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1719039

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date	17/05/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
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 Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he has taken with the Chancellor of the Exchequer to ensure that the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6 delivers more offshore wind capacity than Allocation Round 5.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	26894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2024 answer text <p>On 6 March 2024, the Government confirmed over £1 billion of budget will be available in the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6 auction, including £800 million allocated to offshore wind. This followed the announcement in November that the administrative strike</p><p>prices for fixed and floating offshore wind had been increased by 66% and over 50% respectively, since the previous allocation round. This budget announcement makes this the largest round yet, with four times more budget available to offshore wind than in the previous round.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 22/05/2024 10:28:02 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1697130

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Oldbury Power Station and Wylfa Power Station: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2024 to Question 18508 on Oldbury Power Station and Wylfa Power Station: Land, who undertook the independent valuation; and whether the commercial value of land adjacent to decommissioned reactors was taken into account as part of that valuation.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	19397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2024 answer text <p>Independent valuations of the land were conducted by Knight Frank. The inherent characteristics of the land as well as the previous development work which make the land suitable for consideration for nuclear development informed the valuation of the sites.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 22/03/2024 14:21:41 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1695803

registered interest
date	13/03/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Oldbury Power Station and Wylfa Power Station: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to paragraph 4.53 of the Spring Budget 2024, HC 560, how much land the Government is acquiring in its purchase of the (a) Wylfa and (b) Oldbury-on-Severn sites; what method the Government used to estimate the value of each of those sites; and what criteria the Government used to determine the sites to be purchased.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	18508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2024 answer text <p>The Wylfa and Oldbury sites have inherent characteristics that make them suitable for consideration for nuclear development. Those characteristics, the previous development work and the terms of agreement were all factors in progressing with the purchase. Independent valuations were obtained for both sites and the purchase secures access to approximately 600 acres at Wylfa and approximately 400 acres at Oldbury.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 19/03/2024 06:20:17 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1686965

registered interest
date	02/02/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions she has had with EDF on (a) the adequacy of its capital funding for the completion of the Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Station and (b) China General Nuclear's payment contributions beyond their contractual cap.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	12803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>HPC is not a Government project. The financing of HPC is a matter for EDF and its shareholders and has not been the subject of discussion with the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 07/02/2024 17:07:39 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1683980

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Tidal Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to support the (a) development of and (b) private investment in marine energy technologies; and whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her policies of the announcement of Horizon Europe Programme funding for the EURO-TIDES multi-turbine tidal energy project.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	10852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to support the development of marine energy technologies through research funding. This is on top of the unprecedented 94MW of tidal stream capacity that has been secured through the Contracts for Difference scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to engage with the Department for Business and Trade on maximising private investment opportunities for the marine energy sector.</p><p> </p><p>The recent success of UK tidal stream developers in securing Horizon Europe funding will be of great benefit to the UK and is representative of the UK’s strength in the tidal sector.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 26/01/2024 11:04:33 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1683333

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Sizewell C Power Station: Capital Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what target her Department has set for the level of private equity finance to be raised for Sizewell C; how much equity has been committed (a) in total and (b) by EDF; what deadline there is for the conclusion of the private equity-raising process; and whether her Department has set a maximum level of equity that it will commit to this project.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	10477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The equity raise process for the Sizewell C process is ongoing and commercially sensitive – the Government cannot comment on these matters at this stage.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 24/01/2024 11:45:19 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1677775

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Tidal Power: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to build on the last tidal stream auction for the forthcoming Allocation Round 6; and what the timescale is for publishing the final parameters for that round.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	6843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>In November 2023 the Government published the core parameters for the sixth Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round (AR). The Government is currently developing the full auction parameters for AR 6 and will publish details of the full parameters ahead of the round opening in March 2024.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 20/12/2023 09:15:29 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1677779

registered interest
date	13/12/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Tidal Power: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department (a) plans to ringfence tidal stream in future Contracts for Difference allocation rounds and (b) has made an assessment of the impact of ringfencing budget for tidal stream on levels of private investment in that energy supply.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	6844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Parameters for each allocation round of Contracts of Difference are set on an annual basis ahead of the round opening. They take into account evidence of the pipeline of available projects, as well as adherence to the scheme’s statutory objectives. The Government will publish details of the parameters ahead of Allocation Round 6 in March 2024.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 20/12/2023 09:14:42 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1656550

registered interest
date	01/09/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Sizewell C Power Station: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding the Government has provided for the development of Sizewell C nuclear power station, broken down by (a) funding stream and (b) government department.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	196370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>As a shareholder in Sizewell C, the Government announced an investment of £679 million in November 2022 and made available further amounts of £170 million and £341 million this year to continue driving forward the project’s development, towards the aim of making a final investment decision on a large-scale nuclear project this Parliament. The Government’s investment in Sizewell C has been funded from the Department's capital budgets agreed at the Autumn Statement 2022. This investment came on top of £100 million invested by EDF in Sizewell C in January 2022 which was provided by the Government through the Combined Option Agreement, this used departmental budgets in the financial year 2021/2022.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 07/09/2023 12:12:11 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1654447

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Small Modular Reactors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding his Department has allocated for the (a) design and (b) construction of nuclear small modular reactors.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	195176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>In 2020, the Government committed up to £385m to an Advanced Nuclear Fund. Of this £385m, the Government has awarded up to £210m to support development of the Rolls Royce Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also set up Great British Nuclear (GBN) to drive delivery of new nuclear projects. GBN has launched a Technology Selection Process (TSP) to select the best SMR technologies. We will offer funding to support technology development and site-specific design; a close partnership with GBN, which will be ready and able to provide developer capability; and support in accessing sites. The total level of development funding will be subject to future Spending Reviews.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 04/09/2023 11:54:25 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown