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514780

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	PrescQIPP
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the role of the PrescQIPP Programme is within his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	35028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The PrescQIPP NHS Programme currently has no direct role within the Department as it is an independent social enterprise.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) use its materials to improve the prescribing of medicines. These are mainly publicly available for CCGs and Health Boards, with some additional subscription-only content. Their governance and annual work programme is overseen by a strategic oversight group representing the users.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 35029 question first answered 28/04/2016 10:40:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

514781

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	PrescQIPP
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the role of the PrescQIPP Programme is in relation to clinical commissioning groups.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	35029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The PrescQIPP NHS Programme currently has no direct role within the Department as it is an independent social enterprise.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) use its materials to improve the prescribing of medicines. These are mainly publicly available for CCGs and Health Boards, with some additional subscription-only content. Their governance and annual work programme is overseen by a strategic oversight group representing the users.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 35028 question first answered 28/04/2016 10:40:36 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

514783

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	PrescQIPP
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings and discussions he has had with representaives of the PrescQIPP Programme since May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	35030
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department is not aware of any discussions or meetings the Secretary of State for Health has had with representatives of PrescQIPP.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 28/04/2016 09:59:25 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

692652

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Cardiff Airport: Railway Stations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers of the Welsh Government on the building of a train station at Cardiff Airport.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	64911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2017 answer text <p>I have had a range of discussions with the Welsh Government around supporting Cardiff Airport in which access forms part of those discussions.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 24/02/2017 14:57:19 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

446201

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2016
	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	Environment Protection: Investment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of (a) public and (b) private sector investment needed to fulfil Government targets for low-carbon infrastructure and supply chain investment in each year to 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	23296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure Pipeline provides annual estimates of investment in the Energy Sector. The 2015 publication of the National Infrastructure Pipeline [1] estimates £141bn worth of investment up to 2020/21 with a further £103bn post 2020/21. The figures do not distinguish between private and public investment.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-pipeline-july-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-pipeline-july-2015</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/02/2016 12:33:55 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 40968 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479033

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	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	North Sea Oil: Loans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment she has made of the availability of bank loans for oil exploration companies which operate in the North Sea.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	31340
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2016 answer text <p>Banks must make commercial decisions with regard to lending. The Government’s clear view is that the UK’s offshore oil and gas industry has a bright future and will remain a significant and important industry and energy supplier for the UK. The Government’s confidence in the sector was underlined in the tax reform package outlined by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Budget , worth £1 billion. In the Budget, the Chancellor also announced that the government is willing to consider proposals for using the UK Guarantees scheme for infrastructure where it could help secure new investment in assets of strategic importance to maximising economic recovery of oil and gas. Any proposals would also need to meet the existing criteria of the scheme, including in relation to commerciality and financial credibility</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/03/2016 15:27:37 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 52536 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479042

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	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	North Sea Oil: Termination of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many jobs were lost in the North Sea oil industry in each of the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	31406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>According to figures taken from Oil and Gas UK’s latest Economic Report, it is estimated that over the course of 2015 there was a 15% reduction in jobs to 375,000 across the entire employment spectrum, including direct, indirect and induced jobs. For the previous year OGUK estimated that around 440,000 jobs were supported by the sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting industry to avoid further redundancies and helping those who have unfortunately lost their jobs. We are working with the Scottish Energy Jobs Task Force to ensure that employers support those at risk of redundancy helping them to access future opportunities through training, education, and employment. In addition to this, my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced in January a new Inter-Ministerial Group on oil and gas that will publish a UK Oil and Gas Workforce plan in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/03/2016 14:45:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

479491

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2016
	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	Environment Protection: Investment
	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 Answer of 2 February 2016 to Question 23296, what estimate her Department has made of the amount of (a) public and (b) private sector investment for low-carbon infrastructure and supply chain investment which has been invested in each year for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	31530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2016 answer text <p>DECC’s March 2015 Energy Investment Report estimates that total investment in low carbon electricity was £42.1billion between 2010 and 2014. Table 1 below splits this investment out by technology type. Detailed information is not available on how this figure is split between public and private sector investment, though the majority is private sector investment supported by government policies, or how much is invested in the supply chain. In November, the Government renewed its commitment to the transition to a low carbon economy by confirming a continued budget for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). The overall budget for the RHI is to rise from £430 million in 2015/16 to £1.15 billion in 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Table 1: Estimated investment in low carbon electricity generation capacity for 2010-2014</em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Estimated investment in electricity generation capacity in £’s billion (2012 prices)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity generation technology</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onshore Wind1</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore Wind</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Biomass and Bioenergy2</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marine</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solar PV3</p></td><td><p>11.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydro4</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Renewable5</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Renewables Generation Capacity Investment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>39.6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear6</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CCS</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Renewables, Nuclear &amp; CCS Generation Capacity Investment</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>42.1</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: DECC’s Energy Investment Report March 2015</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>1</em><em> Including large scale onshore wind, but excluding Scottish Islands onshore wind </em></p><p><em>2</em><em> Including dedicated biomass, biomass conversions, bioliquids, energy from waste, anaerobic digestion (including small scale), advanced conversion technologies, landfill and sewage gas (including CHP variations of any of these technologies)</em></p><p><em>3</em><em> Including large and small scale solar PV </em></p><p><em>4</em><em> Including large and small scale hydro technologies </em></p><p><em>5</em><em> Including Scottish Islands onshore wind, small scale onshore wind, and geothermal (including CHP)</em></p><p><em>6</em><em> 2010-2014 investment estimate includes the purchase of Horizon Nuclear Power by GE Hitachi, the purchase of the Moorside site by NuGen and expenditures in the period relating to the development of Hinkley Point C</em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/03/2016 14:43:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

518879

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2016
	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	Iron and Steel: Renewables Obligation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many Renewables Obligation Certificates have been issued to steel producers who have recycled energy in their steel plants.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	37172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>The Renewable Obligation is designed to support investment in renewable electricity to meet our EU renewables target and contribute towards our wider low carbon goals. It only supports electricity generated from renewable non-fossil sources. This definition is taken from the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC and is set out in the Renewables Obligation Order 2015.</p><p> </p><p>To date, no steel producer has accredited under the Renewable Obligation and so no Renewable Obligation Certificates have been issued to steel producers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/05/2016 15:03:27 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

448175

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	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	Green Investment Bank: Privatisation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans his Department has to ensure that a privatised Green Investment Bank will work to open major new investment options for investors in the UK's low carbon economy while making a material contribution to decarbonisation.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
	tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
	uin	24503
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>Details of why the Government believes moving UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) into private ownership represents the best way to enable the company to deliver its ambitious green business plan and have a greater impact on green investment while minimising burdens on the UK taxpayer are provided in our November 2015 policy statement on the future of GIB and are further set out in the Government’s response to the Environmental Audit Committee’s report on the future of GIB which was laid in Parliament on 2 February. Both documents can be found on the GIB pages of the GOV.UK website.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 04/02/2016 17:01:09 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan