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1581302

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date	26/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Floods: Nuclear Power Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has undertaken a risk assessment of the impact of potential flooding caused by rising sea levels on nuclear power plants.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	133748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2023 answer text <p>Nuclear site licence holders must meet robust standards, including keeping plants safe against the effects of flooding throughout their lifetime.</p><p> </p><p>Site licensees are required to produce a fit for purpose assessment of flood risk to inform the detailed siting, design, management, and safety case requirements of any new nuclear facility, which is assessed by the UK’s independent regulators - the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and the environment agencies. This includes an assessment of all possible sources of flooding as well as coastal erosion risks and other climate change impacts.</p><p> </p><p>The ONR and the environment agencies would not allow an installation to be built or to operate if they judged that it was not safe to do so.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/02/2023 15:00:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1579532

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy Performance Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Improvement Energy Performance Certificates: action plan - progress update, published on 8 November 2021, what progress his Department has made on updating regulations related to Energy Performance Certificates since publication of that update.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	129989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department works closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on progressing the outstanding actions in the Energy Performance Certificate Action Plan.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/01/2023 14:07:04 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1579534

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Heating: Non-ionizing Radiation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the use of infrared heating.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	129991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>BEIS research to date, such as the Cost Optimal Domestic Electrification<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fukc-word-edit.officeapps.live.com%2Fwe%2Fwordeditorframe.aspx%3Fui%3Den-GB%26rs%3Den-GB%26wopisrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fbeisgov.sharepoint.com%252Fsites%252Fbuildings_and_electrification%252F_vti_bin%252Fwopi.ashx%252Ffiles%252Fa6c916c89b9643029d93bf7f459fa185%26wdenableroaming%3D1%26mscc%3D1%26hid%3D7E00CC46-7108-4B0F-AAC5-F58453FE6DCC%26wdorigin%3DOutlook-Body%26wdhostclicktime%3D1674577793080%26jsapi%3D1%26jsapiver%3Dv1%26newsession%3D1%26corrid%3Dbad5a763-e197-416d-9adf-69501a19b068%26usid%3Dbad5a763-e197-416d-9adf-69501a19b068%26sftc%3D1%26cac%3D1%26mtf%3D1%26sfp%3D1%26instantedit%3D1%26wopicomplete%3D1%26wdredirectionreason%3DUnified_SingleFlush%26rct%3DNormal%26ctp%3DLeastProtected%23_ftn1&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C86a31a5ab5b245d633b508db02ce115d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638106856288398621%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=6fGTNY5Js6Zgq9GkKTBpjkSa5lIDcC7zACs1q2zC0Qk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><sup>[1]</sup></a>project, has compared infrared heating with other electrical heating options and concluded that heat-pumps are the most cost-optimal electric heating technology for most UK homes. To improve the Government's understanding of the potential role of infrared heating in decarbonising heat, BEIS has commenced a further programme of evidence gathering on the performance of these systems relative to other technologies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fukc-word-edit.officeapps.live.com%2Fwe%2Fwordeditorframe.aspx%3Fui%3Den-GB%26rs%3Den-GB%26wopisrc%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fbeisgov.sharepoint.com%252Fsites%252Fbuildings_and_electrification%252F_vti_bin%252Fwopi.ashx%252Ffiles%252Fa6c916c89b9643029d93bf7f459fa185%26wdenableroaming%3D1%26mscc%3D1%26hid%3D7E00CC46-7108-4B0F-AAC5-F58453FE6DCC%26wdorigin%3DOutlook-Body%26wdhostclicktime%3D1674577793080%26jsapi%3D1%26jsapiver%3Dv1%26newsession%3D1%26corrid%3Dbad5a763-e197-416d-9adf-69501a19b068%26usid%3Dbad5a763-e197-416d-9adf-69501a19b068%26sftc%3D1%26cac%3D1%26mtf%3D1%26sfp%3D1%26instantedit%3D1%26wopicomplete%3D1%26wdredirectionreason%3DUnified_SingleFlush%26rct%3DNormal%26ctp%3DLeastProtected%23_ftnref1&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C86a31a5ab5b245d633b508db02ce115d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638106856288408570%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VcqkSQW6%2Fcj93jC2O6maEyLPgJgQceQ57SvUcFxwgJs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><strong><em><sup>[1]</sup></em></strong></a> <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1104051%2FCODE-Final-Report-WHOLE-FINAL-v20.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C86a31a5ab5b245d633b508db02ce115d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638106856288419136%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jTudPvY6EJUmJPMfzLBeQIHEjl99ssmE5su8AUXklEE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><em>Cost Optimal Domestic Electrification (CODE): research study</em></a></p><p><em>Ref: BEIS Research Paper Number: 2021/051, published September 2021. (Viewed on 24 January 2023)</em></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/01/2023 14:06:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1568795

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Wind Power: Cornwall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what social value criteria the Department has set in the next auction for offshore wind projects in the Cornish Sea; and what assessment his Department has made of potential direct financial or other benefits that may be delivered locally in respect of those projects.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	127878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The parameters of the upcoming floating offshore wind seabed leasing process in the Celtic Sea are a matter for The Crown Estate, who have stated developers will be expected to provide a plan of their early investment in support of an internationally competitive supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>Offshore wind is an important growth industry for the UK. The Government estimates the ambition of 50GW of offshore wind outlined in the British Energy Security Strategy, including up to 5GW of innovative floating offshore wind, could support an estimated 90,000 direct and indirect jobs by 2030</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/01/2023 14:34:55 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones