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1712713

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) barriers to achieving net zero and (b) solutions the Net Zero Council has identified; and what steps the Government is taking to support the council's work.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	22913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The Net Zero Council has met four times since it was established in 2023. As a strategic partnership between government, business and finance it has catalysed action across the economy. Under its leadership, industry-led roadmaps representing around 80% of UK territorial emissions have been produced in line with clear, consistent guidelines developed by the Council. The Council has also taken action to tackle issues and address barriers, including supporting the re-launch of the UK Business Climate Hub which provides information and resources to SMEs.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/04/2024 05:55:31 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1712861

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when the Net Zero Innovation Board last met.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Alistair Strathern
	uin	23076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The Net Zero Innovation Board provides strategic oversight of government funding of net zero innovation programmes and has met four times since February 2023 – in July, October and December 2023 and March 2024.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 23077 question first answered 25/04/2024 05:54:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	5000 label Biography information for Alistair Strathern

1712862

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many meetings of the Net Zero Innovation Board have taken place since February 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Alistair Strathern
	uin	23077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The Net Zero Innovation Board provides strategic oversight of government funding of net zero innovation programmes and has met four times since February 2023 – in July, October and December 2023 and March 2024.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 23076 question first answered 25/04/2024 05:54:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	5000 label Biography information for Alistair Strathern

1702491

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Green GEN Cymru: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions she has had with OFGEM on the licence application by Green Gen Cymru to operate as an Independent Distribution Network Operator.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	22715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Network regulation, including the ability to grant Distribution Network Operator licenses, is a matter for Ofgem as the independent energy regulator. As such, the government does not comment on Ofgem’s decision making on licence applications.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 22716 question first answered 24/04/2024 14:22:57 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1702492

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Green GEN Cymru: Licensing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on an application to OFGEM by Green Gen Cymru for a license to operate as an Independent Distribution Network Operator.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	22716
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Network regulation, including the ability to grant Distribution Network Operator licenses, is a matter for Ofgem as the independent energy regulator. As such, the government does not comment on Ofgem’s decision making on licence applications.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 22715 question first answered 24/04/2024 14:22:57 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1702517

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to tackle climate change.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	22813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The UK is the first major economy to halve its emissions – having cut them by around 53% between 1990 and 2023. We have the most ambitious 2030 emissions reduction target of any major economy.</p><p> </p><p>The UK over-achieved against the first, second and third carbon budgets. Taken together, the policies set out in last year’s Carbon Budget Delivery Plan keep us on track for Carbon Budgets 4, 5 and 6, our 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution, and ultimately for net zero by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>Renewables, which have increased from 7% in 2010 to nearly half of our electricity generation, will help ensure our energy security – providing homegrown energy, and reducing our exposure to volatile fossil fuel markets. The UK is home to the five largest operational offshore wind farm projects in the world and no country has built more offshore wind than the UK bar China.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 25/04/2024 05:52:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1702553

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	National Grid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations on upgrading the electricity grid in the report by Electricity Systems Operators entitled Beyond 2030, published on 19 March 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Green
	uin	22829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The network build proposed in ‘Beyond 2030’ supports the connection of 21GW of offshore wind and other low carbon generation, covering £58 billion estimated investment into the electricity network.</p><p> </p><p>Network expansion will support energy security and decarbonisation goals including connecting renewable energy to the grid, and the electrification of industry, heat and transport. The proposals will accelerate delivery of low-cost, homegrown energy to homes and businesses and reduce curtailment of renewable energy resulting from network constraints.</p><p> </p><p>National Grid ESO estimates the proposals could add £15 billion to the UK economy and support over 20,000 jobs annually.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/04/2024 14:24:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1702154

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Public Consultation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, which consultations (a) published and (b) inherited by her Department are awaiting a response; and when she plans to publish each of those responses.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	22531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero has inherited or published 35 consultations, for which a response by the department is still outstanding:</p><ul><li>Data sharing regulations for a safeguard energy tariff</li><li>Review of consents for major energy infrastructure projects and Special Protection Areas</li><li>Improving the energy performance of privately rented homes</li><li>Improving home energy performance through lenders</li><li>Introducing a performance-based policy framework in large commercial and industrial buildings</li><li>Non-domestic Private Rented Sector minimum energy efficiency standards: EPC B implementation</li><li>Energy retail: opt-in and testing opt-out switching</li><li>Phasing out the installation of fossil fuel heating systems in businesses and public buildings off the gas grid</li><li>Phasing out the installation of fossil fuel heating in homes off the gas grid</li><li>Review of consents for major energy infrastructure projects and Special Protection Areas, 2022</li><li>Managing radioactive substances and nuclear decommissioning</li><li>Decarbonisation readiness: updates to the 2009 Carbon Capture Readiness requirements</li><li>33rd Seaward Licensing Round Appropriate Assessment</li><li>Future System Operator: second policy consultation and project update</li><li>Heat networks regulation: consumer protection</li><li>Capacity Market 2023: Phase 2 proposals and 10 year review</li><li>Transmission license exemption for array systems connecting to offshore substations</li><li>Climate Change Agreements: consultation on a new scheme</li><li>Carbon capture and storage (CCS) Network Code: updated Heads of Terms</li><li>Amendments to Electricity Supplier Obligation Regulations to implement power CCUS Dispatchable Power Agreement business model</li><li>Home Energy Model: replacement for the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP)</li><li>Home Energy Model: Future Homes Standard assessment</li><li>Hydrogen Storage Business Model: market engagement on the first allocation round</li><li>Hydrogen to power: market intervention need and design</li><li>Hydrogen Transport Business Model: market engagement on the first Allocation Round</li><li>UK Emissions Trading Scheme: future markets policy</li><li>UK Emissions Trading Scheme: free allocation review</li><li>Proposals for heat network zoning 2023</li><li>Long duration electricity storage: proposals to enable investment</li><li>Proposed amendments to Contracts for Difference for Allocation Round 7 and future rounds</li><li>Approach to siting new nuclear power stations beyond 2025</li><li>Alternative routes to market for new nuclear projects</li><li>Empowering drivers and boosting competition in the road fuel retail market</li><li>Transitional support mechanism for large-scale biomass electricity generators</li><li>Future ownership of Elexon: licence and code changes</li></ul><p>The Department will respond to each in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/04/2024 16:31:59 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1701758

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Renewable Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding (a) community and (b) co-operative ownership in the renewable energy sector.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	22350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Government recognises the role community groups play in our efforts to tackle climate change and offers support through the £10m Community Energy Fund, which enables both rural and urban communities across England to access grant funding to develop local renewable energy projects for investment.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, a Call for Evidence on the barriers to community energy projects was published on 8 April 2024.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/04/2024 14:11:37 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1701809

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Aberdeen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many staff will employed in her Department's offices in Aberdeen at grade (a) 6, (b) 7 and (c) SCS by 2027.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
	uin	22389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Aberdeen has 102 staff (as at end March 24) and our ambition is to increase this to 135 by March 2027, however this is the overall target for this location; targets are not specific to grades or staff groups.</p><p> </p><p>Relocation of roles out of London is being managed via voluntary relocation of internal staff and through recruitment, therefore we are unable to predict grade composition of staff that will be based in Aberdeen in 2027.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/04/2024 14:20:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan