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971430

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Natural Gas: 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, how many households in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland are not connected to the mains gas grid; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	172480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the latest estimates of households not connected to the gas network by country of the UK. Please note that there is no definitive source for the number of households not on the gas grid, so BEIS estimates these figures by subtracting the number of domestic gas meters from the estimated number of households.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nation</p></td><td><p>Number of households<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Estimated number of households not connected to the gas network<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>23,229,000</p></td><td><p>3,024,000</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2,452,000</p></td><td><p>495,000</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>1,342,000</p></td><td><p>225,000</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>730,000<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>497,000<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>27,753,000</p></td><td><p>4,241,000</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: (1) <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-national-estimates-of-households-not-connected-to-the-gas-network" target="_blank">Subnational gas consumption 2016</a>, BEIS, except for NI see footnote 3; (2) <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-household-projections" target="_blank">Table 401: Household projections</a>, United Kingdom, 1961-2039, MHCLG 2016 estimate; (3) NI Utility Regulator <a href="https://www.uregni.gov.uk/publications/transparency-reports-2017" target="_blank">Retail Market Monitoring Quarterly Transparency Report</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/09/2018 15:21:58 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

971431

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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: Billing
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 in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland are on a Standard Variable Tariff for their electricity and gas supply; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	172481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department estimates that there are around 15 million households in the UK on standard variable tariffs.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>Gas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England &amp; Wales</p></td><td><p>13,000,000</p></td><td><p>10,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1,400,000</p></td><td><p>1,100,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>700,000</p></td><td><p>200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>15,000,000</p></td><td><p>12,000,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information is collected by Electricity PES (Public Electricity Suppliers) area, so data for England and Wales are not available separately. The above estimates based on survey data include households on standard pre-payment tariffs.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/09/2018 15:22:06 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

971432

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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: Price Caps
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 in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland will be better off as a result of the Ofgem price cap on domestic energy bills announced on 6 September 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	172482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The price cap will protect around 11 million households in England, Scotland and Wales on standard variable tariffs (SVTs) in addition to around 5 million people already protected by the safeguard tariff. Of those SVT households that will be protected by the price cap, the Department estimates that around 1 million households are in Scotland and around 10 million in England &amp; Wales. Energy policy is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland, where there are existing arrangements to cap certain prices in the market.</p><p> </p><p>Under Ofgem’s proposals those on SVTs will be better off, with some customers on the most expensive tariffs saving around £138 a year.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are based on Ofgem’s typical domestic consumption values of 3.1MWh per year of electricity and 12MWh per year of gas.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/09/2018 15:22:13 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

971433

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Coal Fired Power Stations
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 his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect on consumers’ energy bills of the phasing out of unabated coal fired power stations in 2025; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	172483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>An estimate of impacts of the policy to end unabated coal electricity generation was made in November 2017 and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/671959/FINAL_updated_unabated_coal_Impact_Assessment_Jan_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/671959/FINAL_updated_unabated_coal_Impact_Assessment_Jan_2018.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/09/2018 15:22:20 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

971434

registered interest
date	10/09/2018
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	Cement and Iron and Steel
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 his Department is aware of any way of making (a) steel and (b) cement without using coal as a heat source and in the chemical production process; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	172484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>Steel made via the electric arc furnace process does not require coal, as it melts steel scrap directly in the furnace.</p><p>Full replacement of fossil fuels in cement manufacture is technically possible but there are barriers and significant investment would be needed. In 2016 the UK cement industry replaced 39% of its fuel demand with waste derived alternatives. The industry is working with Government to increase this further, through the joint Action Plan for the Industrial Decarbonisation and Energy Efficiency Roadmaps Programme published in October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/09/2018 15:22:26 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

964081

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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	Natural Gas: 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, how many households in the UK are not connected to the mains gas grid; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	169224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>BEIS estimated that 13.9 per cent of households in Great Britain are not connected to the gas grid, equating to approximately 3.7m households.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/09/2018 13:18:43 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

942480

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
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	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
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 information he holds on how much steel is required on average to build a family car in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	164376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2018 answer text <p>The World Steel Association estimates that the global average steel use per car is around 900 Kg. Other sources produce a similar figure. We do not hold a separate figure for UK car production, but believe it will be consistent with the global figure.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 30/07/2018 13:01:45 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

934252

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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	Electricity
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 ensure that demand for electricity in the UK does not outstrip supply in the next six months of 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	160153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The Capacity Market (CM) is at the heart of the Government’s plans for a reliable electricity system, and through CM auctions that have already been held we have secured all the capacity needed to meet expected demand on the system in 2018/19.</p><p>National Grid’s Summer Outlook 2018, published in April, confirmed electricity supplies are expected to be sufficient to meet demand this Summer while its 2018 Winter Review and Consultation 2018, published in June, states that electricity margins for the coming Winter are expected to be in line with the healthy margin of 10.3% we had for Winter 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/07/2018 12:50:24 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

933924

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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	Coal
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 demand for coal was in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	159558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The table below gives the demand for coal from 2010 - 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>UK coal demand (thousand tonnes)<sup> (1)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>51,324</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>51,507</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>64,042</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>60,206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>48,295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>37,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>17,745</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>14,183</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Includes coal used for electricity generation, heat generation, coke manufacture, blast furnaces, patent fuel manufacture, energy used in coal extraction and final consumption by industry, transport, domestic and other users.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Energy Trends table 2.1 June 2018 available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/07/2018 14:37:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

933925

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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	Coal
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 demand for coal has been excluding electricity generation in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	159559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The table below gives the demand for coal excluding electricity generation from 2010 - 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>UK coal demand (thousand tonnes) <sup>(1)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>9,827</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>9,658</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>9,141</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10,333</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>10,061</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>8,121</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>5,689</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>5,459</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Includes coal used for heat generation, coke manufacture, blast furnaces, patent fuel manufacture, energy used in coal extraction and final consumption by industry, transport, domestic and other users.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Energy Trends table 2.1 June 2018 available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/07/2018 14:36:36 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies