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889955

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2018
	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	Energy Performance Certificates
	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 he has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of ensuring that all homes are rated at least energy performance certificate band C by 2035; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	137007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy set out the Government’s aspiration that as many homes as possible will be upgraded to an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) band C by 2035, where practical, cost-effective and affordable. The total investment required depends on a number of factors, including the mix of technologies used to achieve improvements, how they are financed, and how the costs of technologies change over time.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is focussed on mobilising investment to help meet this aspiration and the other goals set out in the Clean Growth Strategy, and reducing the cost of investment required by encouraging innovation.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the Clean Growth Strategy, the government set up the Green Finance Taskforce, which brought together senior leaders from the financial sector. One of their objectives was to help deliver the investment needed to meet the ambitions and commitments set out in our Clean Growth Strategy whilst consolidating the UK’s leadership in financing international clean investment. The Taskforce published their recommendations in March this year. The government is currently considering these recommendations and will respond in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also launched two new £10 million innovation programmes to develop new and improved energy efficiency and heating technologies to help reduce the cost of improving homes. The funds closed to applicants on 2 January, and we are currently reviewing bids.</p><p> </p><p>Further, the Government published a Call for Evidence on building a market for energy efficiency including additional measures to reduce the cost of investment required to improve homes. This Call for Evidence closed on 9 January 2018. Following an evaluation of the responses, we will publish an action plan on additional market based measures later in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/05/2018 13:58:01 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

891317

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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	Fuel Poverty: Greater London
	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 recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of fuel poverty in (a) Lewisham borough and (b) London.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	138076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of households living in fuel poverty in Lewisham and London between 2014 and 2015 (latest data available).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Lewisham</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>London</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Fuel Poor Households</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percent Fuel Poor</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fuel Poor Households</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percent Fuel Poor</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>12,300</p></td><td><p>10.5%</p></td><td><p>348,000</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>12,000</p></td><td><p>10.2%</p></td><td><p>335,000</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*Household figures for Lewisham are rounded to the nearest 100 and proportion of fuel poor to the nearest 1 decimal place</p><p>*Household figures for London are rounded to the nearest 1,000 and proportion of fuel poor to the nearest whole number</p><p> </p><p>Due to the relative nature of the fuel poverty measure, the proportion of households in fuel poverty fluctuates between 10% and 12% at the national level.</p><p> </p><p>The latest sub-regional fuel poverty statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/05/2018 16:59:17 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

891428

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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	Carbon Emissions: Standards
	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 report entitled 10 years of the UK Climate Change Act, published by the London School of Economics and Political Science on 30 March, 2018 what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the recommendation in that report to amend the Climate Change Act 2008 to include a statutory response time for carbon plans.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	137889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to amend the Climate Change Act to include a statutory response time for the publication of carbon plans.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/05/2018 13:58:40 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

891430

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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	Carbon 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, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a UK-wide emissions trading system after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	137891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering all factors in relation to the UK’s future participation, or otherwise, in the EU ETS, in consultation with stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/05/2018 13:59:13 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

891431

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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	EU Emissions Trading Scheme
	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 merits of participating in Phase 4 of the EU's emissions trading system after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	137892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government welcomes the formal agreement earlier this year on reform of the EU ETS for the 2021-30 period (‘Phase IV’). It strikes an effective balance between environmental ambition and protecting the competitiveness of industry. These reforms are expected to result in a more meaningful carbon price and stimulate investment in low-carbon technologies and the support of these reforms is without prejudice to any future decision on UK participation, or otherwise, in the EU ETS after we leave the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/05/2018 14:00:10 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

891506

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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: Diesel
	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 diesel electricity generating capacity is available on standby at times of peak demand; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	138013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The vast bulk of GB peak electricity needs are now secured through the Capacity Market. The amount of diesel that wins capacity agreements in each auction varies depending on the price bid and National Grid has not broken the capacity down to identify only diesel for the current delivery year. However, around 1.45% (789 MW) of the capacity agreements held for 2017/18 are in the Open Cycle Gas Turbine &amp; Reciprocating Engine (Diesel) category, which would include diesel generators.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, National Grid maintain balancing reserves on standby, including generating capacity in the form of the Short Term Operating Reserve (STOR), and Fast Reserve. These are secured through tender rounds which run three times a year for STOR and monthly for the Fast Reserve. Amounts to be procured varying according to need and National Grid do not routinely maintain a breakdown by fuel type for successful tenders. However, a fuel type analysis of STOR* was published for the period 27/10/14-2/2/15 which showed that diesel amounted to 743MW, or 22%, of the STOR procured in that season.</p><p>*<a href="https://www.nationalgrid.com/sites/default/files/documents/STOR%20%20Fuel%20Type%20Analysis%20Summary%20%28By%20Capacity%29%20-%20Season%208.5%20-%20Final_0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nationalgrid.com/sites/default/files/documents/STOR%20%20Fuel%20Type%20Analysis%20Summary%20%28By%20Capacity%29%20-%20Season%208.5%20-%20Final_0.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/05/2018 17:00:16 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

891507

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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	Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage
	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 Government's policy is on carbon capture, utilisation and storage for (a) oil (b) gas (c) coal and (d) the industrial sector; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	138014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy, published in October 2017, includes the Government’s new approach to carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS), setting an ambition of deploying CCUS at scale during the 2030s, subject to costs coming down sufficiently. The new approach sets out that CCUS has a potential role in decarbonising a number of sectors of the economy, including in industry, power and heat.</p><p> </p><p>Government will be publishing a Deployment Pathway for CCUS by the end of the year which will set out the steps needed to meet this ambition. This will be informed by the CCUS Cost Challenge Taskforce that I established and which will report to me in July 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In parallel, Government will invest £100 million in CCUS and industrial energy innovation and continue to work with other Governments and industry to drive down the cost and accelerate global deployment of CCUS. As part of this, I will be, with Fatih Birol, Executive Head of the International Energy Agency, hosting a high-level CCUS Summit on 28 November 2018 in Edinburgh.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/05/2018 17:00:38 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

892206

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	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: Costs
	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 cost per MWh of energy generated by (a) onshore wind, (b) offshore wind, (c) solar PV, (d) open cycle gas, (e) combine cycle gas and (f) coal in 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	138372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>BEIS’s most recent published assessment of electricity generation costs can be found in the generation costs report (2016)[1] which covers both renewable and non-renewable technologies. We are currently undertaking a review of our evidence on levelised costs of electricity generation.</p><p> </p><p>The relevant section of the 2016 generation cost report is included below. BEIS no longer produces estimates for the levelised cost of unabated coal.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p>Levelised Cost Estimates for NOAK Projects Commissioning in 2020, Technology-specific Hurdle Rates, £/MWh (2014 prices)</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>CCGT H Class</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>OCGT 600MW (500hrs)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Offshore Wind Round 3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Large Scale Solar PV</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Onshore Wind &gt;5MW UK</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pre Development Costs</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Construction Costs</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fixed O&amp;M</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Variable O&amp;M</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fuel Costs</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carbon Costs</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>66</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>166</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>106</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>67</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>63</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/566567/BEIS_Electricity_Generation_Cost_Report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/566567/BEIS_Electricity_Generation_Cost_Report.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/05/2018 13:57:23 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

893122

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2018
	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	Energy: 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, what steps the Government is taking to support Ofgem in ensuring that the new RIIO-2 price control framework is tougher on energy network companies.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	138960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Network regulation, including setting the next energy network price control, RIIO-2, is a matter for Ofgem as the independent energy regulator. By law, Government has no role in this process.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem states that its proposals for RIIO-2 are expected to save consumers £5 billion over 5 years or around £15-25 per household bill.</p><p> </p><p>Government welcomes regulators and network companies acting in the best interests of consumers and expects consumers to get a fair deal.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/05/2018 14:01:02 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps