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732316

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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	Green Investment Bank: Privatisation
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 cost has been to date to his Department and the Green Investment Bank (GIB) of privatising that bank; and what the projected cost to his Department and the GIB is of privatising that bank up until the point at which the sale is finalised.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government will provide a full report to Parliament following completion of the transaction.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/06/2017 15:14:20 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

732373

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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 support his Department provides to local authorities to increase the roll-out of charging points for electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) ‘On-street Residential Scheme’ is providing up to £2.5m for Local Authorities to fund the installation of chargepoints in residential streets where homeowners have no access to off-street parking. £22.9m is being provided to Local Authorities for electric vehicle infrastructure through OLEV’s ‘Go Ultra Low Cities’ scheme and a further £14m through their ultra low emission taxis scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2010 and 2014 more than 6400 chargepoints were installed in 8 local authority regions though the Plugged in Places support scheme. Between 2013 and 2015, following a competitive bidding process open to all UK Local Authorities, more than 580 fast chargepoints and 250 rapid chargepoints were installed under the National Infrastructure Grant Schemes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/06/2017 14:22:03 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

732375

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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 the cost to the public purse has been of installing charging points for electric vehicles in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Please find below a breakdown of funding provided by the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) to support the installation of electric vehicle chargepoints in each financial year since 2010/11:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Total OLEV Spend</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£2.23m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£2.58m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£9.71m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£14.86m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£41.65m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£16.88m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£7.06m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition, £22.9m of funding under the Government’s £40m Go Ultra Low City Scheme is for charging infrastructure, and is being awarded across four years from 2016.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/06/2017 14:36:41 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

732376

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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, how many charging points for electric vehicles there are in (a) Wales, (b) England, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland at the latest date for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Public chargepoints funded by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles must be registered on the Government’s National Chargepoint Registry, an open source data set containing information on the type and geographical location of chargepoints. The registry is available online at: <a href="http://www.national-charge-point-registry.uk/" target="_blank">www.national-charge-point-registry.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>Operators of public chargepoints can also choose to add other chargepoints to this dataset. The Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill is due to include new powers that could require operators of public chargepoints to make openly available key information about all chargepoints that they operate, including geographic location.</p><p>The current dataset from the National Chargepoint Registry shows the following statistics for chargepoints in the UK:</p><p> </p><ol><li><p>Wales - 37</p></li><li><p>England - 4909</p></li><li><p>Scotland - 997</p></li><li><p>Northern Ireland - 346</p></li></ol><p> </p><p>Additional chargepoints will also have been installed with support from the private sector that are not listed on this data set but can be found on websites such as Zapmap (<a href="http://www.zap-map.com/" target="_blank">www.zap-map.com</a>)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/06/2017 14:30:59 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

732377

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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 plans his Department has to ensure that the roll-out of charging stations for electric vehicles is spread evenly across all regions and parts of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government is supporting an increase in provision of electric vehicle chargepoints as part of its programme for ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs). At Autumn Statement 2016, the Chancellor announced additional funding of £80m for charging infrastructure for the period to 2020 and Government is considering how best to allocate this funding to meet the needs of drivers across the UK and deliver value for money.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, Highways England has £15m to expand the existing rapid chargepoint network to ensure that across 95 per cent of the strategic road network there will be a chargepoint at least every 20 miles.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government is proposing to take forward powers under the forthcoming Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill that will enable the Government to require Motorway Service Areas, and large fuel retailers to install sufficient provision of electric vehicle chargepoints.</p><p> </p><p>Additional grant funding is also available UK-wide to support the installation of chargepoints at workplaces, at homes, and on residential streets. Further detail of how to apply is available online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-grants-for-low-emission-vehicles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-grants-for-low-emission-vehicles</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/06/2017 14:33:14 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

731762

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Green Investment Bank: Termination of Employment
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 Answer of 7 February 2017 to Question 62846, if he will provide updated figures on the number of staff departures from the UK Green Investment Bank up to 12 June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Further to the Answer of 7 February to Question 62846, the Green Investment Bank (GIB) has provided the following updated information:</p><p> </p><p>Number of staff employed by GIB*:</p><p>During financial year ending 31 March 2017 – <strong>124 </strong></p><p>In the period 1 April 2017 to 12 June 2017 – <strong>115 </strong></p><p> </p><p>Number of employees exiting**:</p><p>During the financial year ending 31 March 2017 – <strong>17</strong></p><p>In the period 1 April 2017 to 12 June 2017 – <strong>10 </strong></p><p> </p><p>*Headcount numbers reported as per the People section of GIB’s latest annual report.</p><p>**The leavers noted are those individuals who were permanent employees and fixed term contract employees who decided leave ahead of the agreed end date noted in their contract. It does not include temporary staff or those individuals who completed a fixed term contract and left on the agreed end date as detailed within their contract.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/06/2017 14:53:58 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

731768

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Green Investment Bank
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 finance the Green Investment Bank has provided since its creation in (a) the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) provides a full list of its investments across the United Kingdom for each financial year on its website: <a href="http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/" target="_blank">www.greeninvestmentbank.com</a></p><p> </p><p>GIB has committed £179.7m to 18 Scottish projects, either directly or via its fund managers, since 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Those projects are:</p><p> </p><p>Distillery biomass boiler platform phase 1</p><p>Distillery biomass boiler platform phase 2</p><p>Speyside CHP project</p><p>Glasgow City Council streetlighting project</p><p>Levenseat recycling and waste plant, Forth by Lanark</p><p>Scotland-wide heat pump installation programme, starting with Borders College</p><p>NHS Tayside energy efficiency programme</p><p>Wick district heating scheme</p><p>Stirling Council streetlighting project</p><p>NHS Grampian energy efficiency programme</p><p>Goathill Quarry</p><p>Chaorach</p><p>River Arkaig</p><p>Liatre Burn</p><p>Bruachaig</p><p>Srondoire</p><p>Blackcraig</p><p>Millerhill recycling and waste plant</p><p> </p><p>None of those projects are located in the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/06/2017 14:30:20 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

731823

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Green Investment Bank: Privatisation
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 cost-benefit analysis conducted for the sale of the Green Investment Bank.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government has followed best practice in the sale of Green Investment Bank (GIB) including preparation of detailed business cases assessing the options available. The sale of GIB to Macquarie meets the Governments objectives for this process including securing value for money for taxpayers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will provide a full report to Parliament on the sale of the Green Investment Bank on completion of the transaction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/06/2017 14:43:34 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

731435

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
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	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, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of the Scottish Government on his Department's Industrial Strategy green paper.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>This Government is committed to building an Industrial Strategy that works for all of the UK, to drive growth and prosperity across the country.</p><p> </p><p>In the green paper my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy issued an invitation to Ministers in the Devolved Administrations to take part in Ministerial forums to address productivity barriers and to ensure that economic plans and strategies closely align to benefit citizens in the devolved nations. The first of these forums with the Scottish Government took place on the 11<sup>th</sup> April and has been supported by a series of ongoing discussions at official level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/06/2017 14:48:00 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr