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681384

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2017
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2016 to Question 57076, on the Green Investment Bank, how much of the £4.7 billion investment will be directed to low carbon innovation projects.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	62367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>‘Building our Industrial Strategy’ published on 23 January, starts a consultation on how to invest this £4.7 billion worth of funding. It also consults on the technologies which the new Industrial Challenge Fund could support, which include smart and clean energy technologies.</p><p>This builds on earlier consultation by Innovate UK and the Research Councils on potential challenge areas for the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, initiated on 16 January. The Green Paper will help to further refine these choices, followed by further consultation by UK Research and Innovation when it come into being, subject to Parliamentary approval.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 07/02/2017 15:28:39 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

758559

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	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	Electric Vehicles: Batteries
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Faraday Challenge will promote research and development of new technologies to support the sustainable disposal or recycling of used electric vehicle batteries.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL1430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>£246m of funding from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund has been committed to the ‘Faraday Challenge’ to develop world leading batteries, designed and manufactured in the UK, to fully exploit the industrial opportunity of vehicle electrification. The scope of research is expected to focus on themes including safety, cost reduction, performance and recyclability.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 13/09/2017 12:27:24 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

992771

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	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: Medway
	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 his Department is taking to support the renewable energy sector in (a) Medway and (b) Gillingham and Rainham constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	182151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>a) Two renewable electricity generation sites in Medway receive government support through the Renewables Obligation; Shakespeare Farm Landfill, and Malmaynes Solar.</p><p> </p><p>b) The government is not aware of any such sites in the Gillingham and Rainham constituency.</p><p> </p><p>The RHI scheme currently supports 47 renewable heating systems in Medway, this includes Gillingham and Rainham.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, there are 103,123 Feed-In Tariff accredited sites in the South East region.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/11/2018 17:01:43 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

692091

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2017
	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	Solar Power and Tidal Power
	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 proportion of the UK's energy was generated by (a) tidal and (b) solar power in each year from 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Charnwood
	tabling member printed	Edward Argar
	uin	64630
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>a) Tidal power includes tidal stream and tidal range devices (i.e. barrages or lagoons). Due to the very small scale nature of tidal stream deployments (all of which were limited-period tests of innovative devices) a negligible portion of the UK’s energy was generated by tidal stream devices. No energy was generated by tidal range devices.</p><p> </p><p>b) The proportion of the UK’s indigenous energy production generated by solar sources (photovoltaics and solar heating) before 2010 was negligible. Figures for 2010 to 2015 are presented below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Proportion of UK electricity and UK energy production generated from solar, 2010-15<sup>(1)</sup></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of electricity generation</p></td><td><p>0.01</p></td><td><p>0.07</p></td><td><p>0.38</p></td><td><p>0.57</p></td><td><p>1.21</p></td><td><p>2.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of energy production</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td><td><p>0.13</p></td><td><p>0.19</p></td><td><p>0.34</p></td><td><p>0.56</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Energy and electricity generated from solar sources before 2010 was negligible, less than 0.05% of UK production.</p><p>Source: DUKES <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">table 6.6</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">table 5.1</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-chapter-1-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">table 1.1</a> available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2017 14:24:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

884905

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	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	ACAS: Telephone Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) how many calls the ACAS helpline received and (b) what the budget was for ACAS Helpline Services in 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	135893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>a) The Acas Helpline received 755,755 calls in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>b) The Acas Helpline is not managed through a separately allocated budget. In 2017/18 the estimated cost of the Helpline was £6.3m in terms of Salaries and General Admin Expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 19/04/2018 12:52:35 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

934171

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	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	Wind Power: Expenditure
	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 the Government spent from the public purse on (a) subsidies, (b) investment and (c) research and development in the wind energy sector in each of the last 10 financial years and to date in the 2018 - 2019 financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	160321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2018 answer text <p>a) Subsidies</p><p>The value of subsidy schemes which support renewable generation technologies, such as wind energy, are levied on consumer electricity bills.</p><p> </p><p>b) Investment &amp; c) Research and Development</p><p>There is no single data repository for historical information on cross-government investment into energy research, development and demonstration (RD&amp;D). The best available record of government investment in renewable energy technologies is the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Energy Technology RD&amp;D Budget Database, which this Department and its predecessor (Department of Energy and Climate Change) contribute to. The IEA’s database allows users to track trends in spending by energy technology in IEA countries back to 1974. You can find the information you require at: <a href="http://www.iea.org/statistics/rdd/" target="_blank">http://www.iea.org/statistics/rdd/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst, the IEA’s Database is the most complete and best available historical record, given the long time period, the range of government departments and agencies involved, and different interpretations of what classifies as energy RD&amp;D, the reported figures could be imperfect and/or incomplete. The Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is currently reviewing how this data is collected and reported, to improve data accuracy and confidence in the future. The table below, available on the IEA website, shows the amount spent on biomass energy innovation per financial year to the nearest million in £GDP (blank cells is where data is unavailable):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onshore wind technologies</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.07</p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td><td><p>0.20</p></td><td><p>0.30</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore wind techs (excl. low wind speed)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7.06</p></td><td><p>5.64</p></td><td><p>2.15</p></td><td><p>2.33</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wind energy</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8.86</p></td><td><p>18.7</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>16.2</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unallocated wind energy</p></td><td><p>4.33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8.59</p></td><td><p>18.72</p></td><td><p>7.02</p></td><td><p>8.09</p></td><td><p>9.11</p></td><td><p>3.54</p></td><td><p>4.92</p></td><td><p>5.54</p></td><td><p>5.81</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 31/07/2018 13:19:14 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

934167

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	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	Tidal Power: Expenditure
	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 the Government spent from the public purse on (a) subsidies, (b) investment and (c) research and development in the tidal energy sector in each of the last 10 financial years and to date in his financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	160317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>a) Subsidies</p><p>The value of subsidy schemes which support renewable generation technologies, such as tidal energy, are levied on consumer electricity bills.</p><p> </p><p>b) Investment &amp; c) Research and Development</p><p>There is no single data repository for historical information on cross-government investment into energy research, development and demonstration (RD&amp;D). The best available record of government investment in renewable energy technologies is the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Energy Technology RD&amp;D Budget Database, which this Department and its predecessor (Department of Energy and Climate Change) contribute to. The IEA’s database allows users to track trends in spending by energy technology in IEA countries back to 1974. You can find the information you require at: <a href="http://www.iea.org/statistics/rdd/" target="_blank">http://www.iea.org/statistics/rdd/</a>.</p><p>Whilst, the IEA’s Database is the most complete and best available historical record, given the long time period, the range of government departments and agencies involved, and different interpretations of what classifies as energy RD&amp;D, the reported figures could be imperfect and/or incomplete. The Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is currently reviewing how this data is collected and reported, to improve data accuracy and confidence in the future. The table below, available on the IEA website, shows the amount spent on biomass energy innovation per financial year to the nearest million in £GDP (blank cells is where data is unavailable):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tidal energy</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>..</p></td><td><p>2.0</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td><td><p>..</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>However, including other spending beyond that included in the IEA statistics, since 2008, the Departments for Energy &amp; Climate Change and, Business, Innovation and Skills have invested over £60m in marine energy research, development, demonstration and deployment contributing towards tidal energy.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 30/07/2018 13:02:57 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

934165

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	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	Wind Power: Expenditure
	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 the Government spent from the public purse on (a) subsidies, (b) investment and (c) research and development in the onshore wind energy sector in each of the last 10 financial years and to date in this financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	160315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>a) Subsidies</p><p>The value of subsidy schemes which support renewable generation technologies, such as onshore wind, are levied on consumer electricity bills.</p><p> </p><p>b) Investment &amp; c) Research and Development</p><p>There is no single data repository for historical information on cross-government investment into energy research, development and demonstration (RD&amp;D). The best available record of government investment in renewable energy technologies is the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Energy Technology RD&amp;D Budget Database, which this Department and its predecessor (Department of Energy and Climate Change) contribute to. The IEA’s database allows users to track trends in spending by energy technology in IEA countries back to 1974. You can find the information you require at: <a href="http://www.iea.org/statistics/rdd/" target="_blank">http://www.iea.org/statistics/rdd/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst, the IEA’s Database is the most complete and best available historical record, given the long time period, the range of government departments and agencies involved, and different interpretations of what classifies as energy RD&amp;D, the reported figures could be imperfect and/or incomplete. The Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is currently reviewing how this data is collected and reported, to improve data accuracy and confidence in the future. The table below, available on the IEA website, shows the amount spent on biomass energy innovation per financial year to the nearest million in £GDP (blank cells is where data is unavailable):</p><p>unavailable):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onshore wind technologies</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.07</p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td><td><p>0.20</p></td><td><p>0.30</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 30/07/2018 13:02:24 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

934166

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	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	Wind Power: Expenditure
	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 the Government spent from the public purse on (a) subsidies, (b) investment and (c) research and development in the offshore wind energy sector in each of the last 10 financial years and to date in this financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	160316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>a) Subsidies</p><p>The value of subsidy schemes which support renewable generation technologies, such as offshore wind, are levied on consumer electricity bills.</p><p> </p><p>b) Investment &amp; c) Research and Development</p><p>There is no single data repository for historical information on cross-government investment into energy research, development and demonstration (RD&amp;D). The best available record of government investment in renewable energy technologies is the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Energy Technology RD&amp;D Budget Database, which this Department and its predecessor (Department of Energy and Climate Change) contribute to. The IEA’s database allows users to track trends in spending by energy technology in IEA countries back to 1974. You can find the information you require at: <a href="http://www.iea.org/statistics/rdd/" target="_blank">http://www.iea.org/statistics/rdd/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst, the IEA’s Database is the most complete and best available historical record, given the long time period, the range of government departments and agencies involved, and different interpretations of what classifies as energy RD&amp;D, the reported figures could be imperfect and/or incomplete. The Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is currently reviewing how this data is collected and reported, to improve data accuracy and confidence in the future. The table below, available on the IEA website, shows the amount spent on biomass energy innovation per financial year to the nearest million in £GDP (blank cells is where data is unavailable):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore wind techs (exl. Low wind speed)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7.06</p></td><td><p>5.64</p></td><td><p>2.15</p></td><td><p>2.23</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 30/07/2018 13:02:48 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

934168

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	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	Hydroelectric Power: Expenditure
	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 the Government spent from the public purse on (a) subsidies, (b) investment and (c) research and development in the hydro energy sector in each of the last 10 financial years and to date in this financial year.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	160318
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>a) Subsidies</p><p>The value of subsidy schemes which support renewable generation technologies, such as hydro energy, are levied on consumer electricity bills.</p><p> </p><p>b) Investment &amp; c) Research and Development</p><p>There is no single data repository for historical information on cross-government investment into energy research, development and demonstration (RD&amp;D). The best available record of government investment in renewable energy technologies is the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Energy Technology RD&amp;D Budget Database, which this Department and its predecessor (Department of Energy and Climate Change) contribute to. The IEA’s database allows users to track trends in spending by energy technology in IEA countries back to 1974. You can find the information you require at: <a href="http://www.iea.org/statistics/rdd/" target="_blank">http://www.iea.org/statistics/rdd/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst, the IEA’s Database is the most complete and best available historical record, given the long time period, the range of government departments and agencies involved, and different interpretations of what classifies as energy RD&amp;D, the reported figures could be imperfect and/or incomplete. The Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is currently reviewing how this data is collected and reported, to improve data accuracy and confidence in the future. The table below, available on the IEA website, shows the amount spent on biomass energy innovation per financial year to the nearest million in £GDP (blank cells is where data is unavailable):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydroelectricity</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.2</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>Less than 0.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 30/07/2018 13:03:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown