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1081725

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Climate Change: Demonstrations
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 hold a meeting with some of the youth climate strikers.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	228063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Climate change is one of the most urgent and pressing challenges we face, and it is encouraging to see young people demonstrating their passion for action on the future of our planet. I engage regularly with stakeholders and would be happy to meet with some of the youth climate strikers.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/03/2019 17:43:57 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1081914

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Fracking: Regulation
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 consent process for acidising is the same as for fracking; how many applications for acidising have been granted in the last five years for which figures are available; and what health and safety critieria have to be met as part of that consent process.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	227944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Acidisation refers to a number of techniques used to clean wells to improve productivity. Activities at oil and gas sites (including acidisation) are controlled under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 and regulated by the Environment Agency.</p><p>When assessing an environmental permit application the Environment Agency considers the proposed activity, the chemicals and products used in the process, waste management and the environmental setting. The permit ensures that there are appropriate mitigation measures in place to protect people and the environment. If the proposed activity poses an unacceptable risk to the environment it will not be permitted.</p><p>There are currently 78 onshore oil and gas sites permitted by the Environment Agency, some of these sites will be allowed to use the acidisation technique as part of their processes.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/03/2019 11:30:13 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1079610

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
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	Electricity: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the rate charged at night for a unit of electricity has increased compared to that charged for a day unit; and if so, why.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL14152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The rate charged for and the difference between day and night units is a commercial decision for individual companies to make as long as suppliers set their rates within the limits of the price caps.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 07/03/2019 13:12:18 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

1079357

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Fracking: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which (a) companies, (b) organisations and (c) Government Departments are liable for compensation claims for damage as a result of induced seismicity from hydraulic fracturing operations.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	227147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Oil and Gas Authority’s (OGA) assessment of an application for hydraulic fracturing operations, the OGA requires the operator to have in place the necessary funds or an insurance policy (including third-party liability) that will cover unforeseen events. All companies on a licence share joint and several liability for obligations and liabilities that arise under it throughout the lifecycle of the licence.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/03/2019 10:55:36 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

1079358

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Fracking: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which (a) companies, (b) organisations and (c) Government Department's will be liable for the long-term (i) decommissioning of hydraulic fracturing wells and (ii) associated effects of hydraulic fracturing operations in the event that the licensed operator goes out of business.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	227148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>To date, only two wells in the UK have been hydraulically fractured, at Cuadrilla’s sites at Preese Hall and Preston New Road in Lancashire. The well at Preese Hall has been fully plugged and abandoned, while Preston New Road is still operational.</p><p>Hydraulic Fracturing Consent (HFC) will not be issued unless the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is appropriate to do so. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State is entitled to refuse HFC and/or, in certain circumstances, can impose conditions to provide additional protections. As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement [<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-01-25/HCWS428/" target="_blank">HCWS428</a>] of 25 January 2018, as a matter of policy the Government will look at the financial status of all companies wishing to carry out hydraulic fracturing operations, including their ability to fund decommissioning costs. Suitable conditions may be put in place to provide assurance that these costs can be covered.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/03/2019 10:55:45 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

1079360

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Fracking: Greenhouse Gas 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, whether the cold venting of fugitive gasses is allowed to occur at hydraulic fracturing operations.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	227150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Management of fugitive emissions from shale well sites is regulated by the Environment Agency through the environmental permit. As part of the permit application, an operator will need to describe in their Environmental Risk Assessment, Waste Management Plan and in an Emissions Monitoring Plan how they will manage on-site fugitive emissions.</p><p>The environmental permits issued to date for sites that involve hydraulic fracturing only allow the venting of natural gas for safety reasons and when carrying out maintenance operations. Venting during routine operations is not permitted by the Environment Agency.</p><p>All environmental and waste permits in relation to Preston New Road can be found on the Environment Agency site: <a href="https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/onshore-oil-and-gas/information-on-cuadrillas-preston-new-road-site/" target="_blank">https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/onshore-oil-and-gas/information-on-cuadrillas-preston-new-road-site/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/03/2019 10:55:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

1079361

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Fracking: Greenhouse Gas 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, what regulatory conditions are in place to detect unrecovered fugitive gas and fluid from hydraulic fracturing operations.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	227151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Management of emissions from shale well sites is regulated by the Environment Agency through the environmental permits. The permit sets out legally binding conditions on a site by site basis for how activities must be carried out so that the environment is protected.</p><p>Operators are required to carry out emissions monitoring, including monitoring of methane to air before and during shale gas operations. They also need to have an agreed gas management plan for leak detection and repair for the lifetime of site operations.</p><p>The Hydraulic Fracture Plan sets out how an operator controls and monitors the fracturing process. It needs to be approved by the Environment Agency and by the Oil and Gas Authority. The Environment Agency has to be satisfied that the operator has the controls in place to know where fractures go, where waste fluid is left behind underground and that groundwater protection measures continue to operate effectively.</p><p>All environmental and waste permits in relation to Preston New Road can be found on the Environment Agency site: <a href="https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/onshore-oil-and-gas/information-on-cuadrillas-preston-new-road-site/" target="_blank">https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/onshore-oil-and-gas/information-on-cuadrillas-preston-new-road-site/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/03/2019 17:46:34 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

1079362

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Fracking: Waste Disposal
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 processes hydraulic fracturing operators have to follow to dispose of waste; and what the final resting location is for hydraulic fracturing waste.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	227152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>All oil and gas exploratory sites need to hold permits under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016. Any company managing extractive waste is required to draw up a Waste Management Plan that has to be approved by the Environment Agency.</p><p>The Waste Management Plan describes the processes and the types of extractive waste that will be generated at the site and sets out how the operator will monitor, manage, minimise, reuse, recycle and safely dispose of the extractive waste at an appropriately licenced facility.</p><p>All environmental and waste permits in relation to Preston New Road can be found on the Environment Agency site: <a href="https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/onshore-oil-and-gas/information-on-cuadrillas-preston-new-road-site/" target="_blank">https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/onshore-oil-and-gas/information-on-cuadrillas-preston-new-road-site/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/03/2019 10:56:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

1079363

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Fracking: Regulation
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 shale gas regulators have an agreed process for safe recycling of flowback from hydraulic fracturing operations.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	227153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>Flowback fluids are deemed to be a mining waste under the Mining Waste Directive and require an environmental permit for management on site.</p><p>A company wishing to use hydraulic fracturing would need approval from the Environment Agency on its proposed methods for safe reuse and recycling as part of its Waste Management Plan. The Environment Agency and the European Commission have provided guidance on appropriate methods and techniques. This assessment is made on a case by case basis.</p><p>The Environment Agency has adopted a precautionary approach and does not allow the re-injection of flowback fluid for disposal underground.</p><p>All environmental and waste permits in relation to Preston New Road can be found on the Environment Agency site: <a href="https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/onshore-oil-and-gas/information-on-cuadrillas-preston-new-road-site/" target="_blank">https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/onshore-oil-and-gas/information-on-cuadrillas-preston-new-road-site/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/03/2019 10:56:21 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

1079364

registered interest
date	28/02/2019
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	Fracking: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons shale gas regulators do not conduct independent well integrity reports for hydraulic fracturing operations.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	227154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The Infrastructure Act 2015 makes it clear that hydraulic fracturing activities cannot take place unless an independent inspection of the well has been carried out by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State will not issue a Hydraulic Fracturing Consent unless he is satisfied this has happened. Specifically, the Secretary of State will require a certificate from the HSE confirming that an inspection of the well site has been carried out by its inspectors.</p><p> </p><p>To this end, every shale well site will receive an on-site inspection by the HSE as well as the Environment Agency in the exploration stage. Through notifications and weekly reports made by the well operator, the HSE also inspects well design and monitors progress to ensure the operator manages risks effectively throughout the life cycle of the well. The HSE’s inspection of these notifications and weekly reports, which occurs before and during construction, is carried out by specialist wells inspectors. Any significant changes to well construction are subject to the same scrutiny.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/03/2019 13:51:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley