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1151204

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2019
	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 Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she plans to take to ensure that the majority of energy generated in the UK is from renewable sources.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	900049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Over half of the UK’s electricity comes from low-carbon sources. The Carbon Brief found that from July to September 2019, renewables accounted for 40% of overall generation, compared to 33% last year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing £557 million in further Contracts for Difference auctions and over £3 billion for renewable technology innovation.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, we’re phasing out coal by 2025 and over 50% of electricity generation will be from renewable sources by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/10/2019 13:19:39 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1149883

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Mineworkers' Pension 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 she has made of the potential merits of the proposals of the trustees of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme to guarantee beneficiaries bonuses.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>We are considering the proposals from the Trustees of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme regarding protection for bonuses that have already accrued, and we will report back to the House in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/10/2019 09:18:04 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng previous answer version 721 answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1149918

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	UK 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 the Government has made of the potential economic effect on the energy intensive industries to be included in its proposed UK emissions trading scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	1023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government response to the public consultation on the future of UK carbon pricing, jointly undertaken by the Government and Devolved Administrations earlier this year, will include consideration of the impacts of the policy on energy intensive industries. The Government’s response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/10/2019 11:55:39 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1149997

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Climate Change Convention
	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 staff her Department have recruited to prepare for the UK hosting of the 26th Conference of the Parties.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>To date, the Department has largely resourced its preparations for COP26 through the reprioritisation of existing staff. In addition it has recruited seven new staff to work on COP26.</p><p>BEIS staff will support a whole of government effort to deliver COP26, led by a new unit in Cabinet Office, where the majority of staff will be located.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/10/2019 09:18:47 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng previous answer version 714 answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1150001

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Climate Change Convention
	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 her Department’s strategic priorities will be for the 26th Conference of the Parties UN Climate Conference in 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	832
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>BEIS is committed to supporting the central objective of raising global climate ambition, and to seizing the opportunity that COP26 presents to showcase UK capabilities and drive the net zero transition domestically and internationally.</p><p>COP26 – with 30,000 delegates from across the world – provides a significant opportunity to build on UK strengths across low carbon technologies, services and systems such as offshore wind, green finance, electric vehicles and smart systems.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/10/2019 13:13:46 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1150000

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Climate Change Convention
	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 objectives the Government has set for the UK Presidency of the 26th Conference of the Parties.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The world is not on track to meet the targets set by the Paris Agreement in 2015 of limiting average global temperature increase to well below 2 degrees and pursuing efforts for 1.5 degrees. 2020 is a critical moment, five years on from Paris to raise ambition.</p><p>Through COP26, we will build on momentum from the recent UN Climate Action Summit, and upcoming COP25 in Chile.</p><p>Specifically, we will seek to push the highest possible ambition, through new or updated nationally determined contributions in advance of COP26; and commitments from countries, regions, businesses that set a course for net zero by 2050.</p><p>We will seek to drive ambitious action in areas with the highest potential for transformational change, building on areas of UK strength. Decisions on priority themes will be made in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/10/2019 13:13:40 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1149995

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	UN Climate Conference 2021
	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 her Department has allocated to the President of the 26th Conference of the Parties.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>To date, BEIS has not allocated any funding to the President of the 26th Conference of the Parties.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS is fully committed to supporting the cross-government effort to deliver COP26 led by the Cabinet Office although the precise amount to be funded by BEIS is still to be determined.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/10/2019 13:13:33 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1150005

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Climate Change Convention
	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 she has made of the cost to the public purse of hosting the 26th Conference of the Parties.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>We are relatively early in the preparations, and our estimates of the cost of the conference are developing.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/10/2019 11:56:15 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

1149530

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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	Mineworkers' Pension 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 estimate she has made of the number of beneficiaries of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme who also receive pension credit.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	635
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>Information on individual pensioners is not held by the Department. Management of the individual of pensions is a matter for the Mineworkers Pension Scheme Trustess.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/10/2019 13:13:27 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1149518

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	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	Mineworkers' Pension 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 she has made of the potential effectiveness of the proposal of the trustees of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme to guarantee beneficiaries' bonuses.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
	uin	629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>We are considering the proposals from the Trustees of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme regarding protection for bonuses that have already accrued, and we will report back to the House in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/10/2019 11:55:55 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh