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1149883

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
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 she has made of the potential merits of the proposals of the trustees of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme to guarantee beneficiaries bonuses.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>We are considering the proposals from the Trustees of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme regarding protection for bonuses that have already accrued, and we will report back to the House in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/10/2019 09:18:04 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng previous answer version 721 answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1149889

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Biofuels: Subsidies
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 Government plans to (a) remove biomass subsidies and (b) increase support more sustainable, environmentally-friendly alternatives.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>Sustainable biomass is currently eligible for support under the Contract for Difference (CFD), the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) and the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).</p><p> </p><p>We have announced that all support for coal to biomass conversions will end in 2027.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation on ‘Renewable Heat Incentive: biomass combustion in urban areas’ included the question of excluding new biomass installations in urban areas on the gas grid. A government response will be published in due course. The RHI has funding committed until March 2021 and any further funding will be a matter for future budget-related decisions.</p><p> </p><p>Sustainable biomass remains an important part of a balanced energy mix, along with other renewables such as wind or solar.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/10/2019 11:07:28 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng previous answer version 720 answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1150001

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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 Convention
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 her Department’s strategic priorities will be for the 26th Conference of the Parties UN Climate Conference in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>BEIS is committed to supporting the central objective of raising global climate ambition, and to seizing the opportunity that COP26 presents to showcase UK capabilities and drive the net zero transition domestically and internationally.</p><p>COP26 – with 30,000 delegates from across the world – provides a significant opportunity to build on UK strengths across low carbon technologies, services and systems such as offshore wind, green finance, electric vehicles and smart systems.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/10/2019 13:13:46 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1150003

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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 Convention
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 has been made of the advantages and disadvantages of appointing the role of President of the 26th Conference of the Parties UN Climate Conference external to the executive.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister has asked my rt. hon. Friend the Member for Devizes (Claire Perry MP) to take on the role of UK nominated COP26 President. This is a strong signal that the PM is committed to a successful COP and is keen we ramp up preparations accordingly.</p><p>My rt. hon. Friend’s experience as a former minister for energy and clean growth, as well as founding the Powering Past Coal Alliance (alongside Canada) will be invaluable in delivering COP26.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/10/2019 13:24:20 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1149449

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
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	Refineries: 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, what steps her Department has taken to safeguard the supply of reagents and additives for UK fuel refineries in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to work closely with the fuel supply industry to ensure they have taken appropriate mitigating measures to prevent any disruption to their supplies and have plans in place to respond to a range of EU Exit scenarios, including in the event of Brexit without a Withdrawal Agreement. As part of that engagement, we have been in contact with all six UK refineries, who have reviewed their supply chains and confirmed that they have sufficient stockpiles of essential consumables.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/10/2019 11:56:46 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1148815

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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	Electricity: 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, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of Northern Ireland remaining in the Single Electricity Market on the UK's membership of the European Court of Justice.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	19
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>Maintaining security of electricity supply in Northern Ireland is a priority for this Government. We have undertaken significant work, and prepared legislation, in order to ensure that technical, operational and legal arrangements are in place to seek to maintain the Single Electricity Market whatever the circumstances. We recognise the need to have in place a common set of rules across the Single Electricity Market that govern the arrangement. The exact nature of these is still to be agreed as part of the negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>Once the UK leaves the EU it will no longer participate in or contribute to the EU institutions including the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). Only Member States of the EU can nominate candidates to be appointed as judges in the CJEU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 17/10/2019 14:39:11 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1148826

registered interest
date	14/10/2019
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 steps she is taking to help ensure households that (a) don't want and (b) are unable to have a smart meter installed can access the cheapest available energy deals.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>Customers with smart meters are cheaper to serve for energy suppliers, and the Government expects the associated savings to be passed on. We are already seeing some suppliers offering cheaper tariffs for customers with smart meters or those that agree to have them installed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has acted to protect consumers regardless of meter type. That is why we introduced a market cap on energy prices which protects up to 11 million households on standard variable and default tariffs, in addition to the 4 million households protected by Ofgem’s Safeguard Tariff cap.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 17/10/2019 14:41:10 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1147995

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	Solar Power
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 his Department is taking to ensure that Ofgem is able to collate accurate data on the installation of solar power units.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	293680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Solar photovoltaics deployment report, published on the gov.uk website, provides information on solar photovoltaic capacity in the United Kingdom. It currently includes solar installations reported in BEIS' major power producers survey, the Renewable Energy Planning Database, the Microgeneration Certification Scheme database, and those subsidised by the Renewables Obligation, Feed-in Tariff, and Contracts for Difference. It does not currently include unsubsidised solar installations below 1MW capacity that are not registered on the Microgeneration Certification Scheme database, although we are reviewing data sources to improve coverage.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 08/10/2019 14:00:30 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng previous answer version 138025 answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

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

1147298

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	Stornoway Wind Farm: Finance
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 she has made of the effect of Stornoway wind farm being unsuccessful in the third Contracts for Difference auction on the proposed interconnector to the Western Isles; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	292398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/10/2019 answer text <p>Decisions to approve network infrastructure are a matter for Ofgem as the independent regulator, in response to proposals brought forward by network companies. It is therefore for Ofgem to assess the case for a transmission link to the Western Isles. Ofgem consulted between 19<sup>th</sup> March 2019 and 31<sup>st</sup> May 2019 on its ‘minded-to’ decision on a Needs Case for the proposed link, which had been prepared by Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission. On 12<sup>th</sup> September 2019, Ofgem published an update letter on its consideration, which can be found at <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/update-letter-proposed-shetland-and-western-isles-electricity-transmission-projects" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/update-letter-proposed-shetland-and-western-isles-electricity-transmission-projects</a>. In this letter, Ofgem states that it expects to publish a final decision on the Needs Case in late Autumn 2019.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 04/10/2019 15:00:45 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown