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registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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	Green Investment Bank
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 his policy is on circumstances in which the special share in the Green Investment Bank (GIB) held by the Green Purposes Company Ltd can be used to approve or reject changes to GIB's green purposes as set out in the objects of its Articles of Association.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	8995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Following the sale of the Green Investment Bank (GIB), should the company wish to amend, remove or alter the green objective within the objects of its Articles of Association, it must seek written approval from the Green Purposes Company Limited (GPC), which holds a special share in GIB (now called the Green Investment Group (GIG)).</p><p> </p><p>The five trustees of GPC, who are independent of Government and the GIG, will form a judgement on the proposed amendment, and will either approve or reject the change to ensure that the green mission of the GIG is not weakened.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/09/2017 13:46:12 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

731768

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
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	Green Investment Bank
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 finance the Green Investment Bank has provided since its creation in (a) the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) provides a full list of its investments across the United Kingdom for each financial year on its website: <a href="http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/" target="_blank">www.greeninvestmentbank.com</a></p><p> </p><p>GIB has committed £179.7m to 18 Scottish projects, either directly or via its fund managers, since 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Those projects are:</p><p> </p><p>Distillery biomass boiler platform phase 1</p><p>Distillery biomass boiler platform phase 2</p><p>Speyside CHP project</p><p>Glasgow City Council streetlighting project</p><p>Levenseat recycling and waste plant, Forth by Lanark</p><p>Scotland-wide heat pump installation programme, starting with Borders College</p><p>NHS Tayside energy efficiency programme</p><p>Wick district heating scheme</p><p>Stirling Council streetlighting project</p><p>NHS Grampian energy efficiency programme</p><p>Goathill Quarry</p><p>Chaorach</p><p>River Arkaig</p><p>Liatre Burn</p><p>Bruachaig</p><p>Srondoire</p><p>Blackcraig</p><p>Millerhill recycling and waste plant</p><p> </p><p>None of those projects are located in the Linlithgow and East Falkirk constituency.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/06/2017 14:30:20 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

712141

registered interest
date	17/03/2017
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	Green Investment Bank
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 his Department was aware that the Chair of the UK Green Investment Bank was being considered for other government or commercial roles when it received advice from him on the sale of that bank; and whether his Department made an assessment of the potential effect on that advice of such consideration.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	68386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to the Green Investment Bank (GIB) Board for the considered views it has provided throughout the GIB sale. All decisions taken in regard to the sale of GIB are for Ministers alone.</p><p> </p><p>As shareholder, Government works closely with the GIB Board to ensure the business operates to high standards of corporate governance at all times.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 23/03/2017 13:55:13 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd previous answer version 41823 answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

710675

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
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	Green Investment Bank
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 £3.8 billion of public funding committed to the UK Green Investment Bank since its establishment in 2012, plus any profits made by the Government on its sale, will be reinvested in the UK low-carbon economy on completion of the sale of that bank.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	67661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to the UK's Climate Change Act and the transition to clean energy. Climate change remains one of the most serious long-term risks to our economic and national security. We recently committed another £730 million of support for renewables in this Parliament and have reconfirmed the budget of £290m annual support for 15 years for ‘Pot 2’/less established technologies including offshore wind.</p><p> </p><p>Any proceeds from a sale of the Green Investment Bank will be returned to the Exchequer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 16/03/2017 14:59:33 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

708644

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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	Green Investment Bank
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 funding the Green Investment Bank has provided in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK in each financial year since its creation.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	66552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) has helped finance two projects in the Merseyside area.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2013, GIB committed £20m to the design, build and operation of a new ‘energy from waste’ plant on behalf of the Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority. The facility, located in Teesside, will each year convert into energy more than 420,000 tonnes of residual waste from six boroughs in the Merseyside area, including St Helens North. The project has created approximately 75 permanent jobs, in addition to more than 100 jobs during the construction phase.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2014, GIB committed £30.1m to a new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Plant in Widnes the North West’s largest waste wood renewable power facility.</p><p> </p><p>The project has created more than 200 construction jobs and around 20 full time jobs in the operational phase.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, some of GIB’s UK wide investment platforms such as its indirect investments in LED lighting upgrades to Santander branches and NCP car parks are likely to have benefitted Merseyside including St Helens North.</p><p> </p><p>GIB provides a full list of its investments for each financial year on its website: <a href="http://www.greeninvestmentbank.com/" target="_blank">www.greeninvestmentbank.com</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 09/03/2017 14:23:53 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

692675

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
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	Green Investment Bank
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 public funding has been supplied to the Green Investment Bank in each year since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	64929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>Government has provided UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB) with the following public funding for its UK investment and operational activities in each year since its inception.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Public Funding</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£150.450m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£160m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£677m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£60m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17 (as of the end of January 2017)</p></td><td><p>£435m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,482.450m</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 01/03/2017 15:53:35 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh