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1203724

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2020
	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	Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Answer of 9 June 2020 to Question 51817 on Tidal Power: Swansea Bay, what range of hurdle rates, comparable to those more established renewable energy technologies, such as solar PV, onshore wind and large hydropower, were used for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon value for money assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
	tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
	uin	59410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2020 answer text <p>The hurdle rates applied across the portfolio of tidal lagoons in the Department’s value for money assessment[1] are shown in Table 1. The hurdle rates for other low carbon technologies estimated at the time of the value for money assessment are shown in Table 2.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Range of hurdle rates applied to proposed programme of tidal lagoons<strong>[2]</strong></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Hurdle Rate Scenario</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hurdle rate </strong>(real terms, pre-tax)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>6.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central</p></td><td><p>8.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9.2%</del><ins class="ministerial">9.0%</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Selected hurdle rates for other low carbon technologies </strong>(up to date at time the assessment was undertaken)[3]</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Technology</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hurdle rate </strong>(real terms, pre-tax)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onshore wind</p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore wind</p></td><td><p>8.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solar PV (&gt;5MW)</p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear</p></td><td><p>8.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas with CCUS (first of a kind)</p></td><td><p>11.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydro (&gt;5MW)</p></td><td><p>6.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>[1] Available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/swansea-bay-tidal-lagoon-value-for-money-assessment</em></p><p><em>[2] Source: BEIS commercial advisory</em></p><p><em>[3] Source: BEIS Electricity Generation Costs Report (2016), available at: www.gov.uk/government/publications/beis-electricity-generation-costs-november-2016</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/06/2020 10:20:49 question first ministerially corrected 26/06/2020 13:35:17 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng previous answer version 31135 answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

1240476

	registered interest
	date	05/10/2020
	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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	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 the Government has received from its share of the surplus from the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme since the surplus-sharing arrangement was agreed.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	99079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2020 answer text <p>Since the agreement was reached in 1994, the Government has received £3,<del class="ministerial">4</del><ins class="ministerial">1</ins>11.8m as its share of surpluses. This is in return for the provision of the guarantee that ensures pensions are paid. The guarantee has enabled an investment strategy that has resulted in scheme members receiving payments 33% higher than they would have been if they received only their actual earned pension up to privatisation.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 08/10/2020 16:56:38 question first ministerially corrected 15/04/2021 16:22:57 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng previous answer version 52992 answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1242847

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2020
	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 Homes Grant Scheme
	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 households have applied for grants under the Green Homes Grant scheme to date.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	102869
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">As of 15:00 on 14 October 2020, the Green Homes Grant voucher scheme had received 17,218 grant applications.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">As of 16:00 on 20 October 2020, the Green Homes Grant voucher scheme had received 20,903 grant applications.</ins></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 20/10/2020 14:41:29 question first ministerially corrected 02/11/2020 14:41:49 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng previous answer version 55540 answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1140167

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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	Waste Heat Recovery
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to his Answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 274430 and with reference to the Building Research Establishment document quoted, for what reason that methodology of selecting information referred to in para 2.2 and page 5 has been used and what the timetable is for publishing the full review that his Department is commissioning on that methodology.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	278900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>This paragraph refers to a method of averaging data over time rather than selecting information. This method has been used by the Buildings Research Establishment where raw test data cannot be used directly in its methodology for assessing Flue Gas Heat Recovery Systems. This is because the raw data would create anomalous fluctuations in the temperature gradient due to measurement uncertainty in the individual readings. This approach will be considered as part of the review.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is in the process of procuring a third-party organisation to carry out the review. Our aim is to have the review completed around the turn of the year. However, this is subject to the detailed requirements identified by the reviewing organisation, such as the extent of laboratory testing required. Manufacturers will be informed of the outcome of the review when it concludes.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/07/2019 13:41:20 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1140168

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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	Waste Heat Recovery
	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 (a) a different or (b) an amended method of assessing the performance of Canetis GasSaver compared with other flue gas heat recovery technology has been used.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	278901
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2019 answer text <p>The entry for this product in the Product Characteristics Database (PCDB) is based on amendments to the standard methodology, which have been used on a provisional basis. The Department is commissioning a full review of the methodology for assessing Flue Gas Heat Recovery Systems. This is intended to confirm which amendments, if any, are necessary to ensure the methodology can accurately assess all such systems.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/07/2019 13:40:27 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1140376

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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	Renewable 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, what steps his Department has taken to support the (a) use and (b) production of renewable (i) energy and (ii) infrastructure in each nation and region of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	279033
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The Government has supported a number of measures and programmes to support the production and use of renewable energy and infrastructure. The Government has committed to making up to £557 million available for further Contracts for Difference auctions to bring forward large-scale renewable projects and introduced the Smart Export Guarantee in June, to ensure that generators are paid for excess energy they export back to the grid from 2020.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 March, the Government announced the Offshore Wind Sector Deal, which will build on the UK’s global leadership in offshore wind and support the delivery of up to 30GW of offshore wind by 2030 in Great Britain; enhancing growth in the regions while continuing to reduce costs. We are also investing over £3 billion to support low-carbon innovation in the UK up to 2021, to ensure that the UK continues to reap the benefits from the transition to a low carbon economy. Previous schemes for renewable electricity include the Renewable Obligation and the Feed-in Tariff Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Energy policy is devolved matter in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to support the production and use of renewable heat with the current Great Britain Renewable Heat Incentive. There is a separate Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.The GB Renewable Heat Incentive supports the installation of renewable heat equipment in every region of Great Britain. To the end of June 2019, the RHI had supported 70,642 domestic, and 19,455 non-domestic installations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also launched the Heat Networks Investment project (HNIP) - a major Government project which will invest up to £320m of capital funding in heat network projects in England and Wales. HNIP funds are specifically offered as ‘gap funding’ through a combination of grants and loans and the scheme will be open for applications for a period of up to three years.</p><p> </p><p>Previous schemes for renewable heat include Clear Skies, the Low Carbon Building Programme, the Green Deal, and the Renewable Heat Premium Payment scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 02/08/2019 09:35:32 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1140377

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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	Renewable Energy: 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 applications were submitted to the Feed-In Tariff scheme in each of the last nine years in each region and nation of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	279034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on applications submitted to the Feed-in Tariff scheme.</p><p>Data on cumulative installations confirmed on the Central Feed-in Tariff Register by region and nation within Great Britain is published quarterly and available from this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 02/08/2019 09:53:29 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1140378

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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	Renewable Energy: 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 estimate he has made of the amount of money distributed in (a) generation and (b) export tariffs under the Feed-In Tariffs scheme in each of the last nine years in each nation and region of the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	279035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold FIT spend data disaggregated by region or nation of Great Britain.</p><p>Ofgem publish annual figures on total FIT generation payments made and total FIT export payments made, as part of the Feed-in Tariff Annual Report: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/feed-tariff-fit-annual-report-2017-18" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/feed-tariff-fit-annual-report-2017-18</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 02/08/2019 09:49:45 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1140379

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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
	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 assessment he has made of the effect of the (a) closure of the Feed-in Tariff scheme and (b) proposed introduction of the smart export guarantee scheme on the use of microgeneration technologies by residents.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	279036
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The Impact Assessments for both the closure of the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) and the introduction of the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) included illustrative deployment scenarios for the technologies covered by FIT/SEG.</p><p> </p><p>These can be accessed from the following links:</p><p>FIT closure Impact Assessment (p 10): <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/feed-in-tariffs-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/feed-in-tariffs-scheme</a></p><p>SEG Impact Assessment (p 8): <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-for-small-scale-low-carbon-generation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-for-small-scale-low-carbon-generation</a></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 02/08/2019 09:45:47 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1140390

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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	Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
	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 maintain support for small-scale renewable heat generation beyond the termination of the Domestic Renewable Heat Initiative in March 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	279039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The budget for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) has been set out to the end of March 2021. Decisions on the future funding for the RHI will be set out in the Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to phasing out installation of fossil fuel heating in buildings not connected to the gas grid during the 2020s. As announced by the Chancellor in the Spring Statement, Government also intends to introduce a Future Homes Standard by 2025, for new build homes to be future-proofed with low carbon heating and world-leading levels of energy efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 02/08/2019 09:43:00 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra