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994501

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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: Migrant Workers
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 citizens of non-UK EU countries work in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	183810
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>It is not currently possible to establish how many citizens of non-UK EU countries are currently working in The Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.</p><p> </p><p>We do not centrally hold details of staff working for outsourced companies or agencies.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 02/11/2018 14:53:16 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

994542

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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	Technology: East Midlands
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 promote the expansion of the technology sector in the East Midlands.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	183953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Through our modern Industrial Strategy, we are creating opportunities for the UK technology sector to build on its strengths and continue to grow. This includes the ambition to raise total R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027. The government is increasing spending on R&amp;D by £7bn by 2021/22, the largest increase in 40 years.</p><p> </p><p>Support in the East Midlands includes the recently announced funding to support the creation of a new, locally-led development body for Toton, with £70m for the Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre. Innovate UK funding of £12m has been invested by the Energy Research Accelerator (ERA) in the Research and Acceleration Demonstration Building on Nottingham University’s Innovation Park. The D2N2 Local Enterprise Partnership has contributed £5m of Local Growth Fund to the Advanced Manufacturing Building at Nottingham University’s Jubilee Campus. The facility will allow for diverse engineering and science disciplines to collaborate and contribute to pioneering developments for a range of sectors.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Midlands Engine Strategy, we are investing in skills, industries, and infrastructure – building on the many strengths of the Midlands to boost productivity. It confirmed the Midlands Engine Investment Fund, which provides over £250 million to support small businesses across the Midlands to start and grow.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 06/11/2018 11:12:34 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

994555

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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: 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, how many terawatt hours of electricity were consumed in the UK in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	183835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The most recent electricity consumption figures available cover the twelve month period from the start of July 2017 to the end of June 2018. During this period, total UK electricity demand was 355.1 terawatt hours. Subtracting energy industry usage, as well as transmission and distribution losses, the final electricity consumption by industry, business and domestic users in the UK was 301.7 terawatt hours during this period. These figures can be found on the National Statistics website here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/11/2018 16:59:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

994556

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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: 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, how many gigawhatt hours of electricity supplied by interconnectors was consumed in the UK in the last two 12 months periods.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	183836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>In the 12 months from the start of the third quarter of 2017 to the end of the second quarter 2018, 20,485.12 GWh were supplied by interconnector imports.</p><p>In the 12 months from the start of the third quarter of 2016 to the end of the second quarter 2017, 16,933.35 GWh were supplied by interconnector imports.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Energy Trends, National Statistics, table 5.6 (published quarterly) available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/11/2018 16:59:36 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

994557

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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 Interconnectors: Exports
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 gigawatt hours of electricity was exported from the UK through interconnectors in (a) the last 12 months and (b) 2012.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	183837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The total gigawatt hours of electricity exported from the UK through interconnectors in (a) the 12 months from the start of the third quarter of 2017 to the end of the second quarter of 2018 was 3,023.6 GWh, and (b) 1,910.39 GWh in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Energy Trends, National Statistics, table 5.6 (published quarterly) available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/11/2018 16:59:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

994565

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of the UK electricity supply was provide by each fuel source including electricity provided by interconnectors in (a) 2012 and (b) 2017.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	183838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The share of UK electricity generated domestically plus net imports, by each fuel source in a) 2012 and b) 2017 was:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coal</p></td><td><p>38.0%</p></td><td><p>6.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>26.7%</p></td><td><p>38.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear</p></td><td><p>18.7%</p></td><td><p>19.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydro</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wind</p></td><td><p>5.3%</p></td><td><p>14.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solar photovoltaics</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>3.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other renewables</p></td><td><p>3.9%</p></td><td><p>9.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pumped Storage</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Net imports</p></td><td><p>3.2%</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total generation plus net imports</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Digest of UK Energy Statistics, tables 5.6 (generation by fuel), 6.4 (wind &amp; solar) and 5.1 (net imports) <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/11/2018 16:59:52 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

994566

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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 Interconnectors: Imports
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 terawatt hours of electricity have been imported into the UK by individual interconnectors since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	183839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>Between 2012 and 2017 (inclusive), GB imported 67.85 TWh of electricity via the IFA interconnector from France, 42.88 TWh of electricity via the BritNed interconnector from Netherlands, and 2.99 TWh of electricity via the East-West interconnector from Ireland. In addition, Northern Ireland imported 1.97 TWh of electricity from Ireland as part of the all-island, shared Single Electricity Market.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Energy Trends, National Statistics, table 5.6 (published quarterly) available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/11/2018 17:00:13 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

994567

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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 Interconnectors
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 list the operational interconnectors in the UK and their capacity in megawatt.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	183840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>GB currently has 3.5GW (3500MW) of operational interconnection capacity to other countries: the 2GW (2000MW) IFA interconnector to France; the 1GW (1000MW) BritNed interconnector to Netherlands; and the 500MW East-West interconnector to Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>In addition there are a number of smaller connections between Northern Ireland and Ireland as part of the all-island, shared Single Electricity Market, as well as the 500MW Moyle interconnector that links Northern Ireland to GB.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/11/2018 17:00:21 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

994568

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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 Interconnectors
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 list the proposed new interconnector capacity for (a) 2020 and (b) 2025 in megawatts.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	183841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK has a pipeline of interconnector projects that are expected to play a role in providing reliable, affordable, and clean energy.</p><p> </p><p>Based on current project timelines and assuming all projects are able to complete, 3GW (3000MW) of new interconnector capacity is due to be operational by the end of 2020. A further 1.4GW (1400MW) is also currently under construction for delivery after 2020 but before 2025. There are a further 9.5GW (9500MW) of projects which are seeking regulatory approval and which if constructed could be complete by 2025.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/11/2018 17:00:29 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

994570

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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 Interconnectors
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 (a) amount and (b) proportion of UK electricity supply will be provide by interconnectors in (a) 2020 and (b) 2025.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	183842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of electricity that will be supplied by electricity imports by 2020 is expected to be 7.4%.</p><p> </p><p>The power supply sector is projected using the reference case scenario from the Energy and Emissions Projections 2017 (published January 2018), which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2017</a></p><p> </p><p>Up to 2020, the reference scenario reflects current power sector policies. Beyond 2020, the reference scenario includes assumptions that go beyond current Government policy. The results do not indicate a preferred outcome and should be treated as illustrative.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/11/2018 14:37:08 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash