Solar Power
Lords · Question HL11119 · Tabled 20 Oct 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Bradshaw
To ask His Majesty's Government how many of the solar panels imported over the last three years were made in China; and whether they have plans to increase the proportion of solar panels manufactured domestically.
Answer
Answered by Lord Wilson of Sedgefield, 3 Nov 2025
The Department does not hold this information. HMRC publishes the value and mass of solar panels imported, by country, on its data portal at www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table/. While the UK has no large-scale conventional solar manufacturing...