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622444

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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 whether they plan to draw up their own Intended Nationally Determined Contribution as an independent signatory to the Paris Agreement or remain a party to the Joint EU commitment to reduce emissions by 40 per cent below 1990 levels.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL2765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The UK’s commitment to tackling global climate change is firm. Until we leave, the UK will remain a full member of the EU, with all of the rights and obligations this entails.</p><p>The UK is a Party to the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change individually as well as through the EU. Once the UK has deposited its instrument of ratification it will be bound by all the obligations of the Agreement under international law.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/11/2016 13:57:53 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

622445

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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 Her Majesty’s Government whether the capital cost of new-build offshore wind farms is rising or falling; and what impact that has had on cost estimates for the level of subsidy provided through the Levy Control Framework.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL2766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s last published levelised cost report shows offshore wind costs have fallen.</p><p>Support costs are determined by a combination of the Government’s view of generation costs and by competitive allocation. We expect both of these to further drive down support costs for future projects.</p><p>At Budget 2016, we announced that the reserve prices for offshore wind will fall from £105/MWh for projects commissioning in 2021, to £85/MWh for projects commissioning in 2026.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/11/2016 13:19:05 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

622446

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the price paid per megawatt hour for (1) onshore wind, and (2) offshore wind, is higher in the UK or Germany; and how important the relative wind conditions are in determining those prices.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL2767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2016 answer text <p>It is not possible to directly compare support costs between the UK and Germany, as the design of the electricity markets and support schemes are different.</p><p>In the UK, support to large-scale renewable electricity generators is provided by the CFD Allocation Framework and has been awarded competitively through auctions.</p><p>The reserve price for each technology, known as the administrative strike price, is modelled on the basis of the Government’s best view of electricity generation costs.</p><p>These costs are calculated on the basis of capital costs, operating costs and the Government’s estimate of the expected volume of electricity produced.</p><p>For wind generators, expected generation is determined by both wind speeds and the amount of time turbines are expected to be unavailable due to maintenance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 02/11/2016 13:18:11 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

622485

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	Groceries Code Adjudicator
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to extend the remit of the Groceries Code Adjudicator.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL2806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>Before we consider an extension of the Groceries Code Adjudicator’s (GCA) remit, we need to be absolutely clear on where any problems exist in the supply chain – and that an extended remit is the right response to those problems. Therefore, it is important that we hear views from all parties in the UK’s grocery supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>In order to gather these views we recently launched a Call for Evidence seeking views on the remit of the GCA.</p><p> </p><p>The Call for Evidence launched on the 17 October and closes on the 10 January.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 07/11/2016 16:10:58 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

622492

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	Kids Company
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to receive a report of the Official Receiver's winding up of Kids Company.
tabling member printed	Baroness Barker
uin	HL2813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p>The Official Receiver sent a report regarding the winding up of Keeping Kids Company to creditors, including Cabinet Office and HMRC, on 1 October 2015. The Official Receiver’s enquiries into the affairs of Keeping Kids Company are continuing, and it would not be appropriate for me to comment on an ongoing investigation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 07/11/2016 16:11:25 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
tabling member	2501 label Biography information for Baroness Barker

622727

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Apprentices
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 apprenticeships have been created in his Department in each region in each of the last five years; and how many participants in those apprenticeships subsequently secured a job within the Civil Service.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	50801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>The data shows apprenticeships offered to newly recruited staff for the former Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the former Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) which merged to form the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on 14 July 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BIS apprentices recruited in <strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BIS apprentices recruited in <strong>Cardiff</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BIS apprentices who subsequently secured a job in the Civil Service</p></td><td><p>Not known</p></td><td><p>Not known</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>Not yet completed apprenticeship</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DECC apprentices recruited in <strong>London</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DECC apprentices who subsequently secured a job in the Civil Service</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>Not yet completed apprenticeship</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The apprentices recruited to former BIS in 2014 and 2015 were all recruited as part of the fast track apprenticeship scheme, in to permanent Civil Service posts.</p><p>6 of the apprentices recruited to former DECC in 2015 were recruited as part of the fast track apprenticeship scheme, in to permanent Civil Service posts.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/11/2016 10:50:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

622728

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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 Generation: 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, if he will publish the evidence used to inform the range of the costs set out for alternative large-scale low carbon generation technologies in the 2020s in his Department's Hinkley Point C Value for Money Assessment.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	50624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department expects to publish the update of our evidence on the levelised costs of electricity generation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/11/2016 12:36:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

622729

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Iron and Steel
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 level of procurement of British steel by his Department in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	50630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2016 answer text <p>Over the last year Government has acted to level the playing field for UK steel producers in light of the complex global challenges faced by the UK steel sector. Last December Government issued guidance to central government departments on how to ensure that they take full account of the value provided by UK steel producers when conducting their procurement activities. This guidance is also being extended to the wider public sector.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 03/11/2016 17:04:12 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

622730

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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 Generation: 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, for what reasons the range of the costs for alternative large-scale low carbon generation technologies in the 2020s as set out in his Department's Hinkley Point C Value for Money Assessment differs from the assessment of the same technologies in the National Audit Office report on Nuclear power in the UK, published in July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	50621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>The National Audit Office report in question refers to preliminary estimates of levelised cost data from this evidence update. These have not been published. However, we expect to publish the update of the evidence on the levelised costs of electricity generation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/11/2016 12:37:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

622731

registered interest
date	27/10/2016
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station: Cost Effectiveness
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 publish the evidence used to inform the conclusion in the Hinkley Point C Value for Money Assessment that the same capacity of onshore wind and solar would require significant upgrades to the grid and increase the costs of keeping the system in balance.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	50622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>We expect to publish the update of our evidence on the levelised costs of electricity generation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/11/2016 12:36:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig