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registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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	Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Natural Gas: Competition
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 comparative assessment his Department has made of the number of customers who switched suppliers of (a) LPG and (b) mains gas in each of the last three years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	248702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>According to data held by the Competition and Markets Authority, the annual switching rate for suppliers of Liquified Petroleum Gas in 2016, 2017 and 2018 is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year to 31 May</p></td><td><p>Metered estates (%)*</p></td><td><p>Single tanks (%)*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1.14</p></td><td><p>3.72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1.35</p></td><td><p>4.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1.67</p></td><td><p>5.27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Calculated as the percentage of customers switching away compared to the size of the customer base at the start of the year.</p><p> </p><p>The data regarding mains gas switching is publicly available information, and can be found at <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/data-portal/number-domestic-customers-switching-supplier-fuel-type-gb" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/data-portal/number-domestic-customers-switching-supplier-fuel-type-gb</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/05/2019 15:02:26 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1111089

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
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	Fracking: Costs
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 his Written Statement of 25 January 2018, if he will publish the outcome and ancillary assessment documentation of all financial resilience tests to confirm an applicant’s ability to fund decommissioning costs pursuant to the process outlined to secure final consent to hydraulically frack.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	243486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has published the outcome of all financial resilience assessments completed to date as part of the decision document issued when granting Hydraulic Fracturing Consent. These can be accessed at the following links:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/decision-announced-on-the-hydraulic-fracturing-consent-application-by-cuadrilla-bowland-ltd" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/decision-announced-on-the-hydraulic-fracturing-consent-application-by-cuadrilla-bowland-ltd</a>; and</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hydraulic-fracturing-consent-hfc-application-by-cuadrilla-bowland-ltd-preston-new-road-site-pnr-2-decision-notice" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hydraulic-fracturing-consent-hfc-application-by-cuadrilla-bowland-ltd-preston-new-road-site-pnr-2-decision-notice</a>.</p><p>The Government has no plans to release any further ancillary assessment documentation as this contains commercially sensitive information.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/04/2019 14:00:47 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1111090

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
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	Third Energy: Licensing
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 Oil and Gas Authority assessed whether the relevant operator required a guarantor when granting Third Energy an extension to its work commitments for AL006, DL005, PL079, PL080, PL081, PEDL177, PL077 published in December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	243487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave her on 8 April 2019 to Questions <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-03-29/238646/" target="_blank">238646</a> and <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-03-29/238647/" target="_blank">238647</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 243488 question first answered 16/04/2019 14:01:20 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1111091

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
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	Third Energy: Licensing
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 Oil and Gas Authority required a guarantor, the details of that guarantor and the terms of the guarantee for the extension of Third Energy's work commitments published by the Authority in its Retention Areas Agreed (Updated December 2018) 2014 Model Clauses.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	243488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave her on 8 April 2019 to Questions <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-03-29/238646/" target="_blank">238646</a> and <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2019-03-29/238647/" target="_blank">238647</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 243487 question first answered 16/04/2019 14:01:20 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1107754

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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	Third 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, with reference to the Oil and Gas Authority's December 2018 document entitled Retention Areas Agreed (Updated December 2018) 2014 Model Clauses, whether the Oil and Gas Authority assessed whether the operator required a guarantor when granting Third Energy an extension to their work commitments for licences AL006, DL005, PL079, PL080, PL081, PEDL177, PL077.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	238646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The OGA carries out financial assessments, as part of which a Parent Company Guarantee may be required, for all companies when there is a licence transaction to consider, specifically when considering licence award, licence assignment, changes of control, drilling consent, and field development consent. Applications for Retention Areas (such as those applied for by Third Energy) do not trigger a financial assessment.</p><p> </p><p>When a Licensee applies for a Retention Area within an existing Licenced Area, this allows the Licensee to undertake exploration and appraisal activities within a set time period, as set out in the related Retention Area Plan. An application for a Retention Area therefore does not create any additional risk, since the operations will have either been appropriately assessed already, or operations proposed will be financially assessed at such a point it is appropriate, for example, when applying for consent to drill.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/04/2019 10:15:11 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1107755

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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	Third 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, with reference to the Oil and Gas Authority's (OGA) December 2018 document entitled Retention Areas Agreed (Updated December 2018) 2014 Model Clauses, whether the OGA required a guarantor for Third Energy extensions of work commitments.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	238647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The OGA carries out financial assessments, as part of which a Parent Company Guarantee may be required, for all companies when there is a licence transaction to consider, specifically when considering licence award, licence assignment, changes of control, drilling consent, and field development consent. Applications for Retention Areas (such as those applied for by Third Energy) do not trigger a financial assessment.</p><p> </p><p>When a Licensee applies for a Retention Area within an existing Licenced Area, this allows the Licensee to undertake exploration and appraisal activities within a set time period, as set out in the related Retention Area Plan. An application for a Retention Area therefore does not create any additional risk, since the operations will have either been appropriately assessed already, or operations proposed will be financially assessed at such a point it is appropriate, for example, when applying for consent to drill.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/04/2019 10:15:19 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1056651

registered interest
date	07/02/2019
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	Fossil Fuels: North West
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 the timeframe is for a decision to made by the Oil and Gas Authority in relation to Petroleum Oil and Gas Licence (PEDL) 193 to move this PEDL into the Production Term on 1st July 2019.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	218326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) are responsible for granting and monitoring all onshore Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences (PEDLs). For PEDL193, the OGA last year agreed to a Retention Area Work Plan under which the licensee(s) are obliged to acquire new seismic data by 30 June 2020, submit a planning application to drill a well by 30 June 2022, and drill, hydraulically fracture and flow test a well by 30 June 2024. Details of this licence variation can be found on the OGA website via the following link: <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ogauthority.co.uk%2Fmedia%2F5260%2Fretention-areas-agreed-december-2018-updated.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CStuart.Walters%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb4e90c49877f4f45ee0708d68c631cd1%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636850754646824445&amp;sdata=M9mcNXUXTc8v5YYNKpM11T1fDUQViOh18XbIkBFQacc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ogauthority.co.uk/media/5260/retention-areas-agreed-december-2018-updated.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/02/2019 09:52:27 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1055216

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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	Fossil Fuels: North West
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 the present stage is of Petroleum Oil and Gas Licence 193 within his Department's regulatory roadmap for onshore oil and gas exploration.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	217080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) are responsible for granting and monitoring all onshore Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences (PEDLs). For PEDL193, the OGA last year agreed to a Retention Area Work Plan under which the licensee(s) are obliged to acquire new seismic data by 30 June 2020, submit a planning application to drill a well by 30 June 2022, and drill, hydraulically fracture and flow test a well by 30 June 2024. Details of this licence variation can be found on the OGA website via the following link: <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ogauthority.co.uk%2Fmedia%2F5260%2Fretention-areas-agreed-december-2018-updated.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CStuart.Walters%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb4e90c49877f4f45ee0708d68c631cd1%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636850754646824445&amp;sdata=M9mcNXUXTc8v5YYNKpM11T1fDUQViOh18XbIkBFQacc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ogauthority.co.uk/media/5260/retention-areas-agreed-december-2018-updated.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/02/2019 16:32:45 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1055217

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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	Fossil Fuels: Licensing
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 the present stage is of all the Petroleum Oil and Gas Licence areas within his Department's regulatory roadmap for onshore oil and gas exploration.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	217081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) are responsible for granting and monitoring all onshore Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences (PEDLs). Information regarding PEDL data is publicly available and can be found on the OGA’s site via <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ogauthority.co.uk%2Fdata-centre%2Fdata-downloads-and-publications%2Flicence-data%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CStuart.Walters%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb4e90c49877f4f45ee0708d68c631cd1%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636850754646834449&amp;sdata=WhvBMtK3yvyPIcclcZZBaZgnmWmwHxEBvXPWT5U7weo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ogauthority.co.uk/data-centre/data-downloads-and-publications/licence-data/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to this information, the OGA agreed last year to a number of Retention Area Work Plans - these licence variations can be found on the OGA website via the following link: <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ogauthority.co.uk%2Fmedia%2F5260%2Fretention-areas-agreed-december-2018-updated.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CStuart.Walters%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb4e90c49877f4f45ee0708d68c631cd1%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636850754646834449&amp;sdata=MQPQgx%2BI%2B77ZS30M%2BkGS1G87obZOmBFAn00K7wLlfwY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ogauthority.co.uk/media/5260/retention-areas-agreed-december-2018-updated.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/02/2019 16:32:54 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1055225

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
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	Fossil Fuels: North West
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 a decision has been made by the Oil and Gas Authority in relation to Petroleum Oil and Gas Licence (PEDL) 193 to move that PEDL into the Production Term on 1 July 2019.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	217084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>The Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) are responsible for granting and monitoring all onshore Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences (PEDLs). For PEDL193, the OGA last year agreed to a Retention Area Work Plan under which the licensee(s) are obliged to acquire new seismic data by 30 June 2020, submit a planning application to drill a well by 30 June 2022, and drill, hydraulically fracture and flow test a well by 30 June 2024. Details of this licence variation can be found on the OGA website via the following link: <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ogauthority.co.uk%2Fmedia%2F5260%2Fretention-areas-agreed-december-2018-updated.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CStuart.Walters%40beis.gov.uk%7Cb4e90c49877f4f45ee0708d68c631cd1%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636850754646824445&amp;sdata=M9mcNXUXTc8v5YYNKpM11T1fDUQViOh18XbIkBFQacc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ogauthority.co.uk/media/5260/retention-areas-agreed-december-2018-updated.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/02/2019 17:32:24 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey