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date	20/07/2020
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	Economic Situation: Coronavirus
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 ensure (a) a green and (b) a resilient recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Simon Baynes
uin	76919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>In his speech of June 30, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister made clear that in recovering from COVID-19, we must build back better, build back greener, build back faster, and to do that at the pace that this moment requires. At my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer's economic update on July 8, the Government set out the next stage in our plan to support the UK’s recovery from the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking action to support a Green Recovery in every sector including: over £3 billion to transform energy efficiency in homes and public buildings; over £1 billion support for ultra-low emission vehicles; £800 million to capture carbon from power stations and industry; £640 million in Nature Climate Fund; and £100 million for research and development into Direct Air Capture technologies.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to build on this and deliver a stronger, greener, more sustainable economy after this pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/07/2020 15:00:41 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4800 label Biography information for Simon Baynes

1226339

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Aircraft: Electric Motors
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 support his Department is allocating to the establishment of (a) electric and (b) hydrogen powered flight; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	76577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government has a wide range of programmes and challenges that can support research and technology on electric and hydrogen powered flight. These include the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme (£1.95 billion public funding commitment, 2013 to 2026); Future Flight Challenge (£125 million public funding); Faraday Challenge (£246 million); and Driving the Electric Revolution Challenge (£80 million).</p><p> </p><p>Our ATI progamme is supporting electric and hydrogen power flight projects, and our publicly funded FlyZero initiative, announced on 20 July, will bring together experts from across the aviation and aerospace sector to tackle issues in designing and building a commercially successful zero-emission aircraft.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/07/2020 15:05:07 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1226369

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2020 to Question 65917 on Renewable energy, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of spending on solar PV energy by his Department compared to conventional energy sources.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	76869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2020 answer text <p>The annual maintenance cost for the solar PV array for 2020 at the Department’s headquarters building at 1 Victoria Street, London is £955.00. Costs dating back earlier than this are unavailable as maintenance of the solar PV array formed part of a wider maintenance package.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has spent the following amounts on electricity at 1 Victoria Street in the past two years and in 2020/21 to date. Data earlier than this is currently inaccessible.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity cost</p></td><td><p>£564,336.89</p></td><td><p>£613,067.94</p></td><td><p>£112,779.51*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>*Data for 2020/21 is for April – June inclusive</em></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/07/2020 15:09:37 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran