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1174998

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
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	Smart Export Guarantee
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 recent assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the level of rates paid to residents under the Smart Export Guarantee scheme.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Laura Farris
uin	10482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The Smart Export Guarantee has been successful in bringing forward a range of competitive offerings to the market. Renewable generators now have a several tariffs to choose from, in some cases higher than the FIT export tariff.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem will prepare an annual report on the provisions made by suppliers for smaller scale exporters. The government will review this to monitor whether the market is delivering an effective and competitive range of options.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 04/02/2020 12:00:39 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4826 label Biography information for Laura Farris

1173845

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
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	Trains: Exhaust Emissions
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 Committee on Climate Change will make an assessment of the potential merits of battery trains as part of its work on the Sixth Carbon Budget.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	9017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The Committee on Climate Change is an independent advisory body and so it is for the Committee to decide how to take into account any evidence it deems relevant in the development of its advice to Government on the sixth carbon budget.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 04/02/2020 12:00:47 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1173401

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Ofgem: Carbon Emissions
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 plans she has to amend Ofgem’s remit to incorporate the Government’s Net Zero target.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	8397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>Ofgem will have an important role in the transition to net zero and already has various powers and duties in relation to decarbonisation, including a duty to consider reductions in targeted greenhouse gas emissions. The regulator is planning to publish a decarbonisation &quot;action plan&quot; in February and we look forward to working closely with Ofgem to help them to implement the contents of the plan.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/01/2020 11:19:26 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1173402

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Solar Power: Business Rates
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 discussions her Department has had with the Treasury on the application of business rates to solar power.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	8398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>This Government will conduct a fundamental review of business rates.</p><p> </p><p>Ministers and officials regularly discuss a range of issues and topics with counterparts across Government, including on the issue of business rates.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/01/2020 11:19:33 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1173476

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Energy: Meters
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 the introduction of smart meters on Glenhinnisdal on the Isle of Skye.
tabling member constituency	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
tabling member printed	Ian Blackford
uin	8336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>Smart meters are operating on the Isle of Skye and smart metering communications services are being provided to the island.</p><p> </p><p>The Data Communications Company (DCC), the organisation responsible for the national smart metering infrastructure, has contracts in place for the provision of communications coverage to at least 99.5% of premises in the North Region by the end of 2020. Glenhinnisdal does not currently receive network coverage for smart meters due to mountainous terrain affecting wireless coverage in the area. The DCC is required by licence conditions to seek to provide communications services to all premises where it is practicable and cost proportionate, and is also required to assess opportunities to increase the overall level of coverage.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/01/2020 15:48:57 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4390 label Biography information for Ian Blackford

1173505

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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 Emissions: Technology
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 economic effect on the green technology sector of the withdrawal of research funding for innovative low-carbon technology programmes under the EU emissions trading system after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	8339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) does not provide research funding. The terms of the Withdrawal Agreement mean that the UK will continue to participate in EU Programmes financed by the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework until their closure.</p><p>The UK is the first major economy to legislate for net zero emissions by 2050. The Government’s Clean Growth Strategy sets out how we want to make sure that the UK continues to reap the benefits from the transition to a low carbon economy.</p><p>The Government has been investing over £3 billion to support low carbon innovation in the UK over the period 2015 and 2021, to ensure that the UK continues to grasp the economic opportunities of the global shift to a low carbon future, and have committed to raise total research and development investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027.</p><p>This is already benefiting clean growth innovation – for example the £505 million BEIS Energy Innovation Programme, which aims to accelerate the commercialisation of innovative clean energy technologies and processes.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 04/02/2020 13:15:14 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1173551

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Ofgem: Carbon Emissions
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 amend Ofgem’s remit to incorporate the Government’s Net Zero target.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	8251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>Ofgem will have an important role in the transition to net zero and already has various powers and duties in relation to decarbonisation, including a duty to consider reductions in targeted greenhouse gas emissions. The regulator is planning to publish a decarbonisation &quot;action plan&quot; in February and we look forward to working closely with Ofgem to help them to implement the contents of the plan.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/01/2020 11:19:20 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1173573

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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, Usage and Storage: Finance
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 20 January 2020 to Question 2480, on Carbon Capture and Storage, what the spend profile is for the £800 million of funding allocated to the development of carbon capture, usage and storage.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	8365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to deploying CCUS in the 2020s. We will provide further details on how the investment, outlined in the Conservative manifesto, will be progressed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 8366 question first answered 04/02/2020 12:00:55 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1173574

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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, Usage and Storage: Finance
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 20 January 2020 to Question 2480, on Carbon Capture and Storage, whether the £800 million of funding will be allocated to (a) one or (b) more than one carbon capture, usage and storage cluster.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	8366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to deploying CCUS in the 2020s. We will provide further details on how the investment, outlined in the Conservative manifesto, will be progressed in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 8365 question first answered 04/02/2020 12:00:55 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1173575

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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, Usage and Storage: Finance
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 20 January 2020 to Question 2480, on Carbon Capture and Storage, what criteria her Department plans to use to determine the eligibility of carbon capture, usage and storage clusters to receive preferred funding status.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	8367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to deploying CCUS in the 2020s. We will provide further details on how CCUS investment, outlined in the Conservative manifesto, will be allocated in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) will allocate up to £170 million to support the delivery of the Industrial Clusters Mission. As part of the ISCF, bids have been invited from industrial clusters for the development of decarbonisation infrastructure, including Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage infrastructure. These bids will be assessed by UK Research and Innovation, with awards made to projects that will deliver, or support delivery of, significant emissions reductions in a UK industrial cluster by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 04/02/2020 12:01:02 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown