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759466

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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, what recent discussions he has had with representatives from the solar energy industry on the future of the Feed-in Tariff scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	9821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>Since my appointment to the department in June I have met with a variety of stakeholders in the small scale renewables sector, including the Solar Trade Association, and the Renewable Energy Association.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/09/2017 09:45:22 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

759471

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 plans to prioritise investment in offshore wind energy over nuclear energy in light of recent figures that shows that energy from offshore wind will now be cheaper.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	9937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The result from the contracts for difference auction is a great result for British consumers and will drive down the cost of decarbonisation. However, the strike prices for offshore wind and nuclear are not directly comparable given the differences in the characteristics of the technologies. Having a diverse generation mix is important for the UK’s security of supply. Nuclear also has a key role to play as part of a diverse generation mix delivering reliable low carbon electricity for consumers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 14/09/2017 09:09:17 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

758899

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 MWp of solar have been installed under the revised Feed-in Tariff scheme in each month since its re-launch in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	9510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the amount of solar installed, and confirmed on the Feed in Tariff (FiT) scheme, in each month from February 2016 to June 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Solar capacity installed under FiTs (MW)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-16</p></td><td><p>23.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-16</p></td><td><p>63.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-16</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-16</p></td><td><p>26.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-16</p></td><td><p>113.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-16</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-16</p></td><td><p>20.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-16</p></td><td><p>26.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-16</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-16</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-16</p></td><td><p>7.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-17</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-17</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-17</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-17</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>331.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><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, there are likely to be further schemes completed in the first six months of 2017 that are awaiting accreditation on FiTs. Additionally, the figures will include a number of sites (particularly community schemes) that obtained pre-accreditation in advance of the revised FiT scheme, but commissioned and gained full accreditation since February 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 14/09/2017 10:42:53 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

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

758903

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	Microgeneration: 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, what plans he has to ensure that solar and other micro-generation technologies receive a fair price for exported electricity from March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	9508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Feed-in Tariff scheme remains open.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering the next steps for the export tariff, taking into account deployment for each supported technology to date, as well as potential pathways for the small scale renewables sector to operate on a subsidy-free basis. We will set out our proposals in due course.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 9505 question first answered 14/09/2017 14:19:53 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

758904

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	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 progress he has made on running a consultation on amending the FIT scheme technology caps in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	9509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering the balance of deployment caps between and within technologies, taking into account deployment patterns since the scheme’s new arrangements entered into force on 8 September 2016 and wider government priorities, including a consideration of technology trajectories towards subsidy-free deployment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 14/09/2017 10:40:04 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

758905

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	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, whether he intends to renew the Feed-in Tariff scheme after March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	9505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Feed-in Tariff scheme remains open.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering the next steps for the export tariff, taking into account deployment for each supported technology to date, as well as potential pathways for the small scale renewables sector to operate on a subsidy-free basis. We will set out our proposals in due course.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington grouped question UIN 9508 question first answered 14/09/2017 14:19:53 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

758906

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	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 the current underspend in the revised Feed-in Tariff scheme is; and what is the total amount unused under that scheme was across all technologies in (a) August 2017, (b) May 2017, (c) February 2017 and (d) November 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	9497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Feed in Tariff scheme has received applications for 329MW of capacity by the end of June 2017 out of a total of 713MW of available capacity up to the same time period.</p><p> </p><p>The amounts of used and available capacity for the months in question were:</p><p> </p><p>March 2017 - 51MW applied for, 122MW of capacity available</p><p>December 2017 - 57MW applied for, 120MW of capacity available</p><p>September 2016 - 61MW applied for, 118MW of capacity available</p><p>June 2016 - 56MW applied for, 116MW of capacity available</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 14/09/2017 10:49:20 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