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1550317

registered interest
date	09/12/2022
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	Hydrogen: Production
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 increase the production of low-carbon hydrogen in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	107112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government has doubled its ambition to up to 10GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030, subject to affordability and value for money.</p><p> </p><p>The Government's increased ambition will drive significant private sector investment, delivered by a strong investable proposition through the Hydrogen Production Business Model, which will help to address the key barrier to deployment, the cost gap compared to fossil fuels. The Net Zero Hydrogen Fund will also provide up to £240 million to 2025 to support the development and construction of new low carbon hydrogen production plants.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/12/2022 14:44:34 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 42200 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1550318

registered interest
date	09/12/2022
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	Hydrogen: Production
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the preparedness of the planning system for the development of green hydrogen production facilities.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	107113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>Officials are working to ensure the planning system is optimised to support the development of a rapidly expanding UK hydrogen economy. This includes through the BEIS Hydrogen Regulators Forum and bilateral engagement. The Government will continue to work with industry and regulators to identify, prioritise and implement any changes to the existing framework, including addressing any gaps, to support the growth of the hydrogen economy. BEIS recently consulted on the optimality of existing planning arrangements through a consultation on hydrogen transport and storage infrastructure business models and regulation, and is currently reviewing the submitted responses.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/12/2022 14:43:51 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 42201 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1546763

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
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
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 has taken recent steps to help ensure that (a) Whitetail Clean Energy and (b) other energy projects can be deployed at full commercial scale.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	99831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government took a significant step forward in the Cluster Sequencing process by announcing in August a shortlist of projects that represented a range of innovative CCUS technologies to progress to the due diligence stage for Track-1. CCUS-enabled clusters will be the starting point for a new carbon capture industry, which could support up to 50,000 jobs in the UK in 2030.</p><p> </p><p>Officials are speaking to representatives from shortlisted projects, including Whitetail Clean Energy, to ensure they remain on track to support the delivery of 20-30Mt per annum of CO2 capture and storage by 2030, [subject to the results of due diligence and negotiations].</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also accelerating many other key energy projects, as outlined in the British Energy Security Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 05/12/2022 17:11:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1544426

registered interest
date	22/11/2022
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: Technology
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 has taken recent steps to help progress (a) Whitetail Clean Energy and (b) other energy projects that would help retain (i) supply chains and (ii) decarbonisation technologies within the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	93532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>CCUS-enabled clusters will be the starting point for a new carbon capture industry, which could support up to 50,000 jobs in the UK in 2030. The Government took a significant step forward in the Cluster Sequencing process by announcing, in August, a shortlist of projects that represented a range of innovative CCUS technologies to progress to the due diligence stage for Track-1.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS policy officials are engaging shortlisted projects to ensure they remain on track to support the delivery of 20-30Mt per annum of CO2 capture and storage by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/11/2022 07:29:32 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1540640

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Offshore Industry: Employment
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 estimate the demand for workers in the offshore oil and gas industry in the next two years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	82276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government has not estimated future demand for workers in the offshore oil and gas industry over the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>The sector’s trade body Offshore Energies UK produces an annual Workforce Insight Report that includes some analysis and discussion of future demand for offshore oil and gas workers. Their 2021 report can be found here : <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foeuk.org.uk%2Fproduct%2Fworkforce-insight-report-2021%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cd63513be48c442b197b108dac6f5d61b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638041056394445671%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yi6jbRYQLmpwZh%2BRdeFxs%2BJ5Stz30Y6IWX0eWssodAs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://oeuk.org.uk/product/workforce-insight-report-2021/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/11/2022 17:18:47 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1540641

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Offshore Industry: Resignations
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 an estimate of the number of offshore workers who have left the oil and gas sector for roles on higher salaries in the (a) offshore wind and (b) nuclear industry in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	82277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data which would allow it to make such estimates.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/11/2022 17:19:07 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1540642

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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 Supply: Offshore Industry
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 and what proportion of national energy demand was met by domestic sources of offshore oil and gas in each month from January to September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	82278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>The table below shows the proportion of total UK energy demand met from domestic oil and gas production, alongside production and demand for each month from January to August 2022. Data for September will be published on the 24<sup>th</sup> of November 2022.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Domestic oil and gas production* (million tonnes of oil equivalent)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total energy demand (million tonnes of oil equivalent)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Domestic oil and gas production* as a % of total demand</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2022</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td><td><p>17.1</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2022</p></td><td><p>6.4</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2022</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td><td><p>15.5</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2022</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>14.4</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2022</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2022</p></td><td><p>6.2</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p>52%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2022</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td><td><p>55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2022 [provisional]</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>* Domestic oil and gas production includes a small amount (on average less than 5% per annum) of onshore production which is not separately identified within these monthly data.</em></p><p><em>Source: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Ftotal-energy-section-1-energy-trends&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C962488a49baa4c7fc85108dac6f63a48%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638041058077613021%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jCzNEMm%2BZZfOpFuiqNbgbUXXMmtGo%2BDXXYFp52IJJZE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Energy Trends Tables 1.1 and 1.2</a></em></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/11/2022 15:47:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1540645

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Offshore Industry: Continental Shelf
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 annual levels of (a) exploration and (b) production of oil and gas on the UK Continental Shelf between 2022-23 and 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	82279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>The North Sea Transition Authority provides data and projections on a calendar year-basis, publishing projections for production but not exploration. The number of exploration wells will depend upon the results of the 33rd Licensing Round, which closes on 12 January 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Production projections can be found here: <a href="https://www.nstauthority.co.uk/media/8365/nsta-august-2022-production-projections-plus-ccc-and-beis-demand-projections.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.nstauthority.co.uk/media/8365/nsta-august-2022-production-projections-plus-ccc-and-beis-demand-projections.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/11/2022 15:46:45 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1540646

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Offshore Industry: Working Hours
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 proportion of the offshore oil and gas workforce employed on contracts requiring a three-week on, three-week off shift pattern.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	82280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data which would allow it to make such an estimate.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/11/2022 15:45:57 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1540648

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	Offshore Structures: Decommissioning
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 had recent discussions with the North Sea Transition Authority on local content in decommissioning projects in the offshore oil and gas industry.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	82281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>No recent discussions have been held with the North Sea Transition Authority on local content in decommissioning projects in the offshore oil and gas industry.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/11/2022 14:03:32 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham