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758900

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Solar Power: Redundancy
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 number of job losses in the UK solar sector since April 2015; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	9511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Solar PV is a UK success story, with rapid deployment over last the 5 years. However, support for solar comes directly from consumer bills; as costs fall, it is vital that we control the impact on bills and move towards subsidy-free solar deployment. We recognise the efforts that the solar industry is making to adapt to the revised Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) scheme.</p><p> </p><p>It is too early to assess the impact of the policy changes, but there are promising signs, with more than 160MW of solar deployed under the revised FIT scheme. Many of those who work in solar are also skilled in other building trades, and will move between these with changes in demand. We expect that solar deployment will increase further as costs continue to fall.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 13/09/2017 13:43:39 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

758901

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs
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 domestic solar installations have been completed under the Feed-in Tariff scheme in 2017; and how many domestic solar installations there were in each of the preceding five years.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	9512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows how many domestic solar installations were completed, and receiving Feed in Tariffs (FiTs), from 2012 to June 2017*.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of domestic solar installations completed, and receiving Feed in Tariffs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>149,755</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>89,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>118,576</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>155,227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>31,966</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (to June 2017)</p></td><td><p>4,770</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ofgem Feed in Tariff installations report, 30 June 2017, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/feed-tariff-installation-report-30-june-2017" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/feed-tariff-installation-report-30-june-2017</a></p><p>* Due to lags in the accreditation process (typically of several months), there are likely to be many more schemes completed in the first six months of 2017 that are awaiting accreditation on FiTs.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 13/09/2017 13:41:28 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

753635

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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	Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs
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 feed-in tariffs for solar energy.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	5840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>The Feed-in Tariff scheme remains open and provides an incentive for small scale solar PV generators to invest in generating renewable electricity.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 05/09/2017 15:23:05 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

750816

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	Solar Power
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 invest in solar energy over the course of the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	4313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Solar PV is a UK success story. In 2013 we estimated that solar capacity would reach 10-12GW by 2020. We now expect Government support to bring forward around 13 GW by 2020. The Feed-in Tariff remains open to solar PV which provides an incentive for consumers to install solar energy.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 19/07/2017 15:04:15 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 5103 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

750817

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	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 steps he is taking to reduce dependence on non-renewable sources of energy.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	4340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has a programme of action to reduce dependence on non-renewable sources of energy, including:</p><p>o taking action on energy efficiency to reduce demand for heat through the Private Rented Sector Regulations and through the Energy Company Obligation, which is worth £640m annually and will deliver around 300,000 measures per year until September 2018;</p><p>o encouraging households and businesses to install renewable and low carbon heat systems through the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme, with a £780m budget for 2017-2018;</p><p>o promoting heat networks in areas of denser heat demand, through the department’s new £320m capital support through Heat Networks Investment Project;</p><p>o working with major industrial sectors to set out short term collaborative actions on decarbonisation;</p><p>Electricity generated from renewables has increased from 7% to nearly 25% since 2010. We are on track to meet our ambition of delivering 30% of the UK’s electricity from renewables in 2020-21.</p><p>Support for large scale renewable deployment is delivered through competitive allocation of Contracts for Difference. The second Contracts for Difference allocation round is underway, with a budget of £290m of annual support for 15 years for technologies including offshore wind. The Government has also provided support for small scale renewable generation through Feed in Tariff.</p><p>Additionally, last November last year we launched a consultation on world leading plans to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025. The consultation ended on 8 February and we are currently considering the contributions received. A response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 19/07/2017 15:04:00 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 5106 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

749539

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Fracking
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 Department's policy is on fracking.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	3323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK Government supports shale gas exploration to determine the potential of the industry. Shale gas is natural gas found deep underground in impermeable shale rock and requires hydraulic fracturing (or ‘fracking’) to flow.</p><p> </p><p>Shale gas could create a new British industry, provide more jobs and make us less reliant on imports from abroad. However, we are clear: shale gas operations will only take place in a manner which is safe for the environment and local communities.</p><p> </p><p>Any company looking to develop shale will need to obtain all the necessary permissions, including planning and environmental permits, before hydraulic fracturing can be carried out.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/07/2017 14:32:15 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

749552

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Open University: Overseas Students
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 the Open University on its use of a restricted countries list in its applications process.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	3498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has had no such meetings. Higher Education policy is a matter for the Department for Education.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 14/07/2017 10:44:57 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732271

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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	Fracking
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 the Government's policy is on fracking.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>Shale gas could create a new British industry, provide more jobs and make us less reliant on imports from abroad. The UK has over 50 years’ experience regulating the onshore oil and gas industry, and the Government supports safe and environmentally sound exploration to determine the potential of the UK’s shale gas resources.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 29/06/2017 14:57:10 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732280

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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	Energy: Prices
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 Government intends to introduce a cap on energy prices.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to extending price protection currently in place for some vulnerable customers to more customers on the poorest value tariffs. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has written to the CEO of Ofgem to ask what action the regulator intends to take to safeguard customers on these tariffs. I will consider how to proceed in light of their response.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 29/06/2017 14:56:01 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

688080

registered interest
date	09/02/2017
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	EU Exit, Universities, Research and Innovation Stakeholder Working Group
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 the names are of the members of the High Level Stakeholder Working Group on EU Exit, Universities, Research and Innovation; how regularly that group meets; and what that group's terms of reference are.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	63880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>The Stakeholder Working Group on EU Exit, Universities, Research and Innovation had its first meeting on 14 December 2016. Membership of the Group includes representatives from Higher Education, Research and Innovation funders, National Academies, Learned Societies and Business. The full membership and the terms of reference will be published on Gov.uk shortly.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 20/02/2017 14:23:42 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West