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1237028

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
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
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 he has made of the legislative proposals needed to enable electricity distribution companies to prepare electricity networks for decarbonisation; what steps he is taking to encourage investment to support the transition to low carbon infrastructure, energy and technology; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	94568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>As the independent energy regulator, Ofgem regulates electricity distribution companies through a price control framework which governs networks’ revenues, investments and performance standards. In its Decarbonisation Action Plan, Ofgem stated its commitment to creating a regulatory environment which enables and encourages networks to invest for Net Zero. The Government is supportive of this objective.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Green Finance Strategy set out our approach to accelerating green finance and catalysing private investment to support delivery of the UK’s climate objectives.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 01/10/2020 09:11:14 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1237047

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
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: Standards
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 providing to energy providers facing penalties for non-delivery of Capacity Market commitments that were terminated as a result of the closure of the Capacity Market in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	94593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The Capacity Market is the Government’s main tool for ensuring security of electricity supply. Capacity agreements impose a range of obligations and milestones on capacity providers both in the lead up to the delivery year and in the delivery year itself. This provides assurance that agreements will be met.</p><p> </p><p>In light of the uncertainty created by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) judgment and subsequent standstill period, the Government recognised that in some instances capacity providers might find it difficult to achieve compliance with these obligations by the set deadline. A range of these obligations and milestones were modified where there was a high provider cost associated with the obligation and its modification would not create risks to security of supply.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 01/10/2020 09:09:35 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1237078

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
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	Climate Change Convention
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 preparations his Department has made for the COP26 climate summit.
tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
tabling member printed	Paul Holmes
uin	94570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with the COP26 unit in Cabinet Office and other government departments to bring the world together and commit to urgent action on climate change, supporting in particular work on energy transition, zero emissions vehicles, finance, innovation and nature.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 01/10/2020 09:03:24 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4803 label Biography information for Paul Holmes

1237079

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
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	Wind 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 support his Department is providing to new projects for wind-based renewable energy generation.
tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
tabling member printed	Paul Holmes
uin	94571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>Wind-based renewable energy is a key part of the government strategy for the decarbonisation of the UK energy sector. Latest figures indicate we now have 14.2GW installed onshore wind (ONW) capacity and we are already a world leader with the largest Offshore Wind (OFW) capacity of 10.1GW (which will rise to 19.5GW by mid 2020s).</p><p>In the Clean Growth Strategy published in October 2017, the Government confirmed that we would be making up to £557m of annual support available for further Contracts for Difference (CfD) - the government’s main scheme for supporting renewable energy projects.</p><p>In the last CfD allocation round (AR3) result in September 2019, 10 out of the 12 contracts awarded were wind based renewable energy projects. The next CfD allocation round (AR4) is planned for 2021 and both onshore and offshore wind projects will be able to bid for contracts.</p><p>The OFW Sector Deal published in March 2019 set out a strategic approach to deliver increased capacity of OFW and in partnership with the Sector to increase supply chain competitiveness, develop new technologies and boost the UK export potential.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 01/10/2020 09:02:05 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4803 label Biography information for Paul Holmes

1237170

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
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	Heating
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 he plans to (a) support the roll-out of large scale non-residential heat pump projects and (b) meet representatives of the Pump it Up campaign.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	94577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>A new allocation of Tariff Guarantees has recently opened on the Non Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), supporting larger projects, including ground source heat pumps &gt;100kWth. The Non Domestic RHI will close to new applicants on the 31st of March 2021 and we propose to launch the new Clean Heat Grant scheme, providing targeted support to consumers and small businesses for heat pumps and some limited biomass, in April 2022, following the end of the domestic RHI scheme. This is backed by £100 million of Exchequer funding as announced in the 2020 Budget and will be open for two years.</p><p>At the Budget, we also announced future support for large heat pump installations in heat networks through the Green Heat Network Scheme. BEIS will consult on this scheme later in the year. Additionally, our Industrial Energy Transformation Fund will be open to large heat pumps providing process heat.</p><p>In the Summer Economic Update, we announced £1 billion funding over the next year, to help public sector buildings through the installation of energy efficiency and low carbon heat measures.</p><p>BEIS officials met with representatives of the Pump It Up campaign on 15<sup>th</sup> September.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 01/10/2020 08:59:51 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1237218

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
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	Electric Vehicles
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 he is taking to ensure that electricity supply is adequate to match the increase in demand for electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	94350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working with the energy industry to plan for electric vehicle uptake, and the market is already set up to bring forward investment in new generation capacity; for example the Contracts for Difference scheme supports investment in new low carbon generation, and additional demand can be managed through adjustments to the amount of capacity secured through the Capacity Market auctions.</p><p>Electric vehicles also present an opportunity for consumers to contribute to the efficient management of electricity supply and demand, and share the benefits of doing so through smart technologies.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 01/10/2020 14:14:50 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1237229

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
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: Self-sufficiency
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 he is taking to ensure UK energy self sufficiency.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	94319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making sure consumers have secure, affordable and increasingly clean energy. Maintaining a diverse energy market is essential as we move to end our reliance on fossil fuels as part of our Net Zero ambition.</p><p> </p><p>Great Britain’s (GB) gas market is one of the most liquid and developed markets in the world and provides security through diversity of supply. GB’s gas sources include indigenous production, six pipelines with Norway, Belgium and the Netherlands and three Liquefied Natural Gas terminals. In addition, the United Kingdom has a number of gas storage facilities, which act as a source of system flexibility when responding to short-run changes in supply and demand.</p><p> </p><p>As an increasing proportion of electricity is generated from inflexible and intermittent low-carbon sources, diversity of electricity supply will continue to be critical to providing the necessary flexibility and system reliability. Alongside domestic generation, interconnection with other countries will support delivery of lower costs for consumers, continued security of supply and better-integrated low carbon generation.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 01/10/2020 09:08:23 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1237231

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
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	Natural Gas: Europe
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 stets he is taking to avoid UK dependence on (a) continental European and (b) Russian gas.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	94320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The UK gas market is one of the most liquid and developed markets in the world, providing security through diversity of supply. In 2018-19 most of the gas supply to the UK came from domestic production (46 per cent) and imports from Norway (31 per cent).</p><p> </p><p>The UK benefits from mutual gas trade with its mainland European partners (Belgium and the Netherlands). In the 2018-19 gas year our Continental interconnectors supplied 2 per cent of the UK’s gas.</p><p> </p><p>There are no gas pipelines directly linking the UK with Russia. In 2018-19, 20 per cent of UK gas supply came from the international Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) market. Russian imports represented less than 4 percent of the total supply of gas to the UK and our LNG supply was sourced from 12 different countries.</p><p> </p><p>The UK’s gas market remains robust and the Government will continue to test national resilience to reflect the changing nature of gas supply chains and markets.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 01/10/2020 09:06:31 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1237233

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
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	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
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 he has made of the potential increase in electricity demand in order to charge electric cars by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	94321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>There are a number of important factors that will affect the way in which electric vehicle charging demand could impact the electricity system. BEIS officials engage with National Grid over their production of the annual Future Energy Scenarios (FES), which looks ahead to show what the future of energy in Great Britain might look like. The latest FES shows that, under all scenarios by 2025, there will be sufficient generation to meet peak demand. It also shows benefits provided by smart charging of electric vehicles, for example during periods when electricity demand is low or where there is plentiful renewable electricity generation, which can reduce peak demand and overall system costs, as well as benefitting consumers.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 01/10/2020 09:04:44 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1237234

registered interest
date	23/09/2020
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	Heating: Housing
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 he ha made of the rate of transfer from gas home heating to electric over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	94322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>Meeting our net-zero target will require virtually all heat in buildings to be decarbonised, and we believe widespread use of electric heating has the potential to contribute very deep reductions in carbon emissions.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, 13% of heat was provided by electricity in comparison with 67% from natural gas. Electric heating on gas grid remains small scale. For example, of the c30k heat pumps installed in the UK in 2019, the majority has gone to new builds and off-gas-grid households. Over the next five years, we expect deployment to continue to focus on these sectors.</p><p> </p><p>There are several key consumer barriers to the widespread deployment of heat pumps and BEIS is working with industry to address these. As part of this, we have launched a £16.5m Electrification of Heat Demonstration Project, which seeks to demonstrate the feasibility of a large-scale transition to electrification of heat in Great Britain, by installing heat pumps in a representative range of homes.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is planning to publish a<sup> </sup>Heat and Buildings Strategy in due course, which will set out the immediate actions we will take for reducing emissions from buildings.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 01/10/2020 14:48:09 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood