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682449

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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	Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
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 effect of the recommendations in the Hendry Review on the proposed Swansea tidal lagoon and other similar projects; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	62629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is currently considering the Review’s recommendations and the issues which arise from a broader programme. Government will require a period of time to assess those issues and determine what is in the best interest of the UK energy consumer and taxpayer in the long term. The Government will publish its response to the Hendry Review in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/02/2017 14:25:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 34087 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

682453

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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	Carbon Capture and Storage
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 his Department has made of the potential use of deep offshore saline aquifers in developing a viable business model for carbon capture and storage technology.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	62416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department funded a twelve month £2.5 million project, led by the Energy Technologies Institute, to progress the appraisal of five selected carbon dioxide storage sites in the North and Irish Seas; three of these sites were offshore saline formations. The report, “<a href="http://www.eti.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/D16-10113ETIS-WP6-Report-Publishable-Summary.pdf" target="_blank">Progressing Development of the UK’s Strategic Carbon Dioxide Storage Resource</a>”, was published by the Energy Technologies Institute in May 2016 and is available at: <a href="http://www.eti.co.uk/project/strategic-uk-ccs-storage-appraisal/" target="_blank">http://www.eti.co.uk/project/strategic-uk-ccs-storage-appraisal/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/02/2017 14:25:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 34082 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

682454

registered interest
date	31/01/2017
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	Radioactive Waste
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to invite councils to volunteer to be part of the Radioactive Waste Management search for a geological disposal facility host community.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	62478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>In the 2014 <em>Implementing Geological Disposal</em> White Paper Government set out three initial actions which will provide greater clarity on issues such as geology, development impacts and community representation. Good progress is being made on these initial actions and Government expects to consult on the draft National Policy Statement and Working with Communities policy in the coming months, ahead of the launch of the official siting process.</p><p>As set out in the 2014 White Paper, once the siting process has been launched any interested community will be able to initiate discussions about the possibility of becoming the host community for a geological disposal facility.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/02/2017 14:24:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 34083 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

681386

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Euratom
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 he has had with the Department for Exiting the European Union on plans to leave Euratom; and on what dates those discussions took place.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	62303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and officials have regular meetings with the Department for Exiting the European Union, and both departments remain committed to the highest standards of nuclear safety, safeguards and support for the industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/02/2017 14:42:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 33854 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

681389

registered interest
date	30/01/2017
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	Consumer Advice, Protection, Standards and Enforcement for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Independent Review
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 set a deadline for industry to develop detailed plans to implement the recommendations in his Department's publication, Each Home Counts review, published in December 2016.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	62374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Implementation of the recommendations will, as it proposes, be led by industry; and Government is working constructively with the sector to understand how and when they propose to implement the recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/02/2017 11:25:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 33883 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

678755

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	Housing: Carbon Emissions
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 of 23 December 2016 to Question 57827, on housing: carbon emissions, what future policy options he is considering.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	61667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s emissions reduction plan will set out proposals for meeting carbon budgets and decarbonising all sectors of the UK economy through the 2020s.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/02/2017 11:44:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 33880 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

678756

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	Housing: Carbon Emissions
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 of 23 December 2016 to Question 57827, on housing: carbon emissions, how much seed funding the Government provided for Green Open Homes.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	61668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The former Department for Energy and Climate Change provided a total funding of £547,000 towards Green Open Homes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/02/2017 11:36:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 33881 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe