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1436920

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
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: Russia
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 estimate his Department has made of the value of Russian energy imported to the UK for the latest twelve month period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	132227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK and its international partners stand united in condemning the Russian state’s outrageous attack on Ukraine as a clear breach of international law and the UN Charter.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is not dependent on Russian gas. In 2021, less than 4% of the UK’s gas supply was Russian gas, via liquified natural gas imports.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/03/2022 17:39:04 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1436955

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 estimate he has made of the levelised cost of offshore wind farms commissioning in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	132241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s Electricity Generation Cost Report[1] published on gov.uk sets out levelised cost of electricity estimates for a range of technologies, including offshore wind.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-electricity-generation-costs-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-electricity-generation-costs-2020</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/03/2022 17:58:04 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1436956

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
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	Renewable 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, if he will publish the calculations underlying his Department’s most recent estimates of levelised costs of renewable generators.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	132242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s most recent Electricity Generation Cost Report[1] published on gov.uk sets out the calculation methodology behind levelised cost estimates for renewable generators.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-electricity-generation-costs-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-electricity-generation-costs-2020</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/03/2022 17:49:56 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1436958

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
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	Consumers: Billing
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 has estimated the effect on consumer bills of the use of audited financial accounts and financial close announcements as a guide to underlying costs rather than strike prices.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	132243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme operates as a competitive auction where the strike price successful participants receive is based on the clearing price, which is a product of bid prices. It is for developers to consider a bid price that is sustainable for their project, based on their own, forward-looking assessment of their likely project costs and revenues. Once projects begin generating, it is the difference between this strike price and the wholesale electricity price that drives any impact on consumer bills, and projects are only paid for the electricity they generate. This means that an assessment along the lines of what The Honourable Member for Wycombe proposes would not reflect assumptions consistent with actual costs likely to be paid by consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department publishes its own view of future electricity generation costs by technology – the latest version is from 2020, and is available here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbeis-electricity-generation-costs-2020&amp;data=04%7C01%7CAkram.Mwanga%40beis.gov.uk%7C36b467c1c69b4f3229f208d9fd125f1a%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637819077605876139%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=jowjR8Xv1p6kl3AkQ30a%2BOAxnNqL3Dy9%2Fj5apPV1GW8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-electricity-generation-costs-2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/03/2022 17:58:35 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1436962

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
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: Consumption
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 whether energy consumption is likely to increase or decrease by October 2022.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	132379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The UK’s energy consumption has been on a long-term downward trend as a result of improved energy efficiency and structural changes to the economy. This trend will continue as the economy transitions towards net zero emissions by 2050. Shorter-term fluctuations in energy consumption are highly weather dependent - energy consumption is lower in the spring and summer and then rises in the autumn and winter. Domestic energy consumers in Great Britain will receive a £200 discount on their energy bills this Autumn, part of the Government’s £9.1 billion package of support to help households with rising energy bills.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/03/2022 17:49:05 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1436970

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Information Officers
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 communications staff are employed (a) full time (b) part time and (c) with flexible working arrangements in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	132366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>The number of staff working in BEIS to deliver the communications functions currently is 104. Eighty seven are employed on full time contracts, 14 are employed on part time. 3 have flexible working arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 09/03/2022 16:42:14 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1436976

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Information Officers
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 his Department spends on the employment of communications staff annually.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Alyn Smith
uin	132370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>The pay cost of communications staff for the financial year 2021 to 2022 is £6.86m. This covers all areas of the Communications team – Press Office, Strategic Comms, External Affairs, Digital Comms, Marketing, Internal Comms, administrative support and the BEIS public enquiry contact centre.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 09/03/2022 16:40:08 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4738 label Biography information for Alyn Smith

1436984

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Social Clubs
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 provide a list of (a) professional staff networks and (b) social clubs operating within his Department; and if he will provide the (i) budgets and (ii) FTE staff time allocated to each group within each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	132386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not hold a central list of all staff networks and social clubs.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 09/03/2022 16:31:34 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1437039

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
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: Standing Charges
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 discussions he has had with OFGEM on the potential merits of removing standing charges for electricity.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	132292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The setting of the standing charge is a commercial matter for individual suppliers. Standing charges are capped under the Government’s price cap.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/03/2022 17:45:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1437046

registered interest
date	01/03/2022
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	Business: Cybersecurity
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 risk of cyber attacks to (a) automotive and (b) other businesses based in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	132340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department works closely with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on cyber risks to all business sectors, including the automotive sector. The NCSC regularly publishes threat updates and a wide range of actionable guidance and tools for businesses on its website; their most recent being guidance for UK organisations in respect of cyber threats and the current situation in Ukraine. The NCSC, along with my department, works closely with trade bodies and industry partnerships as a trusted route to providing best practice and practical advice to businesses. In December 2021 the Government published its National Cyber Strategy, which contains more information on the breadth of cyber security actions being taken by Government. The annual Cyber Security Breaches Survey also sets out details of the cyber threat to businesses and what firms are doing in response.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 132341 question first answered 08/03/2022 09:52:43 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western