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1171449

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Solar Power: Housing
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 quantity of domestic rooftop solar PV installed in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	4396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>(a) - (d) The generating capacity and number of domestic solar PV installations for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 is published by the department at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/monthly-central-feed-in-tariff-register-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/monthly-central-feed-in-tariff-register-statistics</a>. This data is based on the Central FiTs Register (CFR) of installations accredited on the Feed in Tariff scheme.</p><p>(e) Figures for solar deployment up to November 2019 are published by the department at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-photovoltaics-deployment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-photovoltaics-deployment</a></p><p>These figures are based on BEIS’s major power producers survey, the Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) and the Microgeneration Certification Scheme database (MCS).</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/01/2020 11:35:05 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1171450

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	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, for what reason solar PV and onshore wind are excluded from the Contract for Difference auctions.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	4397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>Government keeps the CfD scheme under review and announces the scope of allocation rounds before each round commences. No decisions have yet been made on the future of allocation rounds for established technologies such as onshore wind and solar PV.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/01/2020 15:03:18 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1171451

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Solar Power: Costs
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 has been the cost reduction in (a) rooftop solar PV and (b) ground-mount PV since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	4398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department has publishes two sets of estimates of the cost of solar PV over time:</p><p> </p><p>1) Outturn statistics on the cost of installations below 50kW capacity in each financial year since April 2013. These statistics are based on installations that are registered on the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS), and do not differentiate between rooftop and ground-mounted PV although the majority relates to rooftop. These are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-pv-cost-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-pv-cost-data</a>.</p><p> </p><p>2) Projections of current and future installation costs across a number of capacity sizes, from 2010 onwards. These are based on reports commissioned by the Department, and are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-generation-cost-projections" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-generation-cost-projections</a>.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/01/2020 11:35:10 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1171452

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Smart Export Guarantee
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 she will consider introducing a minimum floor price to the Smart Export Guarantee.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	4399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The SEG has been successful in bringing forward a range of competitive offerings to the market. Renewable generators now have several tariffs to choose from, in some cases even higher than the FIT export tariff.</p><p>The Government will continue to monitor the types of export tariffs being offered to small generators to assess the development of the small-scale low-carbon export market. The Government will keep the operation of SEG under review.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/01/2020 15:03:24 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1171455

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	Solar Power: Staff
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 people were employed in the UK solar industry in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	4400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>The ONS produces estimates of the size of the UK’s green economy from the Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy Survey. Estimates for employment in the UK solar industry from 2015-2018 are listed below. Estimates for 2019 are not yet available.</p><p> </p><p>Comparing estimates from the Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy Survey from 2014 with estimates from later years of the survey is not advised because of changes in the sample methodology in 2015. The survey sample size was reduced from around 40,000 in 2014 to around 14,000 in 2015.</p><p><strong>Employment (full time equivalent)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Estimate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimate</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Solar photovoltaic</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK</strong></p></td><td><p>9,800</p></td><td><p>9,900</p></td><td><p>4,900</p></td><td><p>5,400</p></td><td><p>6,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>8,800</p></td><td><p>9,300</p></td><td><p>4,400</p></td><td><p>5,000</p></td><td><p>5,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Northern Ireland</strong></p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/01/2020 15:03:50 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1171457

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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	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 estimate he has made of the quantity of ground mount solar PV used in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018 and (e) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	4401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The figures for (a) and (d) are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-photovoltaics-deployment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-photovoltaics-deployment</a>.</p><p>The ground-mounted solar PV is broken down into FiTs (standalone), RO (ground mounted and CfD (ground mounted) in Table 2.</p><p>(e) Figures for solar deployment up to November 2019 are published by the Department at the link in part (a) – (d).</p><p>These figures include data from BEIS’s major power producers surve, the Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) and the Microgeneration Certification Scheme database (MCS).</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/01/2020 11:35:17 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1169111

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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	Renewable Energy: Carbon Emissions
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 Answer of 7 October 2016 to Question 45055, how many tonnes of carbon dioxide were displaced by renewable (a) electricity and (b) heat generation in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Wales in (A) 2016, (B) 2017 and (C) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	1050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The Answer of 7 October 2016 to Question 45055 estimated the displacement of carbon dioxide emissions in 2015 as renewable electricity generation multiplied by the average emissions factor for electricity supplied by fossil fuel stations in 2015. However, using the same methodology for subsequent years would be misleading due to the steep drop in the average fossil fuels emissions factor between 2015 and 2016. The increase in the carbon price floor in 2015 and closure of coal-fired power stations drove a switch from coal to gas generation. This methodology would therefore not differentiate between the reduction in carbon dioxide due to displacement of coal by gas and the reduction due to the displacement of fossil fuels by renewables.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 14/01/2020 11:44:13 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1151572

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Heating: Scotland
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 her Department’s policy is on the decarbonisation of heating in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	3759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>In 2019, the UK government set a legally binding-target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from across the UK economy by 2050. Meeting this target will require virtually all heat in buildings to be decarbonised, and heat in industry to be reduced to close to zero carbon emissions.</p><p> </p><p>Heat policy is devolved in Scotland, but in practice the devolution arrangement is complicated, with some levers (e.g. building regulations) being fully devolved, and others (e.g. fuel standards and specifications) being fully reserved. We are working to develop policies to meet our net zero target, and the Department has committed to publishing a new heat roadmap in summer 2020. This will set out the programme of work required to enable key strategic decisions in the first half of the 2020s on how we achieve mass transition to low carbon heating. The Department will work with colleagues in the Scottish Government to ensure that the implications and impacts for Scotland are fully accounted for.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 3761 question first answered 28/10/2019 13:23:10 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1151575

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Heating: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when her Department will publish its plans for the decarbonisation of heating in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	3761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>In 2019, the UK government set a legally binding-target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions from across the UK economy by 2050. Meeting this target will require virtually all heat in buildings to be decarbonised, and heat in industry to be reduced to close to zero carbon emissions.</p><p> </p><p>Heat policy is devolved in Scotland, but in practice the devolution arrangement is complicated, with some levers (e.g. building regulations) being fully devolved, and others (e.g. fuel standards and specifications) being fully reserved. We are working to develop policies to meet our net zero target, and the Department has committed to publishing a new heat roadmap in summer 2020. This will set out the programme of work required to enable key strategic decisions in the first half of the 2020s on how we achieve mass transition to low carbon heating. The Department will work with colleagues in the Scottish Government to ensure that the implications and impacts for Scotland are fully accounted for.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 3759 question first answered 28/10/2019 13:23:10 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1151576

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Heating: Scotland
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 she has made of the level of funding required to decarbonise gas distribution networks in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	3762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Support for innovation remains an important part of accelerating decarbonisation. We announced our intention in 2017 to spend £60 million supporting innovative, low carbon energy infrastructure solutions across Scotland – including battery storage, sustainable heating systems and low emissions transport.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, Ofgem have funds available to encourage gas distribution networks innovation. One example is the Gas Network Innovation Competition. It provides an opportunity for gas network companies to compete for funding for the development and demonstration of new technologies, operating and commercial arrangements. Up to £20 million per annum is available through the Gas Network Innovation Competition.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/10/2019 13:23:27 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown