, as well as how a project aligns with the Clean Power Action Plan.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"National Grid: Scotland","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1836088","method":"GET"}]}