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576541

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	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
	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 progress his Department has made on developing an Energy Innovation Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	45054
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2016 answer text <p>Following the recent Machinery of Government changes, the detail of the Department’s energy innovation programme is being considered by Ministers. The 2016-2021 programme, over £500m, announced as part of the last Spending Review was developed as a cross-Government initiative by the former Department of Energy and Climate Change. The Department is also collaborating internationally with other countries, including through ‘Mission Innovation’ – a global partnership of 21 members announced at COP21 in Paris, pledging to double support for clean energy innovation over the next five years and strengthening transparency and collaboration.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/10/2016 11:03:12 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

576542

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many tonnes of carbon dioxide were displaced by renewable (a) electricity and (b) heat generation in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Wales in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	45055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2016 answer text <p>The table below shows how many tonnes of carbon dioxide were displaced by renewable electricity in each of the UK, England, Scotland and Wales in 2015.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carbon dioxide displaced by renewable electricity generation (million tonnes)</p></td><td><p>51.6</p></td><td><p>33.6</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Carbon emissions displaced by renewable electricity generation have been calculated as renewable electricity generation multiplied by the average emissions factor for electricity supplied by fossil fuel stations in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the carbon savings from the total renewable heat produced in the UK is not available.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/10/2016 11:04:37 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

672217

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	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	Green Investment Bank: Assets
	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 the Government plans for a golden share in the Green Investment Bank will enable it to influence decisions on the (a) sale of existing assets and (b) reinvestment of capital in green projects after the disposal of those assets.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	59777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The special share will be held by an independent company – the Green Purposes Company Limited, with trustees who have been selected independently of Government and of the Green Investment Bank (GIB). The independent trustees will have the right to approve or reject any proposed change to the green purposes of GIB, as set out in the company’s Articles of Association, if such a change were ever proposed.</p><p> </p><p>GIB is being sold as a going concern and potential investors will be buying into the company’s green business plan and forward pipeline of projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/01/2017 16:38:35 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

672219

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	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	Green Investment Bank: Scotland
	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 his most recent estimate is of the value of the Green Investment Bank's assets in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	59829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The Green Investment Bank (GIB) publishes a full details of the value of its assets on the GIB website. The following links will provide the Hon Member with the information he requires:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/news-and-insights/2016/investing-in-a-greener-scotland/" target="_blank">http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/news-and-insights/2016/investing-in-a-greener-scotland/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/media/155175/gib_tt_2212.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/media/155175/gib_tt_2212.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 17/01/2017 14:32:11 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

672747

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2017
	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	Green Investment Bank: Assets
	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 ensure that proceeds from the sale of the Green Investment Bank disposal assets are reinvested in the UK after the privatisation of that bank.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	59934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government has set out its plans for the sale of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) in the document “Green Investment Bank: sale of shares” laid before Parliament on 3 March 2016.</p><p>As stated in that document, the Government has asked potential investors to confirm their commitment to GIB’s green values and investment principles and how they propose to protect them, as part of their bids for the company.</p><p>Moving GIB into private ownership will enable the bank to have greater access to capital and be free of the constraints of Government ownership including State aid restrictions. This means GIB will be able to play more of a role in supporting green investment.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 23/01/2017 14:03:11 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

674941

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2017
	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	Green Investment Bank: Privatisation
	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 his Department has made of the feasibility of suspending the privatisation of the Green Investment Bank.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	60625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The sale process was launched on 3 March 2016 and is currently ongoing. No final decisions have yet been taken.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 23/01/2017 15:36:58 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

438821

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2015
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Development Aid: Climate Change
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what proportion of the international aid budget she plans to allocate to support communities managing the consequences of climate change in each of the next five years.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	902759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has announced that the government will provide £5.8 billion from the official development assistance budget over the next five years. This will support the Paris Climate Summit outcome and help the most vulnerable countries protect themselves from the effects of climate change and drive clean economic growth.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 16/12/2015 13:45:24 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig