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1086348

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Citizens' Advice Bureaux: Closures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Citizens Advice Bureaux have closed in England since 2010.
tabling member printed	Lord Hain
uin	HL14385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2019 answer text <p>Now referred to as Local Citizens Advice, there have been 7 closures since 2010.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 25/03/2019 11:56:23 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	567 label Biography information for Lord Hain

1086405

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Oil: Trade
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the International Energy Agency's concern that a disorderly Brexit could affect demand for crude oil; and of the impact this could have on global trade.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL14430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s priority is to leave the European Union with a deal that works for citizens and businesses, as laid out in The Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration.</p><p> </p><p>The Government delivered in November 2018 on its commitment to provide appropriate analysis to Parliament with a robust, objective assessment of how exiting the EU may affect the economy of the UK, sectors, nations and regions in the long run. The spectrum of outcomes for the future UK-EU relationship would deliver significantly higher economic output than the no-deal scenario. The global oil market is widely recognised as a deep, liquid and transparent market in which oil demand, supply and trade can be influenced by a wide range of factors.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 18/03/2019 17:43:02 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1086407

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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: Investment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve data on the efficiency of renewable energy ventures, to aid potential investors to make informed investment decisions.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL14432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is keen to promote investment in renewable technologies. Whilst investment decisions are a matter for investors, the Government publishes a range of information that may influence investment decisions and this information can be found online.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 18/03/2019 15:18:56 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1086580

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Hinkley Point B Power Station: Closures
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 the Answer of 1 March 2019 to Question 226169 on Hinkley Point B Power Station: Closures, what plans the Government has to replace the 965 megawatts generation capacity of Hinkley Point B; and what the timescales are for implementing the replacement of that capacity.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	230793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>There are a range of options for replacing this capacity over the coming decades. This Government remains committed to delivering secure, low cost electricity to consumers. We agreed to the first new nuclear power station in a generation at Hinkley Point C, which will provide 3.2 gigawatts of secure, low carbon electricity for at least 60 years and power nearly 6 million homes. We also procured over 3GW of offshore wind in a single Contract for Difference auction in our 2017 auction – at a price of £57.50 per megawatt hour.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/03/2019 11:25:32 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 107886 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1086581

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Hartlepool Power Station: Closures
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 the Answer of 1 March 2019 to Question 226166 on Hartlepool Power Station: Closures, what plans the Government has to replace the 1185 MW generation capacity of Hartlepool; and what the timescales are for the replacement of that capacity.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	230794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>There are a range of options for replacing this capacity over the coming decades. This Government remains committed to delivering secure, low cost electricity to consumers through a diverse energy mix including renewables and nuclear new build. We agreed to the first new nuclear power station in a generation at Hinkley Point C, which will provide 3.2 gigawatts of secure, low carbon electricity for at least 60 years and power nearly 6 million homes.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/03/2019 11:24:14 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 107887 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1086582

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Heysham 1 Power Station: Closures
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 the Answer of 1 March to Question 226167 on Heysham 1 Power Station: Closures, what plans the Government has to replace the 1155 megawatts generation capacity of Heysham 1; and what the timescales are for that replacement capacity.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	230795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>There are a range of options for replacing this capacity over the coming decades. This Government remains committed to delivering secure, low cost electricity to consumers through a diverse energy mix including renewables and nuclear new build. We agreed to the first new nuclear power station in a generation at Hinkley Point C, which will provide 3.2 gigawatts of secure, low carbon electricity for at least 60 years and power nearly 6 million homes.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 20/03/2019 11:26:32 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1086585

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	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, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of the March 2019 UK Onshore Oil and Gas report entitled Home grown UK shale gas: a bigger opportunity; and whether he has made an estimate of the date on which the UK will become a net exporter of gas.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Sir Michael Fallon
uin	230606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of developing the shale gas industry in the UK in a safe and sustainable way. It is not yet known how much of the UK shale gas resource will ultimately be recoverable, or what rates of extraction, deliverability or reliability could be assumed if shale sources are found to be viable. Therefore the likely impact on UK natural gas imports and exports is not yet known.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to work with responsible companies prepared to invest in this industry as they proceed with the exploration process, to test the size and value of the potential reserves. We monitor the progress of the shale gas industry and will revise our estimates, as appropriate, as the industry develops.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 20/03/2019 11:25:40 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon

1086617

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Energy Company Obligation: West 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, with reference to the Government's Clean Growth Strategy, what estimate he has made of the amount and proportion of the £3.6 billion Energy Company Obligation that will be allocated to the West Midlands metro area; over what time period that allocation will be spent; and what estimate he has made of the number of homes that will benefit from that allocation.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	230636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Up until September 2018, 132,429 households received ECO measures within the West Midlands. This equates to 117 households per 1,000 households receiving ECO measures compared to 72 households per 1,000 households for Great Britain. These published statistics can be found here (Table 4.4): <a href="https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fhousehold-energy-efficiency-statistics-headline-release-february-2019&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSaira.Ali%40beis.gov.uk%7Ce8ea64ee7a734544308408d6a6e4a7f8%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636879898327441811&amp;sdata=ep%2B1OGeVetv5lhJGxqvBz3CDgTX1dpHJoMKPQ7UDBGU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-statistics-headline-release-february-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>BEIS does not hold information on the amount of Energy Company Obligation (ECO) funding that is allocated to individual areas. Neither does BEIS project where spending will occur in the future.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/03/2019 12:01:13 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1086619

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	Charging Points: West 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 funding has been allocated to the West Midlands Combined Authority for the expansion of electric vehicle charging infrastructure; and over what time period that funding has been allocated.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	230638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>In 2016 we announced an improved offer making available £4.5m to 2020 to Local Authorities wishing to install recharging infrastructure in residential areas for drivers of electric cars that lack offstreet parking through our On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme. 28 Local Authorities have applied to the scheme to date including Coventry City Council who have been awarded £300,000 to install 90 chargepoints. Additionally, as part of OLEV’s £20m Taxi Infrastructure Competition, Coventry, Wolverhampton and Birmingham were between them awarded over £4.5m in 2017 to help deliver charging infrastructure dedicated to ultra-low emission taxis. The Midlands was one of the eight ‘Plugged-in Places’ projects and received over £2.5m from the Office for Low Emission Vehicles. Between December 2010 and 2013, the project helped develop a regional network of more than 850 electric vehicle Charging Points across both the East and West Midlands. The total funding amount awarded across the East and West Midlands for these schemes is £7.3 million.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 19/03/2019 16:42:29 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 107889 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1086620

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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: West 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 proportion of the UK’s renewable energy supply in the last 12 months was generated from the West Midlands metro area.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	230639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>BEIS holds data for electricity generation from renewable sources at a local authority level. We do not hold data for renewable heat production or liquid biofuel production at this level of regional disaggregation. The latest available figures are for 2017, these are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/regional-renewable-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/regional-renewable-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>271 GWh of electricity was generated from renewable sources in the West Midlands metropolitan area in 2017. This accounted for 0.3 per cent of the UK total. This is calculated as an aggregate of the generation within the following local authority areas: Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.</p><p> </p><p>2078 GWh of electricity was generated in the West Midlands region from renewable sources in 2017. This accounted for 2.1 per cent of the UK total.</p><p> </p><p>Data for 2018 will be published in September 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 20/03/2019 11:26:25 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne