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1064677

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
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: Prices
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 reasons the cap on energy bills from 1 January 2019 was revised upwards; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the new cap will not change at six weekly intervals.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	224365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Act states that Ofgem, the independent regulator, must update the level of the cap at least every 6 months. Ofgem have scheduled 6 monthly revisions each April and October. Ofgem is responsible for adjusting the cap level to reflect changes to the estimated costs of supplying electricity and gas to homes for the following 6 months.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/02/2019 13:30:40 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1064729

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
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: Feed-in Tariffs
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 he has for a future review of the decision to end the export tariff for rooftop solar installations.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	224327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Feed-in Tariffs scheme will close to new applicants, subject to certain time limited grace periods and extensions, on 31 March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>On 8 January, Government published a consultation on the future for small-scale low-carbon generation, providing visibility of the proposals for a Smart Export Guarantee.</p><p> </p><p>This consultation will close on 5 March; responses will be analysed to inform future policy development, and government will respond in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/02/2019 13:28:17 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1064730

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
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: Feed-in Tariffs
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 representations his Department has received from (a) members of the public and (b) civil society groups on the decision to end the export tariff for solar installations.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	224328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>We received 345 responses to the consultation on the proposed closure of the Feed-in Tariffs scheme held last year. Of these, 169 were from members of the public and 43 were from civil society groups.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Government response was published on 18 December 2018, confirming closure of the scheme, we have received further representations on the issue from over 60 members of the public via their MP (46 in response to a civil society group campaign) and three civil society groups.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/02/2019 13:28:38 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1064792

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
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: Feed-in Tariffs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the Feed-in Tariff budget was committed in each year from 2015 to 2018; and how much of that budget was allocated to (1) wind, (2) solar, (3) hydro, (4) biomass, (5) anaerobic digestion, and (6) micro-combined heat and power in each of those years.
tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Tankerness
uin	HL13956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The amount of budget committed to each wind band can be calculated using publicly available data.</p><p> </p><p>Total capacity deployed for each technology over the period 2016 – 2018 is published under the Feed-in Tariff Deployment Caps Monthly Reports.</p><p> </p><p>Total generation can be calculated by applying the load factors (published in the impact assessment that accompanied the 2015 Feed-in Tariffs review) to the total capacity.</p><p> </p><p>In order to calculate the value of the generation tariff payments made to each band, the total amount of generation per quarter is multiplied by the corresponding tariff rates available on Ofgem’s website.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 27/02/2019 13:53:52 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness

1064793

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
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: Feed-in Tariffs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any Feed-in Tariff currently used for a specific renewable technology device or machine on which maintenance is conducted will be annulled after 2019.
tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Tankerness
uin	HL13957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>In our response to the Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) consultation published on 18 December 2018 we indicated our intention to consult on detailed proposals to allow existing FIT generators to replace any element of their plant and retain their current generation tariff. This will be subject to developing cost control measures which would need to be effective and proportionate from an administrative perspective.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 27/02/2019 13:55:54 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness

1064385

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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 information his Department holds on how any surplus taken by the Government from the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme since 2010 has been used by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	223910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>Surplus payments from the Mineworkers Pension Scheme are paid into the Exchequer, which forms part of wider Government expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>The Government guarantee has enabled an investment strategy that has resulted in scheme members receiving payments 33% higher than they would have been if they received only their actual earned pension up to privatisation.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 223911 question first answered 27/02/2019 13:27:58 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1064386

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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, how any surplus taken by the Government from the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme since 2010 has been spent.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	223911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>Surplus payments from the Mineworkers Pension Scheme are paid into the Exchequer, which forms part of wider Government expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>The Government guarantee has enabled an investment strategy that has resulted in scheme members receiving payments 33% higher than they would have been if they received only their actual earned pension up to privatisation.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 223910 question first answered 27/02/2019 13:27:58 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1064448

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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	Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Competition
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 abuses of a dominant market position by the three multinational firms that comprise 90 per cent of the UK domestic off grid LPG market have been investigated; and what the outcome was of those investigations.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	223973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>Investigations of a potential abuse of a dominant market position are a matter for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). These are undertaken independently of Ministers. The CMA does not comment on potential investigations. According to the CMA’s public records, it has not opened an abuse of dominance case in this sector.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 27/02/2019 13:28:05 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1064618

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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	Fracking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will review the shale gas fracking regulations.
tabling member printed	Lord Palmer
uin	HL13937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Traffic Light System for monitoring induced seismicity was introduced after consideration of advice from three scientists, following operations at Cuadrilla’s Preese Hall site in 2011. The level of magnitude 0.5 at which operators must pause operations, was set in consultation with industry as an appropriate precautionary measure. There are no plans to review the traffic light system.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 27/02/2019 13:56:19 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3192 label Biography information for Lord Palmer

1064780

registered interest
date	20/02/2019
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	Vauxhall Motors
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 11 February 2019 to Question 216983 on Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries, whether Vauxhall has (a) applied successfully, (b) applied unsuccessfully and (c) not applied for support through those programmes conducted independently of the Government.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	224516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>As noted in my response of 11 February to Question 216983 on the motor vehicle manufacturing industry, the Government has continued to support the automotive sector via a number of routes including the Regional Growth Fund which supports individual investment projects.</p><p> </p><p>I can confirm that Vauxhall has made two applications to the Regional Growth Fund, both of which were successful.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 27/02/2019 16:49:31 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 104404 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead