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1147846

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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: Meters
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 estimate she has made of the number of smart meters that have been replaced as a result of customers switching energy suppliers in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	293548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Smart meters continue to record energy consumption accurately when a consumer switches energy supplier, even when the new energy supplier is temporarily unable to operate the meter in smart mode. Smart meters are rarely replaced when a consumer switches energy supplier. Of the total number of smart meters installed in Great Britain as of the end of 2018, less than 0.4% were replaced in the preceding 12 months following a consumer switch.</p><p> </p><p>Smart meters will give households the information to allow them to be more active consumers and more easily act upon poor service or expensive tariffs, and in time make switching suppliers easier and faster.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 07/10/2019 16:41:08 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1147399

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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: Northern Ireland
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 the Single Energy Area for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland will continue in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement on 31 October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	292933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>It is the UK Government’s position that by far the best outcome for electricity in Northern Ireland is to maintain the Single Electricity Market (SEM). The UK is committed to seeking to maintain the SEM in any scenario and will therefore take all possible measures to do so.  Both the Ireland and Northern Ireland energy regulators have stated that they expect the SEM to continue if the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement. We will continue to work with the Irish Government to ensure that technical, operational and legal arrangements are in place for the SEM to continue in this scenario.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 07/10/2019 16:44:50 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1147421

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Kilroot Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 30 September to Question 290725 on Kilroot Power Station, when she plans to undertake a strategic assessment of the asset life of individual power stations to assess future power generation requirements and strategy.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	292947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Generation capacity information for Northern Ireland can be found in the annual All-Island Generation Capacity Statement produced by the Transmission System Operators for Ireland and Northern Ireland, can be found at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protec" target="_blank">http://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/Generation_Capacity_Statement_2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Energy policy in Northern Ireland is largely a transferred (devolved) matter and therefore it would be for the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy to make strategic assessments of this nature.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 07/10/2019 16:42:13 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1147442

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Fuel Poverty: Merseyside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households in (a) Wallasey constituency, (b) Wirral and (c) Merseyside are living in fuel poverty.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	292836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The number of households living in fuel poverty in 2017 in Wallasey constituency, Wirral and Merseyside can be found in the table below.</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Estimated number of households living in Fuel poverty, 2017</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wallasey Constituency</p></td><td><p>Wirral (Local Authority)</p></td><td><p>Merseyside[1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estimated number of households in fuel poverty</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td><td><p>19,900</p></td><td><p>92,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of households in fuel poverty (%)</p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td><td><p>13.5</p></td><td><p>14.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Household figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p>The latest sub-regional statistics can be found here : <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2019</a>, Table 2, Table 4 and Table 5</p><p> </p><p>[1] Figures for Merseyside County has been derived from the 5 Metropolitan districts – Liverpool, Knowsley, St. Helens, Sefton and Wirral.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 07/10/2019 16:35:30 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1147449

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Renewable Energy: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many tonnes of carbon dioxide were displaced by renewable (a) electricity and (b) heat generation in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Wales in (A) 2016, (B) 2017 and (C) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	292949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has not estimated how many tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions for electricity and heat generation have been displaced using renewable sources, as without renewable sources the mix of other sources would have differed.</p><p>Statistics on UK greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are published annually by BEIS. The statistics are broken down by source sector.</p><p>Final statistics covering GHG emissions up to 2017 broken down by source sector can be found in table 3 of the publication: Final UK greenhouse gas emissions national statistics 1990-2017.</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Ffinal-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics-1990-2017&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJacob.Rose%40beis.gov.uk%7Cc55153f37078489e543308d747fd769d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637057026251049777&amp;sdata=9w%2FM1qej9LjVcVEehSaGTOUemNH1adQ8j6ileLA7zmc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/final-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics-1990-2017</a></p><p>Equivalent statistics for England, Scotland and Wales up to 2017 are available on the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) website.</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnaei.beis.gov.uk%2Freports%2Freports%3Freport_id%3D991&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJacob.Rose%40beis.gov.uk%7Cc55153f37078489e543308d747fd769d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637057026251059766&amp;sdata=iQseFJNJXPXvlFpIbWGhQhrNj3SlXoPmkksbGZNcGa0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://naei.beis.gov.uk/reports/reports?report_id=991</a></p><p>Provisional statistics covering carbon dioxide emissions up to 2018 broken down by source sector can be found in table 1 of the publication: Provisional UK greenhouse gas emissions national statistics 2018.</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fprovisional-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics-2018&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJacob.Rose%40beis.gov.uk%7Cc55153f37078489e543308d747fd769d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637057026251059766&amp;sdata=HaeU3fCOxtrjSqO0QCsQyRY8KPYEsF292%2B9COFC1ZfM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provisional-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 08/10/2019 13:50:48 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng previous answer version 138012 answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1147484

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Industry: Coal
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 steps her Department is taking to support research into cost-effective alternatives to coal for heavy industry.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	292851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department understands the need for industry to decarbonise as the UK moves towards net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. To support this priority, the Department is currently running, or intending to run, the following R&amp;D programmes that focus on industrial decarbonisation, which may consider bids for cost-effective alternatives to coal:</p><p>- The Industrial Fuel Switching Competition is a £20m competition, funded by the BEIS £505m Energy Innovation Portfolio (2016-2021), which aims to identify and test the processes and technologies required for industries in the UK to switch to low carbon fuels;</p><p>- The Industrial Energy Transformation Fund was announced at Budget 2018 as a new fund worth up to £315 million to support businesses with high energy use to transition to a low carbon future and to cut their bills through increased energy efficiency;</p><p>- The Clean Steel Fund, is a £250m programme, currently under consultation, will support the UK steel sector to transition to lower carbon iron and steel production through new technologies and processes;</p><p>- The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund has two relevant challenges, including the industrial decarbonisation challenge which is focused on heavy industry, and the Transforming Foundation Industries challenge, which is focused on energy and resource efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 07/10/2019 16:33:21 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1147517

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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
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 the timetable is for the publication of the White Paper on energy policy.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	292952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State will provide the timetable for the publication of the Energy White Paper in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 07/10/2019 16:36:54 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1147575

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 291262, if he will place in the Library a copy of the provisions of the referenced fuel supply contingency programme which would be deployed in the event of disruption to fuel supplies in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	292845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s long-standing fuel supply contingency programme is not publicly available to protect the sensitive operational information it contains, and to prevent the efficacy of the plans from being compromised. The specific plans for Brexit also contain sensitive commercial information.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in my previous answer, the Government believes that in most circumstances the fuel industry is well positioned to respond to disruptions to the supply chain. However, if required, our contingency programme includes measures to help the industry coordinate their response and increase its effectiveness as well as a reserve fleet of road tankers to increase the logistics capacity available for fuel supplies in the event of a disruption. The appropriate elements of this programme required will be decided in the context of any specific incident.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 07/10/2019 16:39:58 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1147593

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
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	Climate Change: Training
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 steps she is taking to ensure that the green technology and decarbonisation work forces have the skills necessary to respond to the climate emergency.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	292907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>We are establishing a technical education system that rivals the best in the world and are investing an additional £406 million in maths, digital and technical education to help address the shortage of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) skills. These measures will help provide good jobs and greater earning power for all, and will help provide businesses with the skilled people they need to thrive in our growing low carbon economy.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education has recently announced the creation of the independent Skills and Productivity Board (SPB) which will provide expert analysis, and evidence of which skills and training add the most value to the economy, and give the best jobs and earnings for learners. Government will use the Board’s evidence to inform policy decisions which will help the system to deliver more of the most valuable skills.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 07/10/2019 16:37:58 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1146979

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
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	Keadby Power Station
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 the (a) generation capacity and (b) estimated decommissioning date is of Keadby Natural Gas Power Station.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	292284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/10/2019 answer text <p>Generation capacity information for GB can be located on the TEC Register on the National Grid ESO website at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgrideso.com%2Fdocument%2F149106%2Fdownload&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb0ce89e6f28f418f7a3c08d73141cd7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637032030991952732&amp;sdata=A8FrzHurWMySTYT4zjecivZspgX5IZ6osF5KIGujfG0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgrideso.com/document/149106/download</a></p><p> </p><p>Decommissioning decisions are a commercial matter for the company concerned.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 292285 292286 292287 292288 292289 292290 292291 292292 292293 292294 292295 292296 question first answered 02/10/2019 16:12:50 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown