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1141630

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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: Private Rented 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, with reference to the Amending the Private Rented Sector Energy Efficiency Regulations, Final Stage Impact Assessment figures that only 48 per cent of Energy Performance Certificate F- and G-rated privately rented homes will be improved to Band E under the current landlord cost cap of £3,500, if he will use the forthcoming consultation on a trajectory for tightening the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard for the Domestic Private Rented Sector to ensure that a higher proportion of homes will meet any future standard.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	281753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy set out the Government’s intention to look at a long term trajectory for energy performance standards across the private rented sector, with the aim of as many private rented homes as possible being upgraded to EPC Band C by 2030, where practical, cost-effective and affordable. We will set out our position on future policy on this area in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 04/09/2019 08:08:08 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1141725

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Offshore Industry
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 progress his Department has made on implementing an oil and gas sector deal; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	281789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 09/09/2019 16:27:45 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1141728

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Offshore Industry: Scotland
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 his Department has met with (a) the Scottish Government and (b) representatives of the oil and gas industry in Scotland to discuss (i) domestic skills, (ii) training and (iii) recruitment in that industry in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
tabling member printed	Andrew Bowie
uin	281792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>Both Ministers and officials in this department regularly meet with counterparts from the Scottish Government to discuss a wide range of issues impacting the oil and gas sector in Scotland. However, given that skills and related issues in Scotland are devolved these issues are a matter for the Devolved Administration.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS Ministers and officials meet regularly with the oil and gas industry. For example, I met a range of oil and gas industry representatives and a member of the Scottish Government during a visit to Aberdeen on 2 September 2019. The visit included attendance at the Maximising Economic Recovery UK (MER UK) Forum, where a range of industry issues were discussed. On 20 August 2019 the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy visited Aberdeen where she met representatives from the energy industry.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 09/09/2019 07:28:29 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie

1141783

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Water 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, whether his Department plans to develop deep-water turbines as a means of producing clean energy in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	281702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>Offshore wind is a success story for the UK. Government support has enabled investment, cost reduction and building of the supply chain across the UK. This support has resulted in two world leading floating offshore wind demonstration projects being developed in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 04/09/2019 08:08:00 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

1141331

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	Private Rented Housing: 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, whether she has plans to bring all houses in multiple occupation within the scope of the minimum energy efficiency standard for the domestic private rented sector.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	280984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Private Rented Sector (PRS) Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard regulations require rented properties that are legally required to have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) to meet a minimum standard of EPC band E, except where an exemption applies. There are no blanket exemptions in the PRS regulations for Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs) however, where rooms are let individually, there is currently no requirement for an EPC to be issued. Government launched a Call for Evidence on EPCs in July last year where we outlined suggestions for improvement. We welcomed views on whether a HMO without an EPC should be legally required to have one when a room in that property is marketed for rent. We are currently analysing EPC Call for Evidence responses and intend to publish a summary of responses to the Call for Evidence in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 03/09/2019 14:43:13 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1141426

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	Fuel Poverty: Sutton
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 estimate she has made of the number of households in the London Borough of Sutton in fuel poverty in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	280907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of households living in fuel poverty in the London Borough of Sutton, from 2015 to 2017. The 2018 data will be published in summer 2020.</p><p> </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></tr><tr><td><p>Estimated number of households in fuel poverty in Sutton</p></td><td><p>6,000</p></td><td><p>7,100</p></td><td><p>7,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of households in fuel poverty in Sutton (%)</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of households in fuel poverty in England (%)</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Household figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p>The latest sub-regional fuel poverty statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 04/09/2019 08:07:21 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

1140625

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
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	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's Guidance on how to prepare for Brexit if there's no deal, what parts of the Government’s plan for generating low-carbon electricity in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal have been implemented.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
uin	279474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The Government has passed legislation which will enable the continued operability of the Feed-in Tariffs scheme, Contracts for Difference scheme, and the Renewables Obligation in the event of a no deal exit from the EU.</p><p> </p><p>In the Clean Growth Strategy, government confirmed it would be making up to £557 million (2011/12 prices) of annual support available for further Contracts for Difference, providing industry with the certainty they need to invest in new projects.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s guidance states that in a no deal scenario, the government has legislated to ensure that Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin issued in EU countries, including for combined heat and power will continue to be recognised. This will allow electricity suppliers to continue to use EU Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin and will ensure that existing supply contracts are not compromised, in so far as these contracts depend upon Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin. This position will be kept under review.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 02/08/2019 09:32:52 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1140376

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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	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, what steps his Department has taken to support the (a) use and (b) production of renewable (i) energy and (ii) infrastructure in each nation and region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	279033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The Government has supported a number of measures and programmes to support the production and use of renewable energy and infrastructure. The Government has committed to making up to £557 million available for further Contracts for Difference auctions to bring forward large-scale renewable projects and introduced the Smart Export Guarantee in June, to ensure that generators are paid for excess energy they export back to the grid from 2020.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 March, the Government announced the Offshore Wind Sector Deal, which will build on the UK’s global leadership in offshore wind and support the delivery of up to 30GW of offshore wind by 2030 in Great Britain; enhancing growth in the regions while continuing to reduce costs. We are also investing over £3 billion to support low-carbon innovation in the UK up to 2021, to ensure that the UK continues to reap the benefits from the transition to a low carbon economy. Previous schemes for renewable electricity include the Renewable Obligation and the Feed-in Tariff Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Energy policy is devolved matter in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to support the production and use of renewable heat with the current Great Britain Renewable Heat Incentive. There is a separate Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.The GB Renewable Heat Incentive supports the installation of renewable heat equipment in every region of Great Britain. To the end of June 2019, the RHI had supported 70,642 domestic, and 19,455 non-domestic installations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also launched the Heat Networks Investment project (HNIP) - a major Government project which will invest up to £320m of capital funding in heat network projects in England and Wales. HNIP funds are specifically offered as ‘gap funding’ through a combination of grants and loans and the scheme will be open for applications for a period of up to three years.</p><p> </p><p>Previous schemes for renewable heat include Clear Skies, the Low Carbon Building Programme, the Green Deal, and the Renewable Heat Premium Payment scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 02/08/2019 09:35:32 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1140377

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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	Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
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 applications were submitted to the Feed-In Tariff scheme in each of the last nine years in each region and nation of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	279034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on applications submitted to the Feed-in Tariff scheme.</p><p>Data on cumulative installations confirmed on the Central Feed-in Tariff Register by region and nation within Great Britain is published quarterly and available from this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 02/08/2019 09:53:29 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1140378

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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	Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
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 estimate he has made of the amount of money distributed in (a) generation and (b) export tariffs under the Feed-In Tariffs scheme in each of the last nine years in each nation and region of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	279035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold FIT spend data disaggregated by region or nation of Great Britain.</p><p>Ofgem publish annual figures on total FIT generation payments made and total FIT export payments made, as part of the Feed-in Tariff Annual Report: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/feed-tariff-fit-annual-report-2017-18" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/feed-tariff-fit-annual-report-2017-18</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 02/08/2019 09:49:45 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra