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1172916

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
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: Employment
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 she has made of the implications for her policies of the findings published by the ONS on 16 January 2020 that the number of (a) people employed in the low carbon and renewable energy economy and (b) businesses in that sector have declined since 2014; and what the implications of those findings are for her policy on the UK reaching net zero emissions by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	7238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>It is misleading to compare estimates from the Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy Survey from 2014 with this year’s survey because of changes in the sample methodology and size between 2014 and 2015.</p><p> </p><p>There are now over 460,000 people working in low carbon businesses and their supply chains across the country, up from the revised 2017 estimate of 447,000. Turnover in the direct low carbon economy was estimated at £46.7 billion in 2018, up from £40.4 billion in 2015.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/01/2020 16:47:17 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1172917

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
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: Manufacturing Industries
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 her Department's policy is on encouraging the development of a domestic manufacturing base for renewable energy technologies.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	7239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>In the Clean Growth Strategy and Industrial Strategy, the Government set out its ambition to have a strong, industrialised UK supply chain, proving its capability and increasing its capacity in order to win export orders. Delivering economic benefit is a Government priority and we are working together with industry to deliver growth, build a thriving UK supply chain and seize commercial opportunities in the UK and abroad.</p><p> </p><p>Through the measures set out in the Offshore Wind Sector Deal, the offshore wind sector will invest up to £250 million over 10 years into a new Offshore Wind Growth Partnership aimed at helping UK companies become more competitive and productive in the context of a growing global market.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has a strong track record in the supply of offshore wind development services, engineering design, and the supply of inter array cables and offshore substations. Approximately 75% of the value of operations and maintenance contracts for UK offshore wind farms are won by UK businesses.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/01/2020 15:44:03 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1172918

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
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	Fuel Poverty: Greater Manchester
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 households in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) the Manchester, Gorton constituency are currently living in fuel poverty.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	7240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>Figures for Greater Manchester can been derived from table 4 of the Fuel Poverty sub-national tables using the 10 Metropolitan districts – Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Thameside, Trafford and Wigan – as listed by the ONS (<a href="https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/local-authority-district-to-county-april-2019-lookup-in-england" target="_blank">https://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/datasets/local-authority-district-to-county-april-2019-lookup-in-england</a>).</p><p> </p><p>Individual constituency data can be found in table 5 of the Fuel Poverty sub-national tables at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2019</a>.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/01/2020 16:47:23 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1172309

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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	Carbon Capture and Storage: North Sea
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 she is taking to encourage the use of sites under the North Sea for carbon sequestration.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	6014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>Carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) will play a vital role in meeting our net zero greenhouse gas emissions target by 2050, supporting both our Industrial Strategy and the revitalisation of the economies of the UK’s industrial areas. The Government is committed to deploying CCUS in the 2020s.</p><p> </p><p>The Oil and Gas Authority issued its first CO<sub>2</sub> storage licence to Pale Blue Dot Energy (Acorn) Ltd (PBD) for the Acorn Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Project in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>In order to support the development of potential CO<sub>2</sub> storage sites, the Government invested £2.5 million in the Energy Technologies Institute’s (ETI) CO<sub>2</sub> Storage Appraisal Project which looked in detail at eight potential CO<sub>2</sub> storage sites[1]. The UK also has the world-leading CO2-stored database[2] which is hosted and developed by the British Geological Survey and provides the data for over 500 potential offshore CO<sub>2</sub> storage sites around the UK.</p><p> </p><p>We are working closely with North Sea countries through the North Sea Basin Taskforce to share best practice and cooperate on North Sea CO<sub>2</sub> storage. In October 2019, we cooperated with Norway and the Netherlands to achieve a provisional amendment to the London Protocol, allowing for the cross-border transport of CO<sub>2</sub> for permanent storage, such as in the North Sea – a key breakthrough for UK projects and facilitating international CCUS deployment</p><p> </p><p>[1] Energy Technologies Institute LLP, Strategic UK CCS Storage Appraisal, 2016</p><p>[2] CO2 Stored Database available at: <a href="http://www.co2stored.co.uk/home/index" target="_blank">http://www.co2stored.co.uk/home/index</a></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/01/2020 17:02:00 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1172320

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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	Offshore Industry
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 progress has been made on the oil and gas sector deal.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	6177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>The UK’s offshore oil and gas industry supports almost 300,000 jobs, of which four in ten are in Scotland. We believe that the North Sea oil and gas industry has a key role to play as we move to a Net Zero economy. We will support this transition with a transformational oil and gas Sector Deal. BEIS officials have already held preliminary discussions with industry to discuss how such a Sector Deal could enable the sector to play a leading role in the energy transition. Discussions will develop further over the next few months, as the process develops.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/01/2020 17:02:35 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1171906

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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
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 methods of fossil fuel extraction are covered by the moratorium on fracking.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	5564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>The moratorium applies to operations that require Hydraulic Fracturing Consent. The definition of associated hydraulic fracturing, used for the purposes of Hydraulic Fracturing Consent, is as set out under section 4A of the Petroleum Act 1998 (inserted by Section 50 of the Infrastructure Act 2015).</p><p> </p><p>This definition was based on the approach taken by the European Commission, which defines high-volume hydraulic fracturing as involving the injection into a well of 1000m<sup>3</sup> or more or water per fracturing stage or 10000m<sup>3</sup> or more of water during the entire fracturing process.</p><p> </p><p>Activities outside of this definition are not included in the moratorium.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 5565 question first answered 28/01/2020 15:44:46 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1171907

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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
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) exploratory wells and (b) the process of acidisation are covered by the moratorium on fracking.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	5565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>The moratorium applies to operations that require Hydraulic Fracturing Consent. The definition of associated hydraulic fracturing, used for the purposes of Hydraulic Fracturing Consent, is as set out under section 4A of the Petroleum Act 1998 (inserted by Section 50 of the Infrastructure Act 2015).</p><p> </p><p>This definition was based on the approach taken by the European Commission, which defines high-volume hydraulic fracturing as involving the injection into a well of 1000m<sup>3</sup> or more or water per fracturing stage or 10000m<sup>3</sup> or more of water during the entire fracturing process.</p><p> </p><p>Activities outside of this definition are not included in the moratorium.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 5564 question first answered 28/01/2020 15:44:46 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1171910

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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
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 she is taking to ensure any environmental damage caused by the development and exploitation of shale gas is mitigated.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	5568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>We will not support shale gas exploration unless the science shows categorically that it can be done safely. On the basis of the current scientific evidence the Government has taken a presumption against issuing any further Hydraulic Fracturing Consents.</p><p> </p><p>In the UK, we have been regulating gas and oil drilling, both onshore and offshore, for decades and maintain the very highest safety and environmental standards. Licensees are responsible for liabilities associated with environmental impacts of their operations throughout the duration of the licence.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/01/2020 15:44:53 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1171911

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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
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 she has made of the potential merits of requiring shale gas companies to put aside a bond to pay for householders’ property repairs, resultant from exploration and extraction.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	5569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>As part of the Oil and Gas Authority’s (OGA) assessment of an application for hydraulic fracturing operations, the OGA requires the operator to have in place the necessary funds or an insurance policy (including third-party liability) that will cover unforeseen events.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/01/2020 15:44:59 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford