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1171643

registered interest
date	17/01/2020
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	Fireworks: Regulation
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 to Question 119263 of 18 December 2017 on Fireworks: Antisocial Behaviour, to Question 119263, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of strengthening existing regulations on the (a) supply, (b) storage, (c) possession and (d) use of fireworks.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	4707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) is developing a fact-based evidence base on the key issues that have been raised around fireworks. This includes looking at data on noise and disturbance, anti-social behaviour, non-compliance, environmental impact, and the impact on humans and animals. This will build a full picture of the data around fireworks in order to identify whether any further action is appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 22/01/2020 11:12:26 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1171363

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	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 her policy is on the extent of deployment of solar PV in 2020; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	4375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>We are now exceeding our historic projections on solar PV deployment. In 2013 we estimated that solar capacity would reach between 10 and 12GW by 2020, however latest figures indicate we now have more than 13.3GW of solar PV capacity installed in the UK - enough to power over 3 million UK homes.</p><p> </p><p>The prospects of subsidy-free solar PV are becoming increasingly realistic for developers; several solar PV sites have already deployed, and we expect to see more.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/01/2020 15:02:39 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1171388

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 plans she has in place to develop UK offshore wind generation capacity that meets net zero emissions targets and protects internationally important marine species and habitats.
tabling member constituency	Chichester
tabling member printed	Gillian Keegan
uin	4485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>We acknowledge the role of offshore wind in achieving the net zero target. We have provided more support for offshore wind than any other country in the world, helping us to reach record levels of renewable electricity generation in 2019. The UK accounts for around one third of world’s offshore wind capacity and has the world’s largest offshore wind market with 9.8GW of installed capacity which is expected to rise to 14GW by 2023 and 19.5GW by 2026.</p><p> </p><p>We know that our European neighbours will also be deploying more offshore wind in shared sea spaces such as the North Sea. This continued pace of deployment drives the need to better understand the cumulative impacts. We are collaboratively working with the sector and wider stakeholders to address strategic deployment issues including cumulative environmental impacts on marine species and habitats.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/01/2020 17:11:49 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan

1171450

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Renewable 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, for what reason solar PV and onshore wind are excluded from the Contract for Difference auctions.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	4397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>Government keeps the CfD scheme under review and announces the scope of allocation rounds before each round commences. No decisions have yet been made on the future of allocation rounds for established technologies such as onshore wind and solar PV.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/01/2020 15:03:18 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1171452

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Smart Export Guarantee
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 she will consider introducing a minimum floor price to the Smart Export Guarantee.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	4399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The SEG has been successful in bringing forward a range of competitive offerings to the market. Renewable generators now have several tariffs to choose from, in some cases even higher than the FIT export tariff.</p><p>The Government will continue to monitor the types of export tariffs being offered to small generators to assess the development of the small-scale low-carbon export market. The Government will keep the operation of SEG under review.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/01/2020 15:03:24 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1171455

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Solar Power: Staff
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 people were employed in the UK solar industry in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	4400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The ONS produces estimates of the size of the UK’s green economy from the Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy Survey. Estimates for employment in the UK solar industry from 2015-2018 are listed below. Estimates for 2019 are not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>Comparing estimates from the Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy Survey from 2014 with estimates from later years of the survey is not advised because of changes in the sample methodology in 2015. The survey sample size was reduced from around 40,000 in 2014 to around 14,000 in 2015.</p><p><strong>Employment (full time equivalent)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Estimate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimate</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Solar photovoltaic</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p>9,800</p></td><td><p>9,900</p></td><td><p>4,900</p></td><td><p>5,400</p></td><td><p>6,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>8,800</p></td><td><p>9,300</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>5,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/01/2020 15:03:50 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1171538

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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 Convention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what cross-departmental structures have been put in place to ensure they deliver on their global climate change commitments at the COP26 Summit in 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
uin	HL509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has set up a COP26 Unit within Cabinet Office. This unit leads on the delivery of the COP26 Summit and it will coordinate across Government departments and devolved administrations to ensure COP26 objectives are met.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The newly established Cabinet Committee on Climate Change will oversee preparations for COP26.</ins></p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 22/01/2020 17:15:39 question first ministerially corrected 28/01/2020 12:10:18 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank previous answer version 2350 answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	3792 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Whitchurch

1171116

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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 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 timetable is for publishing the UK’s increased Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as required by the Paris Agreement; where she plans to publish the NDCs; and how she plans to consult (a) hon. Members and (b) the public in advance of publishing that information.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	3726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>At the UN Climate Action Summit in September, my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister called on all countries to raise the ambition of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). The UK will play its part and come forward with an increased NDC this year, in good time ahead of COP26. The UK’s NDC will be communicated to the UNFCCC and published on the UNFCCC NDC registry, in line with our commitments under the Paris Agreement. The Government will keep Parliament informed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government consults on its policies and proposals to reduce emissions through the process of setting carbon budgets and in preparing published plans for meeting them, most recently the Clean Growth Strategy. As the policies and proposals in the Clean Growth Strategy are developed and implemented over time, they too will be subject to public consultation and parliamentary scrutiny as part of the normal regulatory process.</p><p> </p><p>We will use the opportunity of hosting the COP26 negotiations to shine a spotlight on ambitious action by governments, businesses and people around the world, and to continue to drive greater global climate ambition. This follows the UK becoming the first major economy to set a date for ending our contribution to global warming, enshrining in legislation in June 2019 a commitment to meet net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/01/2020 16:48:21 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1170749

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	Tidal 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 has taken to support the tidal energy sector.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	3137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>Renewable electricity generation has more than quadrupled since 2010. A record 52.6% of electricity came from low-carbon sources in 2018.   We have the world’s largest offshore wind capacity at 9.8GW with CfD auction prices for offshore wind falling by two-thirds between 2015 and 2019.</p><p>Tidal energy could still have a potentially important role in the long-term decarbonisation of the UK. It has to reduce its costs sufficiently, however, to compete with other renewable technologies.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/01/2020 11:12:41 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1170782

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	Manufacturing Industries: North East
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support manufacturing in the North East of England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top
uin	HL376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of manufacturing to the North East and to the economy. Through the North East Local Enterprise Partnership Growth Deal, we are supporting job growth and economic development with £379.6 million of funding from the Local Growth Fund. This includes £42 million of funding for the International Advanced Manufacturing Park (IAMP) in Sunderland. Sunderland Council estimates that the IAMP will attract £300 million of private sector investment to help grow local manufacturing sectors.</p><p> </p><p>We are also giving over £600 million to support the High Value Manufacturing Catapult network; their Centre for Process Innovation at Wilton focuses on the commercialisation of innovation, research and development, helping North East manufacturers to develop and adopt cutting edge technology.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 22/01/2020 17:16:15 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	4150 label Biography information for Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top