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1060619

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Immigration: EEA Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the EU Settlement Scheme will open to applications from EEA nationals.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	220968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The EU Settlement Scheme will be open to all EEA citizens, including citizens of the EEA EFTA states (Norway Iceland and Liechtenstein) and Swiss citizens by 30 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 26/02/2019 15:54:09 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

1060915

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Staff
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any staff at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) who are responsible for accounting and audit policy previously worked at the Financial Reporting Council; whether BEIS staff previously worked at any accountancy firms; and if so, which ones.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted
	uin	HL13691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) team responsible for accounting policy includes a secondee from the Financial Reporting Council with expertise and experience in accounting. We are unable to provide information on the number of BEIS staff who previously worked at accountancy firms as BEIS does not maintain a database containing the career histories of staff.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 26/02/2019 15:23:52 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4562 label Biography information for Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted

1060934

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Business
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the business concerns raised by the British Chambers of Commerce about no-deal Brexit preparations.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL13710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Government is continuing to work hard to provide the clarity that we know businesses need in the run up to March 29<sup>th</sup>.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS and other government departments have been working with business representative bodies including the BCC to provide access to answers.</p><p> </p><p>The Public Information Campaign business section is regularly updated with the latest information as it becomes available and we will continue to work cross-government to identify gaps in information businesses need and provide it in user friendly accessible formats.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, BEIS has established a Business Readiness Forum which meets weekly and is attended by the BCC which will help both the BCC and other representative bodies to communicate policy decisions to their members in a timely manner in the run up to EU Exit.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 26/02/2019 15:23:22 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1060936

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Wind Power: Feed-in Tariffs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the wind-related Feed-in Tariff budget is currently (1) committed, and (2) expected to be deployed by banding in the current financial year in the bands (a) 0–50kw, (b) 50–100 kw, (c) 100–1,500kw, and (d) 1,500–5,000kw.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Tankerness
	uin	HL13712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Following the review of the Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) scheme in 2015 a maximum overall budget of £100m from January 2016 to 31 March 2019 was introduced which is enforced through quarterly deployment caps. Deployment is tracked by Ofgem based on the total installed capacity of new installations registered on the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) database and their records of applications for ROO-FIT accreditation.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of budget committed to each wind band can be calculated using publicly available data using the following methodology. Total capacity deployed for each technology over the period 2016 – 2018 is published under the Feed-in Tariff Deployment Caps Monthly Reports. Total generation can be calculated by applying the load factors (published in the impact assessment that accompanied the 2015 Feed-in Tariffs review) to the total capacity.</p><p>Finally, to calculate the value of the generation tariff payments made to each band, the total amount of generation per quarter is multiplied by the corresponding tariff rates available on Ofgem’s website.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 26/02/2019 15:25:11 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness

1060937

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total amount of the Feed-in Tariff budget which is currently (1) committed, and (2) expected to be deployed in the current financial year for (a) wind, (b) solar, (c) hydro, (d) biomass, (e) anaerobic digestion, and (f) micro-combined heat and power.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Tankerness
	uin	HL13713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Following the review of the Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) scheme in 2015 a maximum overall budget of £100m from January 2016 to 31 March 2019 was introduced which is enforced through quarterly deployment caps. Deployment is tracked by Ofgem based on the total installed capacity of new installations registered on the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) database and their records of applications for ROO-FIT accreditation.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of budget committed to each technology (biomass is not supported under the FIT scheme) can be calculated using publicly available data using the following methodology. Total capacity deployed for each technology over the period 2016 – 2018 is published under the Feed-in Tariff Deployment Caps Monthly Reports. Available on Ofgem’s website. Total generation can be calculated by applying the load factors (published in the impact assessment that accompanied the 2015 Feed-in Tariffs review) to the total capacity.</p><p>Finally, to calculate the value of the generation tariff payments made to each technology band, the total amount of generation per quarter is multiplied by the corresponding tariff rates available on Ofgem’s website.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 26/02/2019 15:04:57 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness

