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1060714

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date	13/02/2019
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	Solar 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, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the size of the UK solar industry since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	220938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation &amp; Skills (BIS) published a report: The Size and Performance of the UK Low Carbon, which contains data on trends in the size of the UK low carbon economy for 2010 to 2013, including the UK solar sector. This report can be viewed online at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416240/bis-15-206-size-and-performance-of-uk-low-carbon-economy.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416240/bis-15-206-size-and-performance-of-uk-low-carbon-economy.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Department commissioned the Office for National Statistics to collect and publish data on trends in the low carbon and renewable energy sector, which includes the UK solar sector, in the form of their Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy Survey (LCREE) covering 2014 to 2017. This can be found online at: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/bulletins/finalestimates/previousreleases" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/bulletins/finalestimates/previousreleases</a>.</p><p>Due to differences in methodology, drawing comparisons between data contained in the report published by BIS and data contained in the LCREE may produce misleading conclusions. Comparing estimates from 2014 with estimates from later years of the LCREE survey may also produce misleading conclusions due to changes in the sample methodology that have taken place since.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/02/2019 16:56:24 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1060726

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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: UK Trade with EU
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 the UK will seek continued participation in the European Internal Energy Market after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	220984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that we want to secure broad energy co-operation with the EU. This includes an economic partnership that facilitates technical cooperation and ensures security of supply and efficient trade over interconnectors over different timeframes.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/02/2019 17:13:52 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle

1060760

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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	EU Emissions Trading 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 the Government plans to leave the EU’s emissions trading scheme; and what steps the Government is taking to maintain its commitment to cut carbon emissions after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	220855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement after the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019, the UK’s participation in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) will continue until the end of the Implementation Period. This aligns with the end of Phase III (December 2020) of the EU ETS.</p><p>The Political Declaration sets out that the UK and the EU have agreed to consider cooperating on carbon pricing through linking a UK national greenhouse gas emissions trading system with the EU ETS. The details of these arrangements will be a matter for the next phase of the negotiations. The Government will consult on our future approach to carbon pricing in due course.</p><p>In the event that the UK leaves without a deal in 2019, the UK would cease to participate in the EU ETS. To ensure stability and to meet the UK’s legally binding carbon reduction commitments under the Climate Change Act, a Carbon Emissions Tax would be introduced from 1 April 2019.</p><p>The Government is committed to tackling climate change. We are making strong progress towards our legally binding targets established in the world-leading Climate Change Act. Between 1990 and 2017, the UK reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by over 40% while growing the economy by more than two thirds - the best performance in the G7 on a per person basis.</p><p>We recognise the need to go further and the Clean Growth Strategy sets out our plans through to 2032, to build on our successes to date. It includes ambitious proposals on housing, business, transport, the natural environment and green finance.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/02/2019 17:29:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1060815

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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
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 ensure that gas and energy (a) interconnectors, (b) import export routes and (c) infrastructure mechanisms will remain fully functional after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	221015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>As set out in our Technical Notice the Government is working closely with Ofgem, interconnectors and wider industry on the steps needed to maintain continued cross-border energy trading. This includes supporting engagement with EU Member State authorities. The Government does not anticipate changes to non-EU import export routes for gas by EU exit and there are no non-EU import export routes for electricity.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/02/2019 17:33:42 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1059799

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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
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 recent steps his Department has taken to prepare the energy sector for the effects of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	220066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Leaving the EU with a deal remains the Government’s top priority. This has not changed. The Government has accelerated no deal preparations to ensure the country is prepared for every eventuality.</p><p>The Government has recommended that all businesses ensure they are prepared, enacting their own ‘no deal’ plans as they judge necessary. The Government has published eight Technical Notices related to energy policy, as well as further guidance of relevance to the energy sector. Businesses are advised to visit gov.uk/euexit for latest guidance.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/02/2019 17:45:09 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1054371

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
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 Supply
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) reports that businesses are stockpiling electrical power components in preparation for a no-deal Brexit, and (2) the impact a no-deal Brexit could have on UK power networks.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL13420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Leaving the EU with a deal remains the Government’s top priority. This has not changed. The Government has accelerated no deal preparations to ensure the country is prepared for every eventuality.</p><p>The UK’s exit from the EU will not alter the fact that our energy system is resilient and secure and drawn from a number of sources. The Government’s Technical Notices set out how cross-border trading and supply of electricity and gas will change, in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a Deal. The Government has worked with Ofgem and National Grid to ensure security of supply.</p><p>The Government has recommended that businesses ensure they are prepared, enacting their own ‘no deal’ plans as they judge necessary.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 18/02/2019 16:45:14 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick