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1083690

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	Energy: EU Law
	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 paragraph 12.3 of the Explanatory Memorandum to The Electricity and Gas (Market Integrity and Transparency) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 instrument, from what budget the funding will be drawn to pay the estimated £1.9m capital costs for a domestic REMIT reporting system.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	229808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Following a no-deal exit, Ofgem intend to review the domestic reporting requirements of the Regulation for Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) in consultation with industry. In the event that new reporting systems are required, alternative arrangements will remain in place for up to 2 years, until these systems are available. These alternative arrangements will not reduce Ofgem’s ability to maintain appropriate oversight of the wholesale gas and electricity markets and will not diminish their ability to enforce REMIT requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Costs relating to initial development and on-going operation of domestic REMIT market data and registration systems would be funded through Ofgem license income.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 229809 question first answered 12/03/2019 11:40:14 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1083691

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	Energy: EU Law
	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 paragraph 12.3 of the Explanatory Memorandum to The Electricity and Gas (Market Integrity and Transparency) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 instrument, what payment mechanism will be used for Ofgem to recover the estimated operational costs of £500k per annum to operate a new domestic REMIT system.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	229809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Following a no-deal exit, Ofgem intend to review the domestic reporting requirements of the Regulation for Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) in consultation with industry. In the event that new reporting systems are required, alternative arrangements will remain in place for up to 2 years, until these systems are available. These alternative arrangements will not reduce Ofgem’s ability to maintain appropriate oversight of the wholesale gas and electricity markets and will not diminish their ability to enforce REMIT requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Costs relating to initial development and on-going operation of domestic REMIT market data and registration systems would be funded through Ofgem license income.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 229808 question first answered 12/03/2019 11:40:14 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1083693

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	Energy: EU Law
	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 paragraph 12.3 of the Explanatory Memorandum to The Electricity and Gas (Market Integrity and Transparency) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 instrument, what the anticipated timescales are for establishing the registration and reporting requirements set out in that instrument.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	229810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Following a no-deal exit, Ofgem intend to review the domestic reporting requirements of the Regulation for Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) in consultation with industry. In the event that new reporting systems are required, alternative arrangements will remain in place for up to 2 years, until these systems are available. These alternative arrangements will not reduce Ofgem’s ability to maintain appropriate oversight of the wholesale gas and electricity markets and will not diminish their ability to enforce REMIT requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/03/2019 11:40:26 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1081938

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2019
	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	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 plans he has to increase the rate of reduction in the UK's carbon emissions.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	227991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK has been a world leader in cutting emissions while creating wealth. Between 1990 and 2017 the UK reduced its greenhouse emissions by 42% while growing our economy by 72%. The Clean Growth Strategy sets out our plan for meeting future carbon budgets and progressing decarbonisation across the whole of the economy. It includes ambitious proposals on housing, business, power, transport, the natural environment and green finance.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/03/2019 11:40:36 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1078632

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2019
	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	Fracking: Research
	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 funding has been allocated to research on fracking in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	226591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring a rigorous, evidence-based approach to oil and gas extraction, and other sub-surface technologies such as geothermal heat. Fundamental research is the responsibility of research councils - independent from Government in their decision making - who are funding a number of relevant programmes.</p><p>The <em>Natural Environment Research Council’s</em> Geo Energy Observatories (UK GEOS) is a government funded project (£31m) with two world-leading centres for research, technology and monitoring of the subsurface that will provide open-data for academia, industry and regulators. Researchers will be able to use the observatories to determine the effect of subsurface energy technologies like those used in geothermal and shale gas extraction. UK GEOS could capture valuable data on nearby shale sites if operations go ahead. It is anticipated that the facilities will be operational by autumn 2019.</p><p>NERC and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) have also invested £8 million in a research programme on unconventional hydrocarbons in the UK energy system: environmental and socio-economic impacts and processes. The outcome of this research programme will be to update the independent scientific evidence base to understand potential environmental and socio-economic impacts of unconventional hydrocarbon development.</p><p>A list of the successful bids, details of their funding and timescales of the research can be found here: <a href="http://gotw.nerc.ac.uk/list_them.asp?them=Uncon+Hydrocarbons&amp;cookieConsent=A" target="_blank">http://gotw.nerc.ac.uk/list_them.asp?them=Uncon+Hydrocarbons&amp;cookieConsent=A</a></p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy also currently grant funds a research consortium led by the British Geological Survey (BGS) to deliver an environmental monitoring programme in and around the first shale sites in Lancashire and North Yorkshire where applications for shale gas wells have been made. Since January 2015, researchers have been gathering baseline data on a number of environmental parameters including ground water &amp; air quality, seismicity, radon and ground motion.</p><p>This information is made freely available to the public and supports peer-reviewed science. It will also inform future best practice, enable new technologies to be developed, and develop the UK skill base. The cost to grant-fund this programme is £1 million for the 2018/19 financial period.</p><p>Since 2015, the Department has also funded a research consortium led by Bristol University with the aim of developing a better understanding of natural induced microearthquakes and the application of microseismic monitoring to the oil and gas industry, to support regulatory decisions and improve public engagement. The cost to fund this is £19,000 per annum.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/03/2019 10:55:28 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1077743

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Energy: Meters
	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 extent to which energy suppliers will fulfil the smart meter roll-out of SMETS2 by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	226149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a manifesto commitment to ensure that smart meters are offered to every household and business by the end of 2020.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 226151 question first answered 06/03/2019 15:01:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1077746

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Energy: Meters
	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 target is for the roll-out of smart meters by energy suppliers by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	226151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a manifesto commitment to ensure that smart meters are offered to every household and business by the end of 2020.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 226149 question first answered 06/03/2019 15:01:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1077741

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he has made an analysis of how many customers in the UK are currently unable to have a SMETS2 smart meter installed for technical reasons.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	226147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Energy suppliers are continuing to increase their SMETS2 meter installations with over 450,000 in operation across Great Britain as of 27<sup>th</sup> February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The national communications infrastructure is open and available for energy suppliers to install SMETS2 meters. Some energy suppliers do not yet have SMETS2 meters that meet the required Radio Frequency (RF) limits in all regions.</p><p> </p><p>The energy suppliers that are impacted by this issue are working with their respective meter manufacturers to ensure the meters in question meet the required limits as soon as possible. A number of the relevant suppliers expect devices that meet the required RF limits to be available for testing from April this year.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 226148 question first answered 05/03/2019 15:27:50 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1077742

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Energy: Meters
	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 waiting time for the technical solution for all homes to have a SMETS2 smart meter installed.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	226148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Energy suppliers are continuing to increase their SMETS2 meter installations with over 450,000 in operation across Great Britain as of 27<sup>th</sup> February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The national communications infrastructure is open and available for energy suppliers to install SMETS2 meters. Some energy suppliers do not yet have SMETS2 meters that meet the required Radio Frequency (RF) limits in all regions.</p><p> </p><p>The energy suppliers that are impacted by this issue are working with their respective meter manufacturers to ensure the meters in question meet the required limits as soon as possible. A number of the relevant suppliers expect devices that meet the required RF limits to be available for testing from April this year.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 226147 question first answered 05/03/2019 15:27:50 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1077744

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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	Energy: Plastics and Technology
	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 (a) reduce unnecessary use of plastics and (b) encourage the use of mobile phone apps and other technologies by energy suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	226150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government set out in the 25 Year Environment Plan our commitment to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste by the end of 2042; my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs set out in our Resource and Waste Strategy how we will do this. These proposals are subject to consultation, which will close on 13 May.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is building a sustainable plastics industry through research and innovation. The Department is working through UKRI and closely with industry is providing up to £60 million through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to establish the UK as the world’s leading innovator in smart sustainable plastic packaging, and gathering international experts to tackle marine plastic waste through the Commonwealth Marine Plastics Research and Innovation Framework. These activities will ensure that we produce, consume and treat plastics sustainably.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with Ofgem, the energy regulator, on various initiatives to improve data quality and data access in order to enable the wider use of new technologies in the energy market. A key part of this is midata in energy intervention, which will provide customers a secure way to quickly and easily give accredited third parties access to their energy data; encouraging consumer engagement and driving market innovation and competition. The future energy retail market review is looking at measures to reduce barriers to innovation and open up the market to new types of propositions.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, BEIS has recently launched the Smart Energy Savings (SENS) competition which will provide up to £4.4m of funding to support the development and trialling of products and services that use smart meter data to help consumers manage their energy use.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/03/2019 15:28:23 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green