1060938

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to allow the Feed-in Tariff budget to continue with greater flexibility between tariff bandings.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Tankerness
	uin	HL13714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) scheme will close to new applications after 31 March 2019 subject to a number of time-limited extensions and a grace period.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 26/02/2019 15:24:12 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness

1060939

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Cost of Energy Independent Review
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish a detailed response to the Cost of Energy Review's support for further renewable energy investment; and if so, when.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Tankerness
	uin	HL13715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy, set out his strategic approach to the GB electricity system last November, in his address ‘After the trilemma – 4 principles for the power sector’. He will set out more details in a White Paper in the summer.</p><p> </p><p>The Contracts for Difference Scheme is our main mechanism for supporting new large scale renewable energy generation projects. The next competitive allocation round for less established technologies such as offshore wind will open by May 2019, with subsequent auctions around every two years. Up to £557 million of further support was announced as part of the 2017 Budget.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 26/02/2019 15:04:29 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness

1060940

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Business: Energy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any support mechanisms in place to help businesses deploy private sustainable energy supplies to lower costs.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Tankerness
	uin	HL13716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) scheme has been the Government’s principal method of encouraging uptake of small-scale and micro-scale renewable electricity generation. It allows businesses to invest in small-scale low-carbon electricity such as solar panels and wind turbines, in return for a guaranteed payment for the electricity they generate and export. Businesses are also able to benefit from reduced electricity bills, where the self-generated electricity is consumed onsite. Further information about the scheme can be found on Ofgem’s website. The scheme will close to new applications after 31 March 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also been supporting low-carbon and renewable heating through the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) since 2011. The non-domestic RHI offers support to businesses, charities and public bodies for a range of technologies and fuel uses.</p><p>As of December 2018, the RHI has supported over 19100, through the non-domestic scheme Deployment data can be found on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> site.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 26/02/2019 15:03:37 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness

1060941

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	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	Business: Energy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is the policy of the Business Energy Efficiency Programme to help businesses deploy private sustainable energy supplies in order to lower costs and provide energy security for their business.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wallace of Tankerness
	uin	HL13717
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy sets out our ambition to enable business consumers to reduce their energy usage by improving energy efficiency by at least 20% by 2030, potentially reducing carbon emissions by 22MtCO<sub>2</sub>e over the fifth Carbon Budget. We are developing a package of measures to support businesses to deliver this level of ambition and will respond to a Call for Evidence published last year, ‘Helping businesses improve the way they use energy’ by the summer.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding deploying private sustainable energy supplies the Government has been supporting the installation of low carbon and renewable heating for businesses, charities and public bodies through the Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) since 2011. The scheme aims to bridge the gap between the cost of fossil fuel and low carbon heating technologies by offering a financial incentive and has over 19,100 participants as of December 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government’s sustained support for clean energy has helped produce dramatic falls in the costs of renewable technology. For example, the cost of solar cells has fallen by 80 per cent since 2008. Support for solar comes directly from people's bills, so when costs come down, so should support. We have therefore taken steps to control the costs of support schemes, and subsidy-free deployment of solar PV may be a viable option for businesses. Our Industrial Strategy sets out how we want to make sure that the UK continues to reap the benefits from the transition to a low carbon economy.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 26/02/2019 14:51:21 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	630 label Biography information for Lord Wallace of Tankerness

1060944

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Voluntary Schools
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of non-religious families who will be disadvantaged by the establishment of new voluntary aided religious schools.
	tabling member printed	Lord Warner
	uin	HL13720
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The department undertook an extensive series of activities as part of the Schools that Work for Everyone consultation to understand the variety of opinions relating to faith schools. Having considered the views of respondents, and a range of stakeholder views, the department decided to establish the voluntary-aided capital scheme alongside retaining the 50% cap in faith admissions in faith designated free schools. The statutory process for establishing new voluntary-aided schools has not changed. It remains possible for proposers of any faith or no faith to propose a new voluntary-aided school, and likewise the voluntary-aided capital scheme is open to bids from proposers of all faiths and none.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL13722 question first answered 26/02/2019 12:19:00 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner