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1712650

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Boiler Upgrade Scheme: Eligibility
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish the evidence base used to underpin the decision, announced by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in March in its Boiler Upgrade Scheme Consultation Response, that future grant applicants' compliance with Energy Performance Certificate recommendations will be optional.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stunell
	uin	HL4011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government response to the consultation on amendments to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme sets out the responses received by industry stakeholders, including evidence to support the removal of the legal requirement to have no outstanding recommendations for cavity and loft insulation which was determined a barrier to access the scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/04/2024 13:40:56 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	445 label Biography information for Lord Stunell

1701621

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Nuclear Power Stations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the sites currently listed in the current nuclear National Policy Statement EN-6, will be included in the forthcoming EN-7.
	tabling member printed	Lord Ravensdale
	uin	HL3852
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department recently consulted on a proposed policy for siting new nuclear power stations after 2025, which set out a criteria based approach. While EN-7 will be the primary basis for development consent decisions on nuclear power stations after 2025, we recognise that the sites listed in EN-6 are likely to retain many inherent advantages. EN-6 will not be withdrawn, and we expect it to remain an important and relevant consideration in any planning decision for projects at any of the sites listed in EN-6.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 24/04/2024 11:45:41 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4715 label Biography information for Lord Ravensdale

1699320

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Natural Gas and Oil: Azerbaijan
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Global Witness on 8 November 2023 that BP and its project partners had transferred $35 billion-worth of oil and gas production to the government of Azerbaijan since 2020, the year that war broke out in the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, and whether they plan to take any action in response.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	uin	HL3656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has made no such assessment.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 08/04/2024 09:31:41 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1699254

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Energy: Prices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what support they intend to provide to households to adapt to changes in energy prices.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL3644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2024 answer text <p>Energy prices have fallen significantly since winter 2022-23, and the Quarter 2 2024 price cap of £1,690 has fallen by nearly 60% since the Quarter 1 2023 price cap peak. Despite this, the Government has committed to supporting households in 2024-25, with a further cut to National Insurance contributions down to 8%, an increase to benefits of 6.7%, and the largest increase to the National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p>The Warm Home Discount continues to provide a £150 rebate off energy bills for eligible low-income households until 2025-26.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 08/04/2024 09:15:14 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1697676

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Small Modular Reactors
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the delay in Great British Nuclear's selection of small modular reactor designs for public support and its awarding of contracts for development.
	tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
	uin	HL3468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>At Spring Budget, we announced the launch of the next phase of the Great British Nuclear (GBN) Small Modular Reactor selection process, allowing vendors to bid for potentially multi-billion-pound technology development contracts. It is important that this process is robust. Companies will have until June to submit their tender responses, at which point GBN will assess these and negotiate final contracts, with the goal of announcing successful bidders later in 2024. The aim is for the competition to be the fastest of its kind in the world.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 26/03/2024 12:27:57 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1697277

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Hydrogen: Carbon Emissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they are making in establishing a hydrogen certification scheme for imported and exported hydrogen.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jackson of Peterborough
	uin	HL3406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>In the British Energy Security Strategy, the Government committed to setting up a low carbon hydrogen certification scheme from 2025 and is now working at pace to put it in place.</p><p> </p><p>While the scheme will initially be domestically focused, the Government is taking steps to ensure that it can facilitate international trade in future. This includes participating in international fora on certification and signing a Declaration of Intent at COP28 on cross-border recognition of hydrogen certification.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will set out a pathway to international alignment ahead of launch of the scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 26/03/2024 12:27:23 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

1697278

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Hydrogen: Production
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what funding assistance they are providing for market structures and mechanisms for supporting increased hydrogen production.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jackson of Peterborough
	uin	HL3407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The UK’s strong policy framework – including the Hydrogen Production Business Model, Net Zero Hydrogen Fund and Low Carbon Hydrogen Standard – has created an investable model which has leveraged private investment to kick start the UK’s hydrogen economy.</p><p>Government is supporting projects to move the UK closer to our hydrogen ambitions.</p><p>In December 2023 we announced 125MW of successful projects from Hydrogen Allocation Round (HAR) 1, and have since launched HAR2, aiming to allocate up to a further 875MW in 2025, subject to affordability and value for money.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 26/03/2024 12:08:14 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

1697279

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Hydrogen: Carbon Emissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following the publication of the British energy security strategy policy paper on 7 April 2022, what progress they are making in their ambition for the UK to achieve up to 10 gigawatts of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030, with at least half of this coming from electrolytic hydrogen.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jackson of Peterborough
	uin	HL3408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>Since the British Energy Security Strategy we have made rapid progress, establishing an investable business model to bring forward new hydrogen production facilities and delivering a £240m capital fund to support early deployment. In December 2023, we announced the largest number of commercial scale green hydrogen production projects at once anywhere in Europe, supporting 11 electrolytic projects through the first hydrogen allocation round. The second allocation round is currently underway with annual allocation planned from 2025. This, alongside the cluster sequencing process bringing forward carbon capture and storage-enabled hydrogen, will ensure we remain on track to meet our 2030 ambition.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 26/03/2024 12:05:09 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

1697280

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Energy: Research
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what support, if any, they will provide to Anglia Ruskin University in their ambition to establish a Global Innovation Centre for Energy Transition in Peterborough.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jackson of Peterborough
	uin	HL3409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government runs a significant range of research and innovation programmes to support the transition of the energy system. This includes through UK Research and Innovation, the UK’s agency investing in science and research and interested parties such as Anglia Ruskin University are welcome to apply for these as opportunities arise. More information can be found on UKRI’s online Funding Finder Tool, where all funding opportunities are published (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukri.org%2Fopportunity%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C7db442a69d3a4042e7f808dc5497dfd0%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638478258483280332%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=M0UGc%2FpUJ1HBTr%2FZ92guuZYZI%2FwORcjJgZ65dmrYcOc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/</a>).</p><p> </p><p>In addition, recent investments are set out in the Government’s UK Net Zero Research and Innovation Delivery Plan 2022-2025.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 04/04/2024 12:58:32 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

1697292

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Solar Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to limiting the size of solar plants in areas of best and most versatile agricultural land.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham
	uin	HL3422
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>Planning policy and associated guidance set out that the effective use of land should be prioritised by directing large scale solar projects to locate on previously developed and non-greenfield land.</p><p> </p><p>If a developer proposes to use any land falling under Natural England’s ‘best and most versatile agricultural land’, they are required to justify using such land and design their projects to avoid, mitigate and where necessary, compensate for any impacts.</p><p> </p><p>The planning system also sets out how decision-makers should consider the impact of cumulative impacts, for example where a number of solar projects are deployed in close proximity.</p><p>Further detail can be found in the National Policy Statement (EN-3), National Planning Policy Framework, and associated planning practice guidance for renewable and low carbon energy.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 26/03/2024 11:59:15 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4940 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham