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1126154

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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	Solar Power: 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 number of rooftop solar panels deployed on domestic homes since the closure of the Feed-In Tariff scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	253489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of domestic solar installations during April 2019 will be published by BEIS on Thursday 30 May using information from the MCS (Microgeneration Certification Scheme) installation database. These are provisional numbers which are subject to revision in future publications.</p><p> </p><p>Solar photovoltaic deployment statistics is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-photovoltaics-deployment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-photovoltaics-deployment</a>.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/05/2019 13:38:26 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1088860

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2019
	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	Solar Power: Housing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage the increased use of solar panels on domestic properties.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL14565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>On 8 January, Government published a consultation on a Smart Export Guarantee (SEG), which would ensure that small-scale low carbon generators do not export their electricity to the grid for free including, solar PV. The SEG consultation closed on the 5 March 2019. We are currently considering the responses submitted and will respond in due course.</p><p>The consultation can be viewed on the GOV.UK consultations website.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 20/03/2019 17:13:17 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1020436

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	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	Solar Power: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2018 to Question 194025 on Housing: Solar Power, what steps his Department has taken to monitor whether the work undertaken by BRE National Solar Centre has led to the recommendations of that report being implemented by those relevant bodies.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	199282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The BRE National Solar Centre, on behalf of the Department, discussed this interim report with relevant bodies, the Microgeneration Certification Scheme, British Standards Institute and the International Electrotechnical Commission, at a workshop on 20<sup>th</sup> November. Minutes from this meeting are yet to be finalised, and the Department will be engaging further with those relevant bodies on how best to implement the recommendations in due course.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 10/12/2018 17:52:07 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1011424

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2018
	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	Solar Power: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2018 to Question 163508 on Housing: Solar Power and with reference to the Building Research Establishment's report, Fire and solar PV systems - recommendations for the photovoltaic industry, published on 17 July 2017, what steps his Department plans to take as a result of those recommendations.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	194025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>This interim report made recommendations to industry, standards bodies and training organisations for changes to further reduce the already very small risk of fires caused by solar photo-voltaic systems.</p><p> </p><p>Since its publication the BRE National Solar Centre has been working on behalf of the Department to ensure relevant bodies, such as the Microgeneration Certification Scheme, British Standards Institute and the International Electrotechnical Commission, are aware of the findings so they can take steps to update standards, guidance and advice accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>Most recently they held a workshop on 20<sup>th</sup> November, with relevant technical experts, to consider amongst other issues whether changes to building regulations might be required.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 26/11/2018 17:17:01 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1010289

	registered interest
	date	19/11/2018
	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	Solar Power: 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, how many electricity suppliers offer power purchase agreements for the procurement of power from solar generators on domestic homes.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	192692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Power purchase agreements (PPAs) are private agreements and suppliers are not required to report on whether they are offering PPAs to domestic solar generators.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/11/2018 14:48:50 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

933775

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2018
	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	Solar Power: 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 the feed-in tariff rate for solar PV is for (a) houses with Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) of D or higher and (b) houses with EPCs of E or lower.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	159647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Feed-In Tariff rates are published by Ofgem at <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/fit/fit-tariff-rates" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/fit/fit-tariff-rates</a>. The current higher PV tariff of 3.93p per kWh is available for houses with EPCs of D or higher. The lower tariff of 0.25p per kWh is available for houses with EPCs of E or lower and those houses with an EPC of level D or above that was not issued before the commissioning date of the installation.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/07/2018 14:35:42 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

900219

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2018
	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	Solar Power: 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, how many domestic solar panels have been installed in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	141832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2018 answer text <p>The Central FiTs Register (CFR) contains all of the installations confirmed on the FiTs scheme; from this database domestic solar installations can be identified. The number of new domestic installations per year is set out in the table below. Domestic installations that have not accredited under the FiT scheme are not captured in these figures.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Annual Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CFR<sup>1</sup> Domestic Photovoltaic Installations</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>89,822</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>118,594</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>155,459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>33,815</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>16,422</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>Central Feed-in Tariff Register (CFR) data is provided to BEIS quarterly by Ofgem and details all of the installations currently confirmed on the FiTs scheme. There is a lag in the CFR data compared to the FiTs application data, due to the process for approval onto the scheme. Data for 2017 is provisional.</li></ol> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/05/2018 12:21:45 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

731798

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2017
	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	Solar Power: 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 steps he is taking to promote domestic solar photovoltaic installations.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government continues to promote domestic solar photovoltaic installations with the Feed-in Tariff scheme. Current funding arrangements are in place until March 2019.</p><p>This scheme has supported over 800,000 solar installations to date.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 28/06/2017 12:35:04 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

577672

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	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	Solar Power: 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 his Department has made of the proportion of UK energy use which will be from domestic solar production in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	45457
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>We have not made a projection of domestic solar’s contribution to UK energy use.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/09/2016 16:25:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 10827 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham