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1271289

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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: Prices
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 real terms increase in household energy bills since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	130108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2020 answer text <p>The Energy White Paper, which has affordability at its heart and includes measures we are bringing forward to keep bills affordable, was published earlier this month, and sets out the historic context for consumer energy bills. The average household dual fuel bill in 2019 was similar to 2010. However, the underlying costs have changed. Over the past decade, electricity prices have risen because of policy and network costs, while gas prices have fluctuated, reflecting movements in the wholesale gas price. However, consumers have used less energy, which has balanced out the cost increase.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/12/2020 09:47:50 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1271374

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
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 make an assessment of the merits of the UK Miners Pension Scheme provision that 50 per cent of any surplus made after 1994 will be paid to the Government.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	130263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government has reconsidered the surplus sharing arrangements of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (MPS) and concluded that they remain appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>We have agreed to scheme changes proposed by the MPS Trustees which guarantee that bonus pensions already accrued will not be lost in the event of a future deficit. These changes have been implemented.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/12/2020 08:53:45 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1270846

registered interest
date	14/12/2020
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	Hydrogen
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 is making with industry on developing the production of hydrogen by electrolysis.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	128870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2020 answer text <p>My Rt hon Friend the Prime Minister’s recent Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution set out that the Government, working with industry, is aiming for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity in the UK by 2030. In support of this we have also announced a £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund for capital co-investment in new low carbon hydrogen production, to bring forward a combination of CCUS-enabled ‘blue’ hydrogen and electrolytic ‘green’ hydrogen projects. Both production methods – and other innovative techniques – will be needed to deliver hydrogen demand expected by 2050. Further details on hydrogen business models and a revenue mechanism to stimulate private sector investment in both green and blue hydrogen will be brought forward in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/12/2020 12:57:57 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1260546

registered interest
date	11/12/2020
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	Ports: 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 support his Department is providing to UK ports to deploy the green infrastructure necessary for increasing the UK's offshore wind capacity.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	128659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2020 answer text <p>The expected rapid deployment of offshore wind across the UK, Europe and globally over the next decade, together with the increasing size of turbines, means that there is a need for a major expansion in manufacturing capacity in the coming years.</p><p> </p><p>My rt hon Friend the Prime Minister recently announced £160 million of new funding for coastal manufacturing infrastructure. The ‘Offshore wind manufacturing investment support scheme’ aims to accelerate the development of large-scale manufacturing portside hubs, which could strengthen the UK’s offshore wind manufacturing capability, creating employment and investment in both coastal communities and the wider supply chain.</p><p> </p><p>Following a Request for Information in October, earlier this month my Department launched a competitive process to support a large coastal manufacturing site for the offshore wind industry. This would create manufacturing clusters where several large-scale producers can co-locate.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 21/12/2020 12:40:22 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1260156

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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	Infrastructure: Merseyside
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 is taking to support the development of green infrastructure projects in Merseyside.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Mick Whitley
uin	128281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>Since 2017 the Government has funded the North West Energy Hub, hosted by Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. The Hub works with LEPs and local authorities in their region to help them to identify a pipeline of low carbon projects and provide practical support for the initial stages of project development.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 18/12/2020 14:54:59 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4755 label Biography information for Mick Whitley

1260242

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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	UN Climate Conference 2021
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 (a) ensure gender equality in the COP26 leadership team and (b) facilitate women’s equal participation at COP26.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	128112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>The UK has committed to championing diversity and inclusion throughout our COP26 Presidency and all civil servants in the Cabinet Office COP26 unit have been appointed in line with civil service guidance and rules. In the COP Unit, 45% of the senior management team in the COP26 unit are women. My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister recently appointed my Hon. Friend the Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Anne-Marie Treveylan MP) as the COP26 Adaptation and Resilience Champion. Working alongside the COP26 leadership team is a wider global network of around 120 climate and energy Attaches. All ambassadors have a COP26 objective, ensuring that a diverse group of leading diplomats are engaging internationally around COP26.</p><p> </p><p>Visible and diverse leadership is just one part of the picture however. Championing women’s roles as decision-makers, educators and climate leaders is essential if we are to deliver effective, long-term solutions to climate change and ensure that women and girls are empowered as agents of change, including at COP26. This means working closely with civil society, amplifying the voices of those most affected by climate changes and facilitating the meaningful contribution of female negotiators. We see women’s rights organisations, amongst others, as essential partners in effectively tackling climate change and are also supporting a ‘Women Negotiator Mentoring Initiative’ through the European Capacity-building Initiative and our Climate Ambition Support Alliance. This initiative will level the playing field not only in terms of developed and developing countries but also between men and women, ultimately strengthening capacity and professional development of both current and future climate leaders.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 18/12/2020 14:41:02 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1259765

registered interest
date	09/12/2020
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	Hydrogen
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 UK's role is in the production consortium on green hydrogen.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	127465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>We welcome the formation of groups such as the UK Green Hydrogen Catapult, which sees a number of partners coming together to support development of green hydrogen.</p><p> </p><p>In the Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution and subsequent Energy White Paper, we have set out an ambitious package to grow the UK hydrogen economy. This includes £240m out to 2025 for capital co-investment in new low carbon hydrogen production, intended to support a combination of commercial-scale CCUS-enabled ‘blue’ hydrogen and smaller scale electrolytic ‘green’ hydrogen projects. Both these production methods – and other innovative techniques – will be needed to deliver UK hydrogen demand expected by 2050. Working with industry, we are aiming for 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>We are already supporting a range of innovative hydrogen projects across the value chain, including the ITM Power Gigafactory being built in Sheffield. When complete this will be the largest electrolyser manufacturing facility in the world and would be able to support the scaling up of electrolytic ‘green’ hydrogen.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 18/12/2020 14:06:40 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1259852

registered interest
date	09/12/2020
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	Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects
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 facilitating biodiversity net gain for energy projects progressed through the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project regime, as part of his Department’s plan for a Green Industrial Revolution.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	127521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government was clear in its 25 Year Environment Plan that its commitment to seek to embed a principle of environmental net gain for development applies to energy infrastructure as well as housing. However, it is important that any strengthening of biodiversity net gain requirements for the nationally significant infrastructure regime is done at the right time and in the right way.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of ways in which this could be implemented and it is important that time is taken to work with stakeholders to develop an appropriate approach. The Government will be consulting on further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 18/12/2020 14:03:10 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1259422

registered interest
date	08/12/2020
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	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, if he will take steps to ensure customers who choose green electricity tariffs can (a) locate and (b) verify the renewable power plant from which the electricity company purchase its power.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	127005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2020 answer text <p>The current legislation and licence conditions which underpin green electricity tariffs are based on the regulator (Ofgem) administering the Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGO) certificate accounting scheme to verify the proportion of renewable energy sourced by supplier.</p><p> </p><p>Consumers are able to consult the publicly available Ofgem REGO register to interrogate which certificates their supplier holds and from which renewable power plants they were sourced.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 16/12/2020 17:32:51 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1259423

registered interest
date	08/12/2020
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	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, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number and proportion of energy suppliers selling green tariffs that buy 100 per cent renewable power from renewable generators, rather than purchasing second-hand certificates certifying a renewable energy purchase.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	127006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2020 answer text <p>Supplier procurement strategies for energy and related certificates are a commercial matter and the Government does not have visibility over which companies are utilising the secondary trading of Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGO) certificates to support their green electricity tariff offerings.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 16/12/2020 17:34:21 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi