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1357086

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2021
	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	Oil: Shetland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If he will make it his policy to withhold consent for the development of the Cambo oil field for production.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	903547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>The development proposal for Cambo is being scrutinised in line with robust regulatory procedures and no decision has yet been taken.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/09/2021 11:45:18 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1260242

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2020
	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	UN Climate Conference 2021
	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 (a) ensure gender equality in the COP26 leadership team and (b) facilitate women’s equal participation at COP26.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	128112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>The UK has committed to championing diversity and inclusion throughout our COP26 Presidency and all civil servants in the Cabinet Office COP26 unit have been appointed in line with civil service guidance and rules. In the COP Unit, 45% of the senior management team in the COP26 unit are women. My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister recently appointed my Hon. Friend the Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Anne-Marie Treveylan MP) as the COP26 Adaptation and Resilience Champion. Working alongside the COP26 leadership team is a wider global network of around 120 climate and energy Attaches. All ambassadors have a COP26 objective, ensuring that a diverse group of leading diplomats are engaging internationally around COP26.</p><p> </p><p>Visible and diverse leadership is just one part of the picture however. Championing women’s roles as decision-makers, educators and climate leaders is essential if we are to deliver effective, long-term solutions to climate change and ensure that women and girls are empowered as agents of change, including at COP26. This means working closely with civil society, amplifying the voices of those most affected by climate changes and facilitating the meaningful contribution of female negotiators. We see women’s rights organisations, amongst others, as essential partners in effectively tackling climate change and are also supporting a ‘Women Negotiator Mentoring Initiative’ through the European Capacity-building Initiative and our Climate Ambition Support Alliance. This initiative will level the playing field not only in terms of developed and developing countries but also between men and women, ultimately strengthening capacity and professional development of both current and future climate leaders.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 18/12/2020 14:41:02 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1259852

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2020
	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	Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects
	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 merits of facilitating biodiversity net gain for energy projects progressed through the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project regime, as part of his Department’s plan for a Green Industrial Revolution.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	127521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government was clear in its 25 Year Environment Plan that its commitment to seek to embed a principle of environmental net gain for development applies to energy infrastructure as well as housing. However, it is important that any strengthening of biodiversity net gain requirements for the nationally significant infrastructure regime is done at the right time and in the right way.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of ways in which this could be implemented and it is important that time is taken to work with stakeholders to develop an appropriate approach. The Government will be consulting on further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 18/12/2020 14:03:10 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1253486

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	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 help tackle the risks that may arise from the concurrence of covid-19 and cold homes.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	117225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>Improving energy efficiency is the best long-term solution to tackle fuel poverty. The Energy Company Obligation, worth £640m per year, is focused on low-income and vulnerable households and the Green Homes Grant, launched in September 2020, is a £2 billion programme which will help improve the energy efficiency of homes in England. Of this, £1 billion is specifically for low income, vulnerable and fuel poor households.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the available funding to support low-income households with improving the energy efficiency of their homes, we recognise that some households may need more immediate support and so also assist with energy bills for low income and vulnerable consumers through the Warm Homes Discount, Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments.</p><p> </p><p>We have also successfully negotiated an agreement with energy suppliers to support customers impacted by COVID-19. Based on the circumstances, this could include reassessing, reducing, or pausing debt repayments for households in financial distress and support for prepayment meter customers to stay on supply.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 27/11/2020 12:42:33 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1253496

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2020
	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: Finance
	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 it his policy for the Government to end the public financing of fossil fuels projects overseas by COP26.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	117227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>At the UK-Africa Investment Summit in January we announced an end to Government support for thermal coal mining and coal power plants overseas, and we continue to keep our approach to other fossil fuel investments and financing overseas under review.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/11/2020 17:49:19 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1253498

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2020
	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: 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, with reference to his Department’s latest Transparency Data release on ministerial meetings, April to June 2020, if he will (a) set out the criteria for deciding whether to meet with interested energy production companies or organisations and (b) publish copies of minutes and any other documents from each of the meetings listed.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	117229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>Ministers meet with many different organisations, as set out in the transparency data release. There are a range of factors which influence whether a Minister meets with an organisation, including relevance to Government policy and ministerial availability. Minutes of ministerial meetings are not routinely published.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 27/11/2020 12:45:09 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1253504

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2020
	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	COP26 Youth and Civil Society Advisory Council
	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 (a) publish the full list of names of members of the COP26 Presidency’s Youth and Civil Society Advisory Council and (b) place a copy of the minutes from the first meeting of that Council in the Library.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	117230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The first meeting of the COP26 Civil Society and Youth Advisory Council took place on 16 October and a copy of the minutes, which contain details of the members, will be placed in the Libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/11/2020 17:46:34 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1245178

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2020
	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: Infrastructure
	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 review of National Policy Statements for energy, which Statements will be reviewed; whether the Statements under review will be active during the review; what his timescale is for that review; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	106313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2020 answer text <p>My Rt Honourable friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will confirm his intention and the timeframe for any review as part of the forthcoming energy white paper.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/10/2020 16:55:56 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1243488

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2020
	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: Finance
	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 Government funding has been spent on subsidising (a) offshore wind, (b) onshore wind and (c) solar for electricity generation in each of the last three years; and what volume of electricity was generated by each of those modes of generation as a result of those subsidies.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	103475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>Subsidies for generating electricity from wind and solar PV are paid under three low carbon electricity schemes: the Renewables Obligation (RO), the Feed-in Tariffs (FIT), and Contracts for Difference (CfD) schemes. The Renewables Obligation does not pay a direct subsidy but instead support is provided through tradeable certificates.</p><p> </p><p>The table below provides a breakdown of payments made to wind and solar PV electricity generators under the RO and CfD schemes in the last three financial years where figures are available[1].</p><p> </p><p>The figures in the tables below refer to Great Britain only. CfD and FIT are not available in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Breakdown of payments made to offshore wind, onshore wind and solar PV electricity generators by low carbon electricity support scheme:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Scheme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong> <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong> <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong>[2] <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Offshore wind</p></td><td><p>RO2 [3]</p></td><td><p>2,009</p></td><td><p>2,221</p></td><td><p>2,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CfD[4]</p></td><td><p>295.8</p></td><td><p>587.6</p></td><td><p>1,275.9</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Onshore wind</p></td><td><p>RO2</p></td><td><p>1,256</p></td><td><p>1,335</p></td><td><p>1,271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CfD4</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>88.7</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Solar PV</p></td><td><p>RO2</p></td><td><p>471</p></td><td><p>549</p></td><td><p>460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CfD4</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>0.8</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition, the following amounts have been spent in total on FITs. The breakdown for wind and solar PV is not available but solar PV accounts for around 79% of total FIT capacity and onshore wind accounts for around 14%[5].</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Total spending on FITs:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong> <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong> <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong> <strong>(£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total FIT spending – all technologies</p></td><td><p>1,375.1</p></td><td><p>1,409.0</p></td><td><p>1,414.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The amount of electricity generated by these schemes is given in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 3: Generation supported by RO, CfD and FIT for offshore wind, onshore wind and solar PV in Great Britain:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Generation (GWh)</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>Offshore wind</p></td><td><p>RO2</p></td><td><p>20,661</p></td><td><p>21,381</p></td><td><p>24,150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CfD4</p></td><td><p>2,621</p></td><td><p>5,359</p></td><td><p>9,952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FIT[6]</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>23,281</p></td><td><p>26,739</p></td><td><p>34,101</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>Onshore wind</p></td><td><p>RO2</p></td><td><p>25,409</p></td><td><p>25,379</p></td><td><p>27,599</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CfD4</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>1,539</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FIT6</p></td><td><p>1,851</p></td><td><p>1,720</p></td><td><p>1,920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>27,260</p></td><td><p>27,377</p></td><td><p>31,058</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>Solar PV</p></td><td><p>RO2</p></td><td><p>6,409</p></td><td><p>7,003</p></td><td><p>6,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CfD4</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FIT6</p></td><td><p>4,407</p></td><td><p>4,983</p></td><td><p>4,952</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>10,836</p></td><td><p>12,015</p></td><td><p>11,689</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Total generation for all renewable technologies is published by BEIS in Energy Trends in 6.1 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-trends-section-6-renewables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-trends-section-6-renewables</a></p><p> </p><p>[1] Figures are not available broken down by technology for the FITs scheme.</p><p>[2] RO figures for 2019/20 are provisional as not all the certificates have been issued yet and the full notional value of each certificate is not yet known.</p><p>[3] RO figures are based on Ofgem’s certificate report as at 4 August 2020 from their Renewables and CHP Register.</p><p>[4] CfD figures are taken from the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) CfD dashboard, which is available on LCCC’s website.</p><p>[5] Taken from OFGEM’s annual report: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/fit/contacts-guidance-and-resources/public-reports-and-data-fit/annual-reports</p><p>[6] Estimated</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/10/2020 16:49:13 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1241830

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2020
	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: Staff
	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 staff in his Department are working primarily on (a) fossil fuels, (b) renewables, (c) energy efficiency and (d) nuclear energy.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	100928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department currently employs the following numbers of staff working primarily in these areas:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Upstream oil and gas policy</p></td><td><p>26 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Downstream oil resilience</p></td><td><p>15 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas policy</p></td><td><p>23 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coal policy (including staff working on the domestic &amp; international transition away from coal)</p></td><td><p>6 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liabilities from the former nationalised coal industry</p></td><td><p>7.4 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Offshore Petroleum Regulator for Environment and Decommissioning, based in Aberdeen</p></td><td><p>90.5 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renewable energy</p></td><td><p>104.6 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renewable heat</p></td><td><p>79 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Energy efficiency</p></td><td><p>237 FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear energy</p></td><td><p>201.1 FTE</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 15/10/2020 16:30:36 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas