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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

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

1236576

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
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: 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 smart meters were installed in England in each month of 2020.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	93598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>From January to the end of June 2020 1,119,775 smart electricity and gas meters were installed in homes in Great Britain. The latest data on the number of smart electricity and gas meters installed is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/smart-meters-in-great-britain-quarterly-update-june-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/smart-meters-in-great-britain-quarterly-update-june-2020</a></p><p>Data is collected at Great Britain level on a quarterly basis from large energy suppliers. Therefore a breakdown of installations for England by month is not available.</p><p>The next quarterly publication covering the period from July to end of September is due for release on 26 November.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 25/09/2020 08:39:47 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1236604

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
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	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, how much and what proportion of coal in thousands of tonnes used in British industry in each of the last five years was mined in (a) the UK, (b) Russia and (c) Columbia.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	93711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p>BEIS does not hold data linking the source of coal to its final use. Overall volumes are published in the Digest of UK Energy Statistics and Energy Trends.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the volumes of coal imported from Russia, Columbia and produced by the UK and the total supply and demand for 2015 to 2019.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Thousand tonnes</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Supply</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,600</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18,022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,422</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.922</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,971</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which UK production</p></td><td><p>8,598</p></td><td><p>4,178</p></td><td><p>3,041</p></td><td><p>2,580</p></td><td><p>2,166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which net stock draw</p></td><td><p>+6,869</p></td><td><p>+5,374</p></td><td><p>+3,378</p></td><td><p>-169</p></td><td><p>+16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which net imports</p></td><td><p>22,133</p></td><td><p>8,470</p></td><td><p>8,003</p></td><td><p>9,510</p></td><td><p>5,789</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Of which imports from Russia</em></p></td><td><p><em>8,380</em></p></td><td><p><em>2,433</em></p></td><td><p><em>3,883</em></p></td><td><p><em>4,695</em></p></td><td><p><em>2,421</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Of which imports from Columbia</em></p></td><td><p><em>6,553</em></p></td><td><p><em>2,896</em></p></td><td><p><em>731</em></p></td><td><p><em>635</em></p></td><td><p><em>1,078</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Demand</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>37,451</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18,035</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,439</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,929</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,963</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Of which final consumption by industry</p></td><td><p>2,073</p></td><td><p>1,963</p></td><td><p>1,732</p></td><td><p>1,581</p></td><td><p>1,426</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Digest of UK Energy Statistics 2020, table 2.4:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-chapter-2-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-chapter-2-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a></p><p>Energy Trends table 2.4:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends</a></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 25/09/2020 08:24:15 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1236752

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
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
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 to of 21 May 2020 to Question 47349, what the definition of the target period of well ahead of COP26 is; and what progress he has made on submission of a Nationally Determined Contribution.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	93621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced at the UN Climate Action Roundtable on 24th September that the UK will co-host with the UN an event to mark the five-year anniversary of the landmark Paris Agreement on 12th December 2020. This will provide an opportunity for all those who are ready to submit bold new Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and transformational net zero targets to do so.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/09/2020 15:21:14 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown