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1056652

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	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	Energy Supply: Weather
	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 level of security of supply of electricity for winter 2019; and whether he is taking steps to improve that level of security.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	218141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>National Grid’s Winter Outlook for 2018/19 published in November 2018 showed that there was an electricity margin of over 11% entering this winter, which is sufficient to meet the statutory Reliability Standard.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/02/2019 09:51:22 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1056830

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	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	Minerals: Greenhouse Gas 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, whether his Department monitors the amount of greenhouse gases that are emitted by importing minerals such as (a) clay, (b) chalk, (c) limestone and (d) coal to the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	218240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The UK is an Annex I party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC adopted the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (<a href="https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/" target="_blank">https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/</a>) for Annex I countries in Decision 24/CP.19. The UK is thus required to make use of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines in the compilation of the UK’s greenhouse gas inventory. The guidelines define national greenhouse gas inventories as including only emissions which take place within each country’s territorial boundary. Consequently emissions associated with importing minerals from territories outside the UK are not included.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/02/2019 09:51:42 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1056849

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	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	Fracking
	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 his Department has made of the contribution to the UK economy of the shale gas industry to date.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	218279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The shale gas industry has the potential to provide the UK with a new domestic energy source, reducing our need for imports, providing more jobs, and contributing to economic growth. However, the industry is at the very early stages of exploration and we do not yet know how much of the UK’s shale resources can be extracted technically or economically and what the contribution to the UK economy could be.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to support responsible companies, working within our stringent regulatory regime, who are prepared to invest in this industry as they proceed with the exploration process, to test the size and value of the potential reserves.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/02/2019 09:51:51 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1056850

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	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	Fracking: Fylde
	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 his Department has made of the contribution to the economy of Fylde of the shale gas industry to date.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	218280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government believes that communities should experience direct benefits from hosting hydraulic fracturing sites in their area. At the exploration stage, £100,000 in community benefits will be provided per well-site when hydraulic fracturing takes place and 1% of revenues at production stage will be paid out to communities.</p><p> </p><p>I am pleased to see that these benefits are already being realised from Cuadrilla’s operations in Lancashire. Cuadrilla has spent almost £9million directly with suppliers based in Lancashire, has over 700 local companies registered with its supplier portal and has provided over £200,000 for local sponsorship schemes.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/02/2019 09:52:00 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1056852

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	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	Fracking
	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 his Department has made of the potential effect of shale gas extraction on (a) domestic and (b) commercial energy tariffs.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	218281
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>It is not yet known how much of the UK shale gas resource will ultimately be recoverable, or what rates of extraction, deliverability or reliability could be assumed if shale sources are found to be viable. Therefore the impact on energy tariffs has not been assessed to date.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to monitor progress of the shale gas industry and will revise its estimates, as appropriate, as the industry develops.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/02/2019 09:52:09 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1056651

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	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: North West
	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 the timeframe is for a decision to made by the Oil and Gas Authority in relation to Petroleum Oil and Gas Licence (PEDL) 193 to move this PEDL into the Production Term on 1st July 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	218326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) are responsible for granting and monitoring all onshore Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences (PEDLs). For PEDL193, the OGA last year agreed to a Retention Area Work Plan under which the licensee(s) are obliged to acquire new seismic data by 30 June 2020, submit a planning application to drill a well by 30 June 2022, and drill, hydraulically fracture and flow test a well by 30 June 2024. Details of this licence variation can be found on the OGA website via the following link: <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ogauthority.co.uk%2Fmedia%2F5260%2Fretention-areas-agreed-december-2018-updated.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CStuart.Walters%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb4e90c49877f4f45ee0708d68c631cd1%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636850754646824445&amp;sdata=M9mcNXUXTc8v5YYNKpM11T1fDUQViOh18XbIkBFQacc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ogauthority.co.uk/media/5260/retention-areas-agreed-december-2018-updated.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/02/2019 09:52:27 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1056637

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	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	Fuels: Prices
	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 assessment of trends in the level of fuel prices in different areas of the country.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Laura Smith
	uin	218349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not collect official statistics on regional fuel prices.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/02/2019 09:52:34 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith

1056995

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what criminal convictions he has referred to the Court of Appeal as being unduly lenient in the last five years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	uin	218755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Annual data for the cases that have been referred to the Court of Appeal are publicly available for the years 2014-2016 on the gov.uk website at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics?departments%5B%5D=attorney-generals-office" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics?departments%5B%5D=attorney-generals-office</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, 173 cases were referred to the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018, 140 cases were referred to the Court of Appeal as unduly lenient, although two of those cases are yet to be heard.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/02/2019 09:56:24 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1058996

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Pensioners: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of pensioners living in poverty.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	219557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to action that helps to alleviate levels of pensioner poverty. In 2018/19 we will spend £121.5 billion on benefits for pensioners, including £97 billion on the State Pension for this year. Between 2010 and 2018, we will have increased the basic State Pension by £1,450 a year.</p><p> </p><p>In the early 1970s roughly 40% of pensioners were in poverty. Relative poverty after housing costs is now down to 16% - one of the lowest rates since comparable records began. The rates, and numbers, of pensioners in absolute poverty are all lower than 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Pension Credit was introduced in October 2003 explicitly to help tackle pensioner poverty and from April 2018, the Standard Minimum Guarantee in Pension Credit will be the equivalent of over £1,500 per year higher in cash terms for single people and over £2,400 per year higher in cash terms for couples than it was in 2010.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to the Triple Lock for the remainder of this Parliament, guaranteeing that up to the full amounts of the basic and new State Pensions will rise by the highest of average earnings growth, price inflation, or 2.5% and in 2018/19 the increase was 3%. Between April 2010 and April 2018 the basic State Pension has risen by £660 a year more than if it had been just up-rated by earnings since April 2010. That is a rise of £1,450 a year in cash terms.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 14/02/2019 10:03:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1058972

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Seaborne Freight
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2019 to Question 205963, for what reason the contract with Seaborne Freight was withdrawn.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	219478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Following the withdrawal of an important prospective backer, Arklow Shipping, the Secretary of State concluded that the core requirements of the contract could no longer be met, and therefore exercised his right to terminate.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 14/02/2019 10:17:57 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens