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1091273

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date	19/03/2019
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	Biofuels and Wind Power: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy why Contracts for Difference (CfD), for what reasons strike prices have been higher for dedicated biomass technologies than for offshore wind during CfD allocation rounds two and three.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	234221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>In CfD Allocation Round 2 dedicated biomass and offshore wind cleared at the same strike price of £74.75MWh for delivery year 2021/22.</p><p> </p><p>The Administrative Strike Prices (ASPs) set out the maximum support that the Government is willing to offer developers for each technology in a given delivery year. In setting the ASPs, the government has drawn upon the latest generation cost data, while also considering market conditions, policy considerations and other technology specific factors in order to encourage new investment whilst ensuring value for money for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The methodology used to determine the draft ASPs for the third allocation round is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contract-for-difference-cfd-third-allocation-round-methodology-used-to-set-administrative-strike-prices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contract-for-difference-cfd-third-allocation-round-methodology-used-to-set-administrative-strike-prices</a></p><p> </p><p>CfDs are awarded in a series of competitive auctions, with the lowest price bids being successful as a means of driving cost reduction and project efficiencies.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 26/03/2019 15:27:32 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1091274

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Biofuels and Wind Power: Finance
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 make it his policy to create parity under Contract for Difference allocation rounds two and three between dedicated biomass with CHP and offshore wind; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	234222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>A draft budget notice was published in November 2018, which outlined the proposed Administrative Strike Prices (ASPs) for all technologies eligible to compete in the next allocation round, this notice can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contracts-for-difference-cfd-draft-budget-notice-for-the-third-allocation-round" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contracts-for-difference-cfd-draft-budget-notice-for-the-third-allocation-round</a></p><p> </p><p>In setting the ASPs, the government has drawn upon the latest generation cost data, while also considering market conditions, policy considerations and other technology specific factors in order to encourage new investment whilst ensuring value for money for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The methodology used to determine the draft ASPs for the third allocation round is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contract-for-difference-cfd-third-allocation-round-methodology-used-to-set-administrative-strike-prices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/contract-for-difference-cfd-third-allocation-round-methodology-used-to-set-administrative-strike-prices</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 26/03/2019 15:27:40 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1091275

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Biofuels: Grangemouth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial, if he will provide an update on the delivery of the Grangemouth Renewable Energy Plant which was awarded a Contract for Difference in 2017 as part of CfD allocation round two.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	234223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) announced on 19 October 2018 its decision to terminate the contract for difference (CfD) awarded to Grangemouth Renewable Energy Plant for failing to make sufficient progress by the Milestone Delivery Date. The press release is available on the LCCC’s web site - <a href="https://www.lowcarboncontracts.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.lowcarboncontracts.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p>CfDs are private law contracts between a generator and the LCCC, and decisions relating to whether a generator has met its milestone requirement are for the LCCC.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 26/03/2019 15:27:49 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1091322

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Lord Deben
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 all correspondence between Lord Deben and his Department on the use of renewable energy and electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth West
tabling member printed	Conor Burns
uin	234166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>It is normal practice that the Committee on Climate Change publish their advice to Government, including on the use of renewable energy and electric vehicles, on their website.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 26/03/2019 15:27:15 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns

1091404

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	City Deals: Economic Growth
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 he is taking to ensure clean growth from City Deals.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	234189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>City and growth deals are a great means by which we as UK Government can work alongside the devolved administration governments and local councils to drive local growth. These deals are locally led, with local leaders starting off by identifying their priorities for delivering growth and productivity across the region. Such priorities may include matters relating to digital infrastructure, health innovation, local energy proposals and many more. Once priorities have been identified, Government works with the local areas to ensure emerging proposals on reserved matters are aligned with UK Government policy and demonstrate value for money, before funding is released.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 26/03/2019 15:27:22 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1091414

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Bombardier: Contracts
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 he has to support Bombardier to secure future contracts.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	234191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>We continue work closely with both Bombardier Aerostructures and Engineering Services and Invest Northern Ireland (INI) to identify opportunities for securing new work to help grow the Company’s business in Belfast. As previously announced, we and INI are providing around £27 million funding to support Bombardier’s investment in new R&amp;D projects to enable Bombardier to develop and manufacture new, competitive products to secure their long-term future. Bombardier, like many of our innovative companies in the UK Aerospace sector, benefit from Department for International Trade’s overseas network, promoting their products and services to new customers in key markets. UK Export Finance have and will continue to provide (on a case by case basis) export finance support on Bombardier products, including the A220. UKEF has, to date, supported the deliveries of 10 A220s to Korean Air.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 27/03/2019 13:37:31 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1091615

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Company Voluntary Arrangements
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to assess whether Company Voluntary Arrangements effectively protect the economic interests of HMRC, and those of creditors and property owners.
tabling member printed	Lord Myners
uin	HL14661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>Company voluntary arrangements are a valuable part of the restructuring framework and the Government does not intend to conduct a review of them at this time. A company voluntary arrangement allows a financially distressed company to restructure its debts and avoid liquidation or administration. Approval of more than 75% of creditors is required to pass a company voluntary arrangement and any creditor may still apply to court if it feels its interests are being unfairly prejudiced, this provides an important safeguard for creditors, including HMRC and property owners.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 27/03/2019 15:25:44 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	3869 label Biography information for Lord Myners

1091631

registered interest
date	19/03/2019
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	Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Productivity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve productivity growth in the retail and hospitality sectors.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL14675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>Latest figures for Q3 2018 show that labour productivity per hour in the Retail Sector has increased by 6.3% since the third quarter of 2017 and 14.0% on the third quarter of 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Raising productivity is one of the Government’s key priorities and core to the UK’s Industrial Strategy. This department is currently undertaking a review of the actions that could be most effective in improving the productivity and growth of small and medium-sized businesses in all sectors.</p><p> </p><p>Further, the Government has been working very closely with the Retail Sector through the industry led Retail Sector Council which was established a year ago and has recently agreed its priority workstreams for the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>The council was established to bring Government and industry together to boost the sector’s productivity, and the priority areas were selected by the industry and each workstream will be led by a senior industry figure. The workstreams are; costs to business, skills and lifelong learning, employment, consumer protection, the circular economy and the Industrial Strategy.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 27/03/2019 15:27:00 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick