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1041205

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Hydroelectric Power
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to encourage investment in pumped storage hydroelectricity projects.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL12787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>In our Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan, published in July 2017 (and updated in October 2018), Government and Ofgem set out a range of actions to remove barriers to electricity storage. These actions seek to improve regulatory clarity and enable fair access to energy markets in order to create a best-in-class regulatory framework for the sector.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to engage storage developers, including those of pumped hydro projects, to understand how best to collaborate with the sector whilst ensuring best value for consumers and fair competition between different flexibility technologies.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 23/01/2019 12:09:15 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1041206

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Electricity Generation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they have paid, broken down by power source, to generators of electricity as compensation for their output not being required by National Grid in each of the past ten years.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL12788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not make such payments. National Grid is responsible for procuring the balancing services needed to help ensure the secure operation of the electricity system, which it does through competitive market arrangements.</p><p>National Grid has advised that it publishes details of balancing services procured, including a break down by power source of payments made to constrain generation output, in its Monthly Balancing Services Summary. This is available on the National Grid's website.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 24/01/2019 12:28:12 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1041207

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Electricity: Storage
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of future electricity storage requirements resulting from increased generation of electricity from intermittent sources.
tabling member printed	Lord Foulkes of Cumnock
uin	HL12789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>BEIS’s 2017 Energy Emissions projections outlines that 11GW of electricity storage could be deployed in Great Britain by 2035 under the Reference Scenario. Up to 2020, the reference scenario reflects current power sector policies. Beyond 2020, the reference scenario includes assumptions that go beyond current Government policy. The results do not indicate a preferred outcome and should be treated as illustrative.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 23/01/2019 14:40:08 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	579 label Biography information for Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

1041295

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Legal 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 the highest hourly rate paid for legal advice was by (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms length bodies in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	208331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 21/01/2019 11:53:23 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1041386

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Biofuels: Boilers
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 outstanding decision notices on applications under the renewable heat incentive scheme for the installation of a biomass boiler there are in (a) Scotland and (b) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	208368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>We do not hold RHI data by Parliamentary constituency.</p><p>At the end of November 2018 (the latest available data), there were 220 non-domestic biomass applications outstanding (i.e. not yet accredited or rejected from the scheme) and 20 domestic applications outstanding in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/01/2019 14:17:19 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1041402

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Notice Boards: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Office for Product Safety and Standards will investigate the manufacture, importation and installation of notice boards in schools, colleges and universities that are not fire safe compliant with European BS EN 13501 class B standard; and if he will publish the results of that investigation.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	208195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>There are no plans for an investigation into the safety of noticeboards, but should evidence emerge of a product safety issue, the Office for Product Safety and Standards would work with Local Authority Trading Standards to consider whether further action was required.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 17/01/2019 15:59:40 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1041415

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Bodies
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 staff at (a) Companies House, (b) the Insolvency Service, (c) the Intellectual Property Service (d) the Met Office and (e) the UK Space Agency (i) inside and (ii) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the London Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	208382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>I have asked the CEO of each organisation to write to the hon. Member on this matter, and copies of these letters are attached.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington attachment 1 file name Attachment to 208382.pdf title Chief Executive Letters 2 file name Attachment to 208383.pdf title Letters from Chief Executives grouped question UIN 208383 question first answered 22/01/2019 14:11:51 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1041416

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Public Bodies
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 staff at (a) Companies House, (b) the Insolvency Service , (c) the Intellectual Property Service, (d) the Met Office and (e) the UK Space Agency (i) inside and (ii) outside Greater London are paid at a rate below the Real Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	208383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>I have asked the CEO of each organisation to write to the hon. Member on this matter, and copies of these letters are attached.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington attachