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date	24/06/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Solar Power: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the changes in business rates for small solar PV systems as a result of the planned 2017 revaluation on the (a) rate of installation of new systems and (b) maintenance of existing systems.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	41115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>Business rates are calculated based on a property’s ‘rateable value’. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is responsible for determining the rateable values in line with existing legislation and case law.</p><p> </p><p>I understand that the VOA is currently consulting with the solar industry over how those rateable values will apply to solar installations from 1st April 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 16:14:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

528578

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Solar Power: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions her Department has had with HM Treasury on the effect of the planned 2017 business rate revaluation on small solar PV systems.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	41116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>Business rates are calculated based on a property’s ‘rateable value’. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is responsible for determining the rateable values in line with existing legislation and case law. I understand that the VOA is currently consulting with the solar industry over how those rateable values will apply to solar installations from 1st April 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 16:15:13 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

528579

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme: Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the proposed removal of solar thermal from the Renewable Heat Incentive on the UK's ability to meet its 2020 renewable heat target.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	41117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>In March 2016 we consulted on the removal of support for solar thermal technology from the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).</p><p> </p><p>The contribution from solar thermal to renewable heat generation from the RHI is currently very small. As of 31 May 2016, solar thermal accounted for 0.2% of the total heat generated and paid for under the domestic and non-domestic RHI schemes. This figure is based on RHI deployment data published online:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rhi-deployment-data-may-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rhi-deployment-data-may-2016</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 16:20:15 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy