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1243022

registered interest
date	13/10/2020
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	Spirits: Renewable 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, how much of the £10 million Green Distilleries Competition funding has been allocated.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	102873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>The BEIS Energy Innovation Team recently launched the first phase of the Green Distilleries competition. The application window closed very recently, and applications are currently being assessed. This feasibility phase will award a total of £500,000 for engineering studies, with the most promising projects going on to receive further funding next year to develop their technologies as part of phase 2. The competition will help the distillery sector innovate for a Net Zero future and has received a large amount of interest from the industry.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 20/10/2020 14:52:10 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1242420

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Broadband: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 he is taking with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to ensure that there is sufficient universal broadband network coverage to enable smart meters to function effectively and continuously; and when the Government plans for such network coverage to be made available throughout Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	101978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>Second generation smart meters use a dedicated national smart metering communications network, which uses a variety of technologies to deliver connectivity to premises. These include cellular mobile technology plus wireless mesh radio, and long-range radio technology.</p><p> </p><p>The Data Communications Company (DCC), which operates the national communications infrastructure for smart metering, is obligated under the conditions of its licence to provide communications coverage to at least 99.25% of premises across Great Britain by the end of 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The DCC is required by licence conditions to assess opportunities to increase the overall level of coverage beyond its contractual requirements where it is practicable and cost proportionate.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 101979 question first answered 15/10/2020 16:21:14 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1242421

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Broadband: Standards
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 recent estimate he has made of the number of households in England that have insufficient broadband network coverage to support the functioning of smart meters.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	101979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>Second generation smart meters use a dedicated national smart metering communications network, which uses a variety of technologies to deliver connectivity to premises. These include cellular mobile technology plus wireless mesh radio, and long-range radio technology.</p><p> </p><p>The Data Communications Company (DCC), which operates the national communications infrastructure for smart metering, is obligated under the conditions of its licence to provide communications coverage to at least 99.25% of premises across Great Britain by the end of 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The DCC is required by licence conditions to assess opportunities to increase the overall level of coverage beyond its contractual requirements where it is practicable and cost proportionate.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 101978 question first answered 15/10/2020 16:21:14 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1242506

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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, with reference to the Answer of 3 November 2016 to Question 51063 on the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme, whether the Government has made any direct payments to the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme under the guarantee arrangements since November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	102148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>No such payments have been made.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 15/10/2020 16:18:00 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1242507

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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, how much is held in the investment reserve funds for the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	102149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>As at 30 September 2020, the Investment Reserve stood at £1,216m.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 15/10/2020 16:16:36 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1242509

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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 estimate he has made of how much the Government will receive from the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme in the financial year (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	102150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>In 2018-19, the Government received £142.4m as its share of surplus and £475m from the Investment Reserve. In each of 2019-20 and 2020-21, the Government received £142.4m as its share of surplus. The presence of the Guarantee has given the Trustees the freedom to invest in a way that targets surpluses and, as a consequence, bonuses to members. Bonuses paid to date mean that the typical member’s pension today is around 33% higher in real terms than it would otherwise have been.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 15/10/2020 16:15:50 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1242568

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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	Hydrogen: Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the Government's strategy on hydrogen technology.
tabling member constituency	Rushcliffe
tabling member printed	Ruth Edwards
uin	102194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the development of hydrogen as a strategic decarbonised energy carrier for the UK. Development of a hydrogen strategy is well under way and we have committed to publishing a UK hydrogen strategy in early 2021.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 20/10/2020 14:24:23 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4808 label Biography information for Ruth Edwards

1242596

registered interest
date	12/10/2020
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: International Cooperation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which foreign Governments he has met with to discuss their nationally determined contribution ahead of COP26; and on which dates those meetings took place.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	102113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>Ensuring that all countries come forward with ambitious 2030 climate plans (NDCs) and long-term strategies to reach zero carbon emissions as soon as possible is a top priority ahead of COP 26. The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has discussed NDCs in all of his direct engagements with over 30 countries, and all of his multilateral engagements. Ministers and senior officials across government have directly engaged with over 100 governments, and all countries have been engaged with through our FCO network and UN Missions.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 20/10/2020 15:35:23 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1242031

registered interest
date	09/10/2020
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: 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, what estimate he has made of grid capacity required for electrification to deliver net zero by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	101303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>As we move towards Net Zero in 2050, an increase in electricity demand is anticipated, in part due to the electrification of transport and heat. The electricity system will need increased generation capacity to meet higher peak demand and, ensure security of supply. National Grid Electricity System Operator, in their 2020 Future Energy Scenarios (FES)[1], estimate that peak demand will increase from 59GW in 2019 to 76 – 96GW by 2050. In order to meet this peak demand, they estimate that total installed generation capacity will have to increase from 112GW in 2019, to 224 – 334GW in 2050[2].</p><p> </p><p>These changes will also require upgrades to grid capacity. Electricity networks are regulated by the independent regulator, Ofgem, through the price control, which provides the framework for network investment. Ofgem is working to set the next price control to enable investment for Net Zero.</p><p><em>[1] <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgrideso.com%2Ffuture-energy%2Ffuture-energy-scenarios%2Ffes-2020-documents&amp;data=02%7C01%7CRachel.Siddell%40beis.gov.uk%7C0dcab1903169489c60e508d86f6ce716%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637381860802230195&amp;sdata=MRtOU690UTQtYAJNdcgPViMAZALaEt20EbYzF5as01k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgrideso.com/future-energy/future-energy-scenarios/fes-2020-documents</a></em></p><p><em>[2] Total installed capacity and total storage capaicty including vehicle-to-grid. Includes all network connected generation.</em></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 19/10/2020 12:08:54 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1241712

registered interest
date	08/10/2020
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	Environment Protection: Worcestershire
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 support the development of a greener economy in Worcestershire.
tabling member constituency	Bromsgrove
tabling member printed	Sajid Javid
uin	100929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>Within the decade, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister is determined for the UK to be at the forefront of the green industrial revolution as we accelerate our progress towards net zero emissions by 2050. We have set out billions in support for our low-carbon economy including over £3 billion to transform energy efficiency in homes and public buildings.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is determined to ensure that the benefits of the net zero transition are shared fairly in every region. BEIS has also funded a local energy hub in the Midlands, covering Worcestershire, to help local authorities and communities design and develop renewable energy projects. In the Marches Local Enterprise Partnership area, the hub is currently supporting 7 projects valued at over £15m.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 15/10/2020 16:40:11 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid