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1580990

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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: Seas and Oceans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the planned fivefold increase in the target for offshore wind power production by 2030, what plans they have to amend the criteria for assessing the related cumulative impact.
tabling member printed	Lord Foster of Bath
uin	HL5068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>Ensuring environmental protections are maintained is a key component of work being undertaken by Government to facilitate the acceleration of offshore wind. The Energy Bill makes provisions to deliver the Offshore Wind Environmental Improvement Package (OWEIP), which was announced in the British Energy Security Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The OWEIP will streamline Habitat Regulation Assessments, develop and implement Offshore Wind Environmental Standards, and create a Marine Recovery Fund to enable environmental compensation to be undertaken at a strategic level. This ensures developments are located where there are lower environmental sensitivities, and/or where impacts can be avoided, reduced, mitigated, or if required, compensated.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 08/02/2023 14:05:34 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	214 label Biography information for Lord Foster of Bath

1551648

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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, if he will make an estimate of the number of (a) direct and (b) indirect jobs that could be created in floating offshore wind in (i) Wales and (ii) the UK in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	110724
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>Offshore wind is an important growth industry for the UK. We estimate the 50GW ambition 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. The UK is already a world leader in floating offshore wind, with more installed capacity than any other country and a strong and growing pipeline of floating offshore wind projects. This includes an expected 4GW upcoming in the Celtic Sea leasing round, with the potential for up to an additional 20GW in the Celtic Sea by 2045.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 110725 question first answered 22/12/2022 14:22:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1551649

registered interest
date	14/12/2022
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, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of floating offshore wind on the economy.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	110725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>Offshore wind is an important growth industry for the UK. We estimate the 50GW ambition 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. The UK is already a world leader in floating offshore wind, with more installed capacity than any other country and a strong and growing pipeline of floating offshore wind projects. This includes an expected 4GW upcoming in the Celtic Sea leasing round, with the potential for up to an additional 20GW in the Celtic Sea by 2045.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 110724 question first answered 22/12/2022 14:22:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1545276

registered interest
date	24/11/2022
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 his Department’s policy is on (a) initiatives and (b) reforms that will need to be taken forward by (i) Ofgem, (ii) National Grid and (iii) his Department to achieve the Government’s target of 50GW by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	95895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The Holistic Network Design (HND) provides a recommended design to connect 23GW of offshore wind. Alongside projects already installed, in planning or in consenting, total capacity if delivered, will exceed 50GW by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure the infrastructure identified in the HND can be built, BEIS is working across government to implement the commitments made in the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbritish-energy-security-strategy%2Fbritish-energy-security-strategy&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C0c12715353804e0768b808dadc6617fa%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638064628282461296%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=oCNYlEK7GzPw18HqduaRxYGt1jXFLHGwNGxKj4TYeig%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">British Energy Security Strategy</a>.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS also supports and encourages the work of Ofgem and National Grid Electricity Systems Operator (NGESO) in developing and implementing the HND. For example, Ofgem is consulting on appropriate delivery models for projects in the HND and on accelerating the delivery of the strategic electricity transmission network. NGESO published their ‘Industry Code, Standard and Licence Recommendation Report' alongside the HND in July 2022; this outlined the scope of the changes to codes and standards needed to implement the HND. The NGESO is now working with industry to progress these changes.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/12/2022 09:44:36 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 40805 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1544092

registered interest
date	21/11/2022
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 assessment he has made of the potential impact of proposed fast-track planning for offshore wind on the marine environment.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	92064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2022 answer text <p>The Fast Track process will reduce formal consenting times for high quality offshore wind farm development consent order applications from 17-months to 12-months. In the British Energy Security Strategy the Government strengthened the National Policy Statements and implemented a new Offshore Wind Environmental Improvement Package, which introduces strategic compensation, a Marine Recovery Fund and a more strategic approach to Habitats Regulation Assessments. This will allow the UK to accelerate offshore wind deployment needed to meet our 50GW by 2030 ambition, while maintaining protection and improving the natural environment.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/11/2022 17:27:05 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1537170

registered interest
date	28/10/2022
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, how much his Department has invested in offshore wind in the Liverpool City Region.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	73831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this data.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 03/11/2022 17:14:13 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1537172

registered interest
date	28/10/2022
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, how many jobs have been created in the Liverpool City Region through Government investment in offshore wind.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	73832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not record this data. The Office for National Statistics publishes annually the number of jobs in offshore wind, with the last data relating to 2020<sup>[1]</sup>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>[1]</sup> <em><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Feconomy%2Fenvironmentalaccounts%2Fdatasets%2Flowcarbonandrenewableenergyeconomyfirstestimatesdataset&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cb89b6d808021478864c108dabdbbcfc9%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638030911576036040%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gD3sv4oN2Md1NM%2BDIfOuxoVUis%2B6Tu5OkoDCX6UYuG4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/datasets/lowcarbonandrenewableenergyeconomyfirstestimatesdataset</a></em></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 03/11/2022 17:23:20 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1536762

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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, with reference to the policy paper entitled The Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, published on 18 November 2020, how many jobs have been created in offshore wind since the publication of the plan.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	72983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics publish statistics on employment in the offshore wind sector. Their data, published in February 2022, shows 10,100 people are estimated to have been directly employed, and 14,200 indirectly employed, in the offshore wind sector in 2020, the latest year for which data is available:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/bulletins/finalestimates/2020" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/bulletins/finalestimates/2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/11/2022 17:11:18 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1484274

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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 steps his Department is taking to (a) increase the volume of energy generated by offshore wind and (b) support the development of offshore wind technology in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	26909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>Electricity generated from offshore wind has increased from just under 1% of total electricity generated in 2010 to over 11% in 2021.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2022, the Government released the British Energy Security Strategy, where it set out a new ambition for offshore wind: from 40 GW by 2030, including 1GW of floating wind, to an ambition of 50GW, with up to 5GW from floating wind.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is providing £160 million to support new, large scale floating wind ports and manufacturing; and £31 million for development of innovative floating wind technologies.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/07/2022 14:18:50 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1484312

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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, whether his Department has plans to support the expansion of the offshore wind industry to the north Wales coast.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	26921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains firmly committed to the renewables industry across the UK, including in Wales. Future Contracts for Difference auctions will provide further opportunities for developers of low-carbon electricity projects in Wales to secure contracts and expand the amount of offshore wind capacity supported by the scheme in Wales.</p><p>One of the successful projects in the Crown Estate’s Round 4 seabed leasing is located off the North-East of Anglesey.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/07/2022 15:18:26 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie