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1200030

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of requesting that Ofgem extend their Metering and Monitoring Service Package to include sensors in fossil fuel boilers for those with a hybrid heating configuration to collect data useful to the management of the energy system.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	53990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>To date, there has been low uptake of hybrid installations with Metering and Monitoring Service Packages (MMSPs) in the domestic RHI. The domestic RHI, including MMSPs, will close to new applications in March 2022. Therefore, the Government does not consider that extending the MMSP requirements to include sensors in fossil fuel boilers in hybrid installations would provide significant useful data on the overall performance of hybrid heating systems.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be gathering further evidence on the performance of hybrid heating systems as part of the £16.5m Electrification of Heat Demonstration Project. The project is expected to run until March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 10/06/2020 15:55:01 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1200031

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
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 plans he has to include support for smart controls for domestic properties in his forthcoming heat strategy.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	53991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is planning to publish a Heat and Buildings Strategy in due course, which will set out the immediate actions we will take for reducing emissions from buildings as part of an ambitious programme of work to enable key strategic decisions to set us on a path to decarbonising all homes and buildings.</p><p> </p><p>Smart heating controls/smart thermostats are already a feature of existing heat and energy efficiency policy; for example, they are eligible for the Energy Company Obligation (ECO). Some variants, with additional features, have been approved under the ‘innovation’ element of ECO which means there is a greater incentive to install them.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 11/06/2020 16:20:48 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1200032

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
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: Judicial Review
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 times decisions by Ofgem have been subject to judicial review in (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020; and what the subjects were of those reviews.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	53992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>The information is provided below:</p><p> </p><ul><li>2018 – challenge concerned GEMA’s decision in relation to changing the charges for certain generators to access the electricity network. Judgement in favour of GEMA in summer 2018</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>2018 – challenge by licensee to a direction that had been issued to them by GEMA (to take specified steps in the context of a randomised controlled collective switch trial). Concluded in 2018. Judgement in favour of GEMA in 2018.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>2018 – challenge brought in Scotland against GEMA’s rejection of an application for accreditation under the Feed-in Tariffs Scheme. Judgement in favour of GEMA in 2018.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>2019 – challenge to GEMA decision by an offshore wind generator that the physical failure of one of the offshore transmission owner’s (OFTO) subsea electricity cables should be treated as an Income Adjusting Event under the OFTO licence. Judgement in 2019 against GEMA.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>2019 – challenge by a licensee against GEMA’s retail price cap decision. Judgement in 2019 against GEMA.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>2019 – challenge relating to whether GEMA had certain powers under the Domestic Renewable Heat Scheme. GEMA were co-defendants with BEIS. Judgement in November 2019 in favour of GEMA. Application for permission to appeal was refused in 2020.</li></ul><p> </p><p>To date, no judicial reviews have been carried out in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 12/06/2020 13:35:27 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1200167

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
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 assessment he has made of the potential effect of a green and sustainable economic programme on the level of economic recovery after the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	54153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>As we recover from COVID-19, the Government intends to deliver a UK economy which is stronger, cleaner, more sustainable and more resilient.</p><p>The UK has shown that growing our economy and cutting emissions can be achieved at the same time. We have grown our economy by 75% while cutting emissions by 43% over the past three decades. Low carbon businesses and their supply chains support hundreds of thousands of existing jobs and will be key to future job growth.Many of the actions we need to take to reach our target of net zero emissions by 2050 will support the future growth of our economy.</p><p>The Government recently launched a £40 million venture capital fund to supercharge the development of next generation clean, low-carbon technologies, and since lockdown was announced, we have published the first stage of our Transport Decarbonisation plan and have announced a £2 billion package for cycling and walking.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 15/06/2020 10:54:54 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1199486

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Public Buildings: 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, whether he plans to undertake works to increase the energy efficiency of public sector buildings whilst they have reduced occupancy.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	53276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>BEIS provides funding for energy efficiency projects in the public sector through the Public Sector Energy Efficiency Loan Scheme. This funding, managed by Salix Finance, has delivered over 17,000 projects since the scheme started in 2004, significantly improving energy performance in the public sector. The capital pot for England totals £385 million at the end of 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>Salix have continued to operate the scheme during the Covid-19 lockdown period and public sector organisations are still able to apply for zero interest loans to cover their energy efficiency work.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 10/06/2020 16:05:31 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1199820

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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: Seas and Oceans
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 he has to establish a (a) unified or (b) nodal offshore wind transmission system.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	53277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>The current approach to offshore wind development allows developers to choose where and when to construct windfarms. Developers can also choose to build the associated transmission assets to bring the energy to shore, before they are tendered by Ofgem to a third party to own and operate. This developer led and competitive approach has led to significant savings for the consumer.</p><p> </p><p>This approach was designed at a time when offshore wind was a nascent sector and industry expectation for deployment was much lower. However, in the context of increasingly ambitious targets for offshore wind the current approach to development of transmission assets may not be appropriate and could become a major barrier to delivery.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS officials are working together with key stakeholders, including Ofgem, National Grid Electricity System Operator and The Crown Estate, to consider an appropriate framework for offshore transmission to support increased ambition for offshore wind.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 10/06/2020 16:03:45 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1199822

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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, how many households in (a) Dunfermline and West Fife constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK have prepayment meters; and what assessment he has made of the change in the number of those meters in each of those areas in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	53462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2020 answer text <p>The latest Ofgem data on Prepayment Meters (PPM) shows that there are 4.3 million customers using PPM meters, which represents around 15% of all customers in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Neither Ofgem nor the Department of Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy routinely collect regional PPM customer numbers However, in 2017 BIES collected a one off local authority area breakdown, which showed there were 460,529 PPM customers in Scotland and 27,413 PPM customers in the Fife Council local authority area. This data does not include customers who pay for their gas using a PPM as this data has not been compiled, however there are fewer gas PPMs as a whole in the market.</p><p> </p><p>The number of Prepayment Meter accounts in the GB energy market over the last five years has remained around 4.5 million. There has, however been an increase in competition in the PPM market over the past five years with PPM specialists providing greater choice for consumers beyond the six large suppliers. A cap on PPM prices was introduced in April 2017 and remains in force.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 08/06/2020 16:29:40 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1199824

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Environment Protection: Taxation
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 he has for a carbon pricing mechanism after the transition period; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	53413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government and Devolved Administrations on 1 June 2020 set out plans for a carbon pricing mechanism after we leave the transition period. Full details can be found at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fthe-future-of-uk-carbon-pricing&amp;data=02%7C01%7Cbiciee%40beis.gov.uk%7C798ab30b419947d6823808d807c9f0d5%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637267911193050322&amp;sdata=L7xx8evyVyZAUvTPi5OCcrCCNZ5qjSho44a67UpM0d4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-of-uk-carbon-pricing</a>.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 10/06/2020 16:01:18 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

1199865

registered interest
date	02/06/2020
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	Coal: Mining
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish the (a) names and (b) locations of the surface coal mines in the UK currently producing coal and (c) dates when they are scheduled to cease producing coal for all purposes; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	53352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2020 answer text <p>The names, location and estimated production end dates of surface coal mines are set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Mine Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Production end date*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradley</p></td><td><p>Producing</p></td><td><p>Durham, England</p></td><td><p>17/08/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Field House</p></td><td><p>Producing</p></td><td><p>Durham, England</p></td><td><p>07/11/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>House of Water Burnston Remainder</p></td><td><p>Producing</p></td><td><p>East Ayrshire, Scotland</p></td><td><p>13/07/2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ffos-y-Fran Land Reclamation Scheme</p></td><td><p>Producing</p></td><td><p>Merthyr Tydfil, Wales</p></td><td><p>01/10/2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartington Reclamation</p></td><td><p>Producing</p></td><td><p>Derbyshire, England</p></td><td><p>01/08/2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nant Helen Remainder</p></td><td><p>Producing</p></td><td><p>Powys, Wales</p></td><td><p>Under review</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>*Based on an assessment of remaining reserves at the site.</em></p><p><em><strong>Source: Coal Authority May 2020</strong></em></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 10/06/2020 15:57:39 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1197980

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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	Forests
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 the Government is taking to ensure that UK banks and financial institutions are not involved in the financing of companies whose operations contribute to deforestation or habitat destruction in (a) Brazil and (b) other countries; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	51828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to better understanding and addressing this issue. We are working with financiers and partners to take action in a number of ways.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018 BEIS, DFID and DEFRA ministers commissioned the UK’s Global Resource Initiative (GRI), an independent taskforce through which over 200 leading UK companies, NGOs and financiers, on 30<sup>th</sup> March, published recommendations for how the UK can mitigate the environmental footprint of its deforestation-risk supply chains and investments. The Government is now considering these recommendations as a matter of priority</p><p>The Government’s Green Finance Strategy also included an expectation that listed companies and large asset owners should, by 2022, disclose information on the climate impact of their activities in line with recommendations from the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD). The government has established a process with the relevant regulators to explore the most effective way to approach climate-related financial disclosure in the UK, and this includes considering whether it would be appropriate to make reporting mandatory</p><p>In order to help financiers and supply chains actors better understand their role in global deforestation and habitat loss, the UK directly funds and supports technological solutions to bring greater transparency to deforestation-risk investments such as the Global Canopy’s Forest 500 Report and TRASE tools. We also support efforts to find new ways of accounting for the risks and value of natural capital, which is a key focus for the Treasury’s Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity</p><p>We recognise that this is a global problem which requires strong partnership with other countries. The UK has committed over £200m in climate finance to Brazil to date (2016-2021), including to support community, business and local-government-led initiatives to tackle deforestation and prevent habitat destruction. These initiatives help strengthen forest governance, increase the value of Brazil’s standing forest, incubate forest friendly business models, and harness sustainable forms of private sector investment. On Friday 5th June, we announced a further £64m of support to protect tropical rainforests in Colombia against deforestation</p><p>As COP26 President we are also working with our international partners to green local and international supply chains for foodstuffs and key commodities and increase the alignment of financial flows with net-zero and the Paris Agreement objectives.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 09/06/2020 16:20:20 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas