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228305

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Promotion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total cost was of the GREAT campaign launch in Shanghai; what the cost was of each element of that launch; and if he will publish a list of attendees at that launch.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	228206
answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

227790

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average industrial electricity price is in the (a) UK and (b) US.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	227743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>Estimates of average annual industrial electricity prices for IEA countries, including the UK and USA, are shown in Table 5.3.1 of DECC’s publication Quarterly Energy Prices (QEP).</p><p>The table is available at the following web link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388200/qep_531.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388200/qep_531.xls</a></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 20/03/2015 14:51:18 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

227792

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Natural Gas: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the current average industrial gas price is in the (a) UK and (b) US.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	227735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>Estimates of average annual industrial gas prices for IEA countries, including the UK and USA, are shown in Table 5.7.1 of DECC’s publication Quarterly Energy Prices (QEP).</p><p>The table is available at the following web link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388202/qep_571.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388202/qep_571.xls</a>.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 20/03/2015 14:50:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

227794

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average cost is before subsidy or tax of producing UK electricity from (a) gas and (b) wind.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	227737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>DECC publishes estimates for the levelised costs of electricity generation for different technologies. The most recent estimates are available in the DECC <em>Electricity Generation Costs (December 2013)</em> report, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 23/03/2015 14:53:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

227795

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much new gas-based electricity production capacity has been authorised; and how much such capacity is in build.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	227810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>19,790MW of gas-fired generating capacity currently has development consent, including 1,000MW consented by the Scottish Government. An additional 860MW is currently under construction.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 23/03/2015 17:42:51 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

227797

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Wind Power: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what amount the National Grid is expected to spend on (a) preparatory, (b) consultancy, (c) construction and (d) all other costs for connecting wind farms in mid-Wales with the grid in North Shropshire.
tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
tabling member printed	Glyn Davies
uin	227796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>National Grid’s proposals for the Mid-Wales connection are still in development, but it currently estimates that the new connection may cost £360m to £400m. National Grid’s costs are regulated by Ofgem to ensure they are justified and efficient.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 23/03/2015 14:54:38 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4041 label Biography information for Glyn Davies

228472

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Turkey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department plans to take to further develop UK trade with Turkey over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	228393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government will continue to develop trade with Turkey through Ministerial and high-level engagement including the UK-Turkey Joint Economic Committee (JETCO); High Value Opportunity (HVO) and other campaigns that position UK companies as partners of choice; partnership with the British Chamber of Commerce in Turkey; and the GREAT campaign.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/03/2015 15:22:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

228478

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	New Businesses: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many start-up loans have been awarded since the introduction of that scheme in (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b) South Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK; and what the total value is of those loans.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	228490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Set out below are the number and value of Start Up Loans awarded for the UK, Scotland, South Lanarkshire and the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency (up to the 28<sup>th</sup> February 2015).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Loans awarded</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>£96,365.09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Lanarkshire</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>£208,891.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1,193</p></td><td><p>£4,408,809</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>27,034</p></td><td><p>£140,814,749</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/03/2015 15:33:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

228535

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Longannet Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the oral Answer of 19 March 2015 from the Minister of State for Energy, when he plans to publish the advice he has received on the effect on security of supply of the potential closure of Longannet.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	228508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>National Grid expects the market to provide enough generation to meet demand and maintain system stability in Scotland – even if one or more major fossil fuelled plant closes. The system operator and transmission owners in Scotland (National Grid, Scottish Power Transmission and Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission) have stress tested scenarios in which Longannet and other Scottish fossil fuelled generators closed. National Grid has the tools to secure supplies under even the toughest system conditions, and the network is resilient against 1 in 600 year risks.</p><p>National Grid has published the advice that it provided to the Secretary of State and the Scottish government on this issue on their website this week. This information contains a description of the scenarios that have been tested, ‘A day in the life’ which shows that Scottish demand was secure on a low wind, high demand day, even if two large fossil fuelled power stations had not been available and an open letter providing reassurance on the status of electricity supply in Scotland:</p><p><a href="http://www2.nationalgrid.com/UK/Services/Balancing-services/System-security/Transmission-Constraint-Management/Transmission-Constraint-Management-Information/" target="_blank">http://www2.nationalgrid.com/UK/Services/Balancing-services/System-security/Transmission-Constraint-Management/Transmission-Constraint-Management-Information/</a>.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/03/2015 15:55:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

228067

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	New Businesses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much his Department has invested in start-up accelerators and incubators in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Growth Deals</p><p>Several accelerator and incubator projects were proposed under Growth Deals and the details of these and the associated costs are attached in the annex. Note that Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) have the flexibility to reprioritise projects based on local needs.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget 2015 the government announced an additional £11m investment in new tech entrepreneur hubs in Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield. They will create thriving local ecosystems by nurturing start-ups, fostering collaboration, and providing mentoring, learning and business support.</p><p> </p><p>University Enterprise Zones</p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) is investing £15m capital in a three year pilot (14/15 – 16/17) to establish four University Enterprise Zones (UEZs) in Bradford, Bristol, Liverpool and Nottingham. Led by Universities, the UEZs will provide physical space/facilities for small, innovative start-up businesses. Businesses will also be able to access wraparound business support packages, specialist facilities and expert knowledge, including support from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-trade-investment" target="_blank">UKTI</a> to promote inward investment onto their sites. The Government investment of £15m will leverage over £47m from private and public sector sources. The UEZs are focused on sectors of relevance to the areas – digital health, robotics, sensors and advance manufacturing.</p><p> </p><p>Projects commenced in the second half of 2014/15 and the majority of the funding will be pulled down in years 15/16 and 16/17. The first centres will open for business in spring 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Profiled expenditure is in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£0.848m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£7.054m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£7.499m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Science Park Business Incubator</p><p>The Government is providing £4.8m capital funding in 2015/16 for a new business incubator on Cambridge Science Park (Cambridge Science Park Technology Centre). The incubator will support innovative, early stage companies, primarily in the life sciences sector. This forms part of the Government’s long term economic plan for the East of England to increase the growth rate, building on the world class science and technology base of Cambridge and the surrounding area.</p><p>Full details of current Growth Deals projects can be found in the attached document.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/03/2015 11:28:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Growth-Deals-Projects-Details-228057.doc title Growth Deals project details
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson