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1126180

	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
	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 has been monitoring the deployment of new (a) rooftop solar power since 1 April 2019, (b) ground mounted solar power less than or equal to 5MW since 1 April 2016 and (c) ground mounted solar power less than 5MW since 1 April 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	253649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2019 answer text <p>Deployment of installations is monitored (a) for rooftop solar since 1 April 2019, through the MCS installation database (MID), (b) for ground mounted solar power less than or equal to 5MW since 1 April 2016, through the central FIT register (CFR), and (c) for ground mounted solar power less than 5MW since 1 April 2015, through the CFR and a register of installations accredited through the renewables obligation (RO).</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/05/2019 13:38:50 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1124689

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	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	Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme: Solar Power
	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 merits of extending Solar Thermal applications allowed under the Renewable Heat Incentive to both domestic hot water systems and domestic heating systems at the same time.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	250768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department considered whether solar thermal should be allowed for space heating when the scheme was being designed in 2012/2013. The decision to restrict support to domestic hot water only solar thermal systems for the domestic RHI was based on the following considerations:</p><ul><li>At the time that we made our decision, market intelligence showed that only a small minority of solar thermal systems were designed to provide space heating and there was limited performance data.</li><li>Supporting solar thermal for space heating would not present good value for money, as the RHI is taxpayer-funded – this is because solar thermal systems are only capable of meeting a small portion of a house’s heat demand, and are not as cost-effective in space heating when compared to other technologies.</li></ul><p>The Government currently has no plans to review its position on support for solar thermal on the RHI.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/05/2019 16:51:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1029455

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	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	Natural Gas: Powers of Entry
	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 (a) suitability of gas operators current rights of entry and (b) effectiveness of the communication of those rights to vulnerable customers.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	204557
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government reviewed regulations on Powers of Entry in 2014, including provisions within The Gas Act 1986 that allow a Gas Operator to apply for a warrant for essential safety reasons or as an action of last resort for non-payment of supply. Details of this review can be found online at: <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F380176%2F44666_Un-Act_DECC_Powers_of_Entry_accessible.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C890caf13bb35460ce6eb08d670987cac%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636820197555693430&amp;sdata=hAGbNdR%2FYZkownzEAnKA7d0KtE6AUw9tlz4Qg1Xt0jw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/380176/44666_Un-Act_DECC_Powers_of_Entry_accessible.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Under these rules, with limited exceptions, a customer must receive written notice before an application is made, and a Magistrate must decide whether the operator has effectively communicated their rights to a customer, before granting a warrant.</p><p> </p><p>If a prepayment meter is to be installed to recover a debt, the supplier must demonstrate that it is safe, and reasonable and practicable for a domestic customer to use one and Ofgem supply licence conditions prohibit exercising a warrant to recover costs where this would be severely traumatic to that customer due to existing vulnerabilities.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem monitors energy companies performance, including on installation prepayment meters under warrant, as part of their social obligations reporting. The most recent report can be found online at: <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofgem.gov.uk%2Fsystem%2Ffiles%2Fdocs%2F2018%2F11%2Fvulnerability_report_2018.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7C%7C890caf13bb35460ce6eb08d670987cac%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636820197555849993&amp;sdata=7fCK0X1CCtT6AALBxE5E%2B6Z5RQiOVfmPv0TmNh2nM5g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2018/11/vulnerability_report_2018.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/01/2019 12:07:07 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

994114

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	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	Glass: Shortages
	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 ensure the continued supply of glass for the construction industry after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	183411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>There are currently three large scale furnaces manufacturing flat glass in the UK, capable of supplying the demand in the construction industry. The speed of supply to customers is influenced by the level of production, and there can be periods where this is reduced, for example due to maintenance work on one of the furnaces. However, the Government does not expect there to be any significant long-term problems in the level of supply.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to work with the construction industry and other sectors to ensure that they will have access to glass and materials after the UK leaves the EU, and with the glass manufacturing sector to support its competitiveness.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 183410 question first answered 29/10/2018 15:41:30 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

994112

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2018
	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	Glass: Shortages
	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 has taken to tackle the glass shortage in the construction industry.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	183410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>There are currently three large scale furnaces manufacturing flat glass in the UK, capable of supplying the demand in the construction industry. The speed of supply to customers is influenced by the level of production, and there can be periods where this is reduced, for example due to maintenance work on one of the furnaces. However, the Government does not expect there to be any significant long-term problems in the level of supply.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to work with the construction industry and other sectors to ensure that they will have access to glass and materials after the UK leaves the EU, and with the glass manufacturing sector to support its competitiveness.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 183411 question first answered 29/10/2018 15:41:30 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

989488

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2018
	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	Electricity Generation
	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 it is the Government's policy to move away from using coal to generate electricity in the UK; and what assessment his Department has made of the effect of higher gas prices on the level of electricity generation from (a) coal and (b) gas.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	180812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ending the use of unabated coal for electricity generation by 2025. Government measures and support for low carbon technologies mean that coal has gone from generating 39% of the UK’s electricity in 2012 to 7% in 2017[i]. Coal’s share of electricity generation was 1.6% for 2018 Q2. Gas’ share of electricity generation was 42% for the same period[ii].</p><p> </p><p>The Department considers and analyses a range of future price scenarios and the effect on anticipated generation from coal and gas; a number of these scenarios are published as part of the BEIS Energy and Emissions Projections[iii]. Changes in gas prices are one of a number of factors that can affect the amount of coal and gas generation on the system at any particular time. Higher gas prices may incentivise some switching from gas to coal due to impacts on gas-fired power plants relative profitability in the short term. While there may be a small increase in the share of coal generation this winter, we do not expect these recent fluctuations to significantly affect the trajectory to the end of unabated coal by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>[i] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a></p><p>[ii] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends</a></p><p>[iii] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-and-emissions-projections" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-and-emissions-projections</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 26/10/2018 10:46:40 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

982914

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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	Radioactive Waste: Japan
	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 discussions he has had with the Prime Minister of Japan during his recent visit to that country on the import, storage and processing of Japanese plutonium nuclear waste in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	176399
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The issue of importing, storing and processing Japanese nuclear material in the UK was not discussed during this visit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/10/2018 13:23:39 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

982912

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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	Plutonium
	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 plutonium nuclear waste has been stored in the UK in each of the last 10 years; and how much of that storing was done on behalf of other countries.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	176397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>Nuclear fuel reprocessing separates spent nuclear fuel into uranium, plutonium and highly active waste products. Separated plutonium and uranium are not categorised as nuclear waste. Highly active waste products contain only trace amounts of plutonium.</p><p> </p><p>Each year the Office for Nuclear Regulation publishes annual figures for holdings of civil unirradiated plutonium, including those owned by foreign bodies, on their website. The most recent figure is of 31 December 2016. (<a href="http://www.onr.org.uk/safeguards/civilplut16.htm" target="_blank">http://www.onr.org.uk/safeguards/civilplut16.htm</a>)</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/10/2018 13:23:24 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

982910

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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	Plutonium
	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 plutonium nuclear waste has been exported from the UK in each of the 10 years; and to which countries that waste was exported.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	176395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK has not exported any material classified as plutonium nuclear waste. The UK returns Higher Activity Wastes produced from reprocessing of overseas owned spent fuel to its country of origin. These wastes contain only trace quantities of plutonium. The table below sets out exports over the last 10 years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Country waste exported to</p></td><td><p>Number of containers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>japan</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Japan</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Switzerland</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/10/2018 13:23:14 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

982909

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2018
	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	Plutonium
	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 plutonium nuclear waste has been imported into the UK in each of the last 10 years; and from which countries that waste was imported.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	176394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>The UK does not import any material classified as “plutonium nuclear waste”.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/10/2018 13:23:00 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry