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1141333

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	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	Housing: 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, what assessment he has made of the implications for her policies of the findings of the February 2019 Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit Zero Carbon Homes report that had the Zero Carbon Homes policy not been cancelled, occupants of new homes built since the intended policy start date of 2016 would be saving more than £200 per year on their energy bills, and that the total extra cumulative energy costs paid by those homeowners to date is more than £120 million.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	280986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has noted the findings presented in the Zero Carbon Homes report and is preparing to consult on options to deliver the Government’s ambitious commitments for future housing.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 31/07/2019 15:16:18 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1141386

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	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	Lighting: Housing
	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 proportion of lightbulbs in use in households that are LED.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	281089
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>Approximately 20% of the lightbulbs currently in use in households in the UK are LED.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 31/07/2019 15:20:24 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1141387

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	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	Lighting: Housing
	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 estimate he has made of the average savings accrued to households of using LED instead of conventional lightbulbs.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	281090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>Each LED bulb will save a household around £55 over its 15 year lifetime. This consists of £43 in reduced energy consumption and £12 in reduced replacement costs (given LED bulbs last around 7.5 times longer than traditional halogen bulbs). Our analysis suggests that there are approximately 35 bulbs in an average household, so savings will be around £125 per year.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/07/2019 13:58:13 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1141392

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	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
	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 the Government has taken to ensure diversity of renewable energy sources as part of its goal to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	280899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has made significant progress in decarbonising the electricity sector. Around a third (33%) of the electricity generated in 2018 came from renewables, up from 29.3% in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Support provided to renewables through a range of policies such as the Renewables Obligation, the Feed-in Tariff, and Contracts for Difference has resulted in a diverse mix of renewable technologies. This includes wind, solar, hydro, bioenergy and more.</p><p> </p><p>In order to meet our net-zero ambitions, we will continue to support the roll out of new renewables generation. We announced last year our intention to hold CfD allocation rounds around every 2 years which could see 1-2 gigawatts of new offshore wind every year in the 2020s.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/07/2019 14:22:20 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1141418

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	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	Housing: Climate Change
	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 he is taking to implement the policy recommendations made by the Committee on Climate Change in its report entitled UK housing: Fit for the future on adapting the UK’s housing stock to the impacts of climate change.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	281102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>Government is carefully considering advice received from the Committee on Climate Change as we develop our future policy on housing.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 31/07/2019 15:18:57 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1140880

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Rural Community Energy Fund: Elmet and Rothwell
	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 community centres and memorial halls in Elmet and Rothwell constituency are eligible to apply to the rural community energy fund; and what the application process is.
	tabling member constituency	Elmet and Rothwell
	tabling member printed	Alec Shelbrooke
	uin	280271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The Rural Community Energy Fund is being run by five regional Local Energy Hubs, established as part of the BEIS Local Energy Programme. Elmet and Rothwell is covered by the North East Yorkshire and Humber Energy Hub.</p><p> </p><p>The fund is open to all communities defined as rural, this is any community with less than 10,000 residents. The Local Energy Hub can help to determine the eligibility of communities in Elmet and Rothwell. The fund accepts applications from the following legal entities which represent rural communities:</p><ul><li>Community Interest Company (CIC)</li><li>Co-operative</li><li>Community Benefit Society (Bencom)</li><li>Registered Social Landlord</li><li>Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)</li><li>Development Trust</li><li>Registered society (pre 2014 IPS)</li><li>Parish council</li><li>Faith Group</li></ul><p> </p><p>Please find out more about how to apply and how to contact the Local Energy Hubs <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/rural-community-energy-fund" target="_blank">here</a></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/07/2019 14:25:23 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke

1140926

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Wind 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, if he will assess the potential contribution that (a) replacing and (b) repowering old onshore wind turbines would make to meeting the Government's net zero carbon emissions target.
	tabling member constituency	Lewes
	tabling member printed	Maria Caulfield
	uin	280284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>Renewable technologies are essential to meet the 2050 net zero emissions commitment. Meeting this will require a diverse and efficient energy system. We keep under review the potential contribution from different renewable generation technologies, including where existing generation assets are reaching the end of their lifetime.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/07/2019 14:34:08 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield

1140623

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	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	Climate Change
	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 his Department's Guidance on how to prepare for Brexit if there's no deal, which parts of the Government’s plan for meeting climate change requirements in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal have been implemented.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	279472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>As part of the UK government’s climate change preparations for a no deal scenario:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Government has prepared to maintain GHG emissions Monitoring, Reporting and Verification arrangements by laying two EU Exit Statutory Instruments (SIs) in Parliament which amend the GHG Emissions Trading Scheme regulations and related EU legislation which would be carried over into UK law by the Withdrawal Act.</li><li>A Carbon Emissions Tax was established through the Finance Act 2019, which will commence from 4 November in the event the UK leaves the EU ETS under a No Deal scenario.</li><li>We laid an SI on 8 March 2019 to fix legislative deficiencies in domestic law for Eco -design and Energy Labelling, and we will be laying a further SI to account for regulations that have come into force since 29 March.</li><li>A UK energy label generator was made available on GOV.UK on 4 April 2019 to enable UK-only suppliers to generate compliant energy labels in the event that the EU label generator becomes inaccessible following the UK’s exit</li></ul> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/07/2019 13:52:20 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1140625

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	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	Electricity Generation
	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 his Department's Guidance on how to prepare for Brexit if there's no deal, what parts of the Government’s plan for generating low-carbon electricity in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal have been implemented.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	279474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The Government has passed legislation which will enable the continued operability of the Feed-in Tariffs scheme, Contracts for Difference scheme, and the Renewables Obligation in the event of a no deal exit from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>In the Clean Growth Strategy, government confirmed it would be making up to £557 million (2011/12 prices) of annual support available for further Contracts for Difference, providing industry with the certainty they need to invest in new projects.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s guidance states that in a no deal scenario, the government has legislated to ensure that Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin issued in EU countries, including for combined heat and power will continue to be recognised. This will allow electricity suppliers to continue to use EU Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin and will ensure that existing supply contracts are not compromised, in so far as these contracts depend upon Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin. This position will be kept under review.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 02/08/2019 09:32:52 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1140627

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2019
	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	Fossil Fuels
	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 his Department's Guidance on how to prepare for Brexit if there's no deal, what parts of the Government’s plan for running an oil or gas business in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal have been implemented.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	279476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The Pipe-lines, Petroleum, Electricity Works and Oil Stocking (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 were laid before Parliament in December 2018 and will enter into force following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. The Regulations will ensure that the relevant regulatory regimes for oil and gas licensing, environmental protection and oil stocking remain effective and appropriate post-EU exit. They will not result in any additional burdens on industry as they will simply fix ‘post-exit’ deficiencies within a suite of existing legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The existing UK Compulsory Oil Stocking regime will continue to operate in the event of a no deal, but the EU obligations within this system will cease to apply. Several bilateral agreements are in place with other EU Member States to help ensure that the system continues to be flexible and robust.</p><p> </p><p>The Department engages regularly with the oil and gas sector on EU exit issues.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/07/2019 13:52:31 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna