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1487950

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	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	Coal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the announcement made on 30 June 2021 that the Government would remove unabated coal from the UK’s energy mix by 2024, whether that remains the Government's policy; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
	tabling member printed	John McDonnell
	uin	33665
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to phasing out unabated coal generation by October 2024. The UK has already made excellent progress in reducing coal usage, with coal’s share of our electricity supply falling from 40% in 2012 to less than 2% in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/07/2022 15:09:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1419472

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2022
	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	Coal
	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 (a) the reduction in global coal use since 2010 to date and (b) progress made in meeting the target of 80 per cent reduction by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	117781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2022 answer text <p>The International Energy Agency estimates that coal use remains modestly above 2010 levels, with continued very low growth to 2024. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from global coal use remains a key Government priority. For example, the UK’s COP26 Energy Transition Campaign helped secure a 190-strong coalition of countries and organisations at COP26, including coal power phase out commitments from Poland, Vietnam, Egypt, Chile and Morocco, building on the Government’s co-leadership of the Powering Past Coal Alliance. The Government has committed to phasing out unabated coal generation in Great Britain by October 2024. Coal power generation in this country has declined from almost 40% of our electricity supply in 2012 to less than 2% in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 11/02/2022 14:02:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1363154

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2021
	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	Coal
	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 made of the implications for his policies of the International Energy Agency's findings that coal should be kept in the ground.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	62689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government has committed to phasing out unabated coal generation in Great Britain by October 2024. Coal’s share of our electricity supply has already declined significantly in recent years – from almost 40% in 2012 to less than 2% in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 02/11/2021 17:44:48 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1241849

	registered interest
	date	08/10/2020
	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	Coal
	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 potential effect of increased domestic supply of coal on levels of coal imports.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	101007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>Domestic production of coal, alongside the amounts of coal imported in the UK, have been steadily declining in the last five years. This is evidenced by the figures published by the Department here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fsolid-fuels-and-derived-gases-chapter-2-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cde0c6bf5d02d4058e42e08d86e7ea212%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637380837447620697&amp;sdata=Tqa17dqMFSiG5P78955nnWtxOzTvKZ0gjPc0l8mQQ3o%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">DUKES table 2.4</a>.</p><p>In order to tackle climate change and deliver a net zero economy by 2050, we need to further reduce our use of coal. We are among the first countries in the world to commit to closing all unabated coal power plants. We intend to do this by 2024.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 13/10/2020 11:09:48 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1139035

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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	Coal
	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 coal the UK has stockpiled.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	277308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>Stocks of coal are held by producers, electricity generators and others. Total stocks at the end of 2018 were 5.2 million tonnes, which remains steady when compared with 2017.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 18/07/2019 09:08:57 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1129641

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Coal
	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 adequacy of existing coal stocks to meet expected needs for electricity generation before coal is phased out.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
	uin	259966
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The latest statistics are publicly available (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fsolid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends&amp;data=02%7C01%7Celizabeth.twomey%40beis.gov.uk%7C1e9c4adfd2e34cc9daf108d6e9b48cf2%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636953358993851618&amp;sdata=KafUNWRYL193z1tkjts6rs9aYJyQH%2BQu1rCT7q0xBNU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Energy Trends table 2.1</a>.)</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to ending unabated coal power by 2025. As a result of our existing policies, including carbon pricing and our support for renewables, we have already made great headway in reducing our reliance on coal, which fell from 39% of electricity in 2012 to 5% in 2018. There are now regular coal free periods, and in May the UK went without running coal power generation for over two weeks – the longest coal-free period in the country since the 1880s.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 13/06/2019 16:27:55 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore previous answer version 121637 answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

933924

	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	Coal
	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 demand for coal was in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	159558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The table below gives the demand for coal from 2010 - 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>UK coal demand (thousand tonnes)<sup> (1)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>51,324</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>51,507</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>64,042</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>60,206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>48,295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>37,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>17,745</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>14,183</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Includes coal used for electricity generation, heat generation, coke manufacture, blast furnaces, patent fuel manufacture, energy used in coal extraction and final consumption by industry, transport, domestic and other users.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Energy Trends table 2.1 June 2018 available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/07/2018 14:37:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

933925

	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	Coal
	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 demand for coal has been excluding electricity generation in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	159559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The table below gives the demand for coal excluding electricity generation from 2010 - 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>UK coal demand (thousand tonnes) <sup>(1)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>9,827</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>9,658</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>9,141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10,333</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>10,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>8,121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>5,689</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>5,459</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Includes coal used for heat generation, coke manufacture, blast furnaces, patent fuel manufacture, energy used in coal extraction and final consumption by industry, transport, domestic and other users.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Energy Trends table 2.1 June 2018 available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/07/2018 14:36:36 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

895189

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2018
	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	Coal
	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 continued availability of coal at an affordable price for (1) heritage steam locomotive, (2) traction engine, and (3) stationary engine, operations.
	tabling member printed	Lord Faulkner of Worcester
	uin	HL7449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government produces regular reports on the supply and cost of coal. These reports can be found attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley attachment 1 file name DUKES_2017 (6).pdf title DUKES 2017 2 file name QEP_Q417.pdf title Quarterly Energy Prices 2017 question first answered 10/05/2018 15:05:48 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	2472 label Biography information for Lord Faulkner of Worcester

853335

	registered interest
	date	02/03/2018
	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	Coal
	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 average daily proportion of the UK’s electricity which was generated from coal was for the week beginning Monday 26 February 2018; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	130784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not hold data at this level of disaggregation covering all UK generation. Monthly electricity generated by Major Power Producers in February 2018 will be published in Energy Trends table 5.3 on 26<sup>th</sup> April. Total quarterly UK electricity generated in Q1 2018 will be published in Energy Trends table 5.1 on 28<sup>th</sup> June. Data will be available at this link:</p><p><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> </p><p>However, for the Public Distribution System in Great Britain only, Elexon’s figures show that in the week commencing 26<sup>th</sup> February 2018, on average 25.1 per cent of electricity generated was from coal each day.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Source: Elexon half-hourly balancing mechanism reports, available at</strong> <a href="https://www.bmreports.com/bmrs/?q=generation/fueltype" target="_blank">https://www.bmreports.com/bmrs/?q=generation/fueltype</a>. </em></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/03/2018 14:28:47 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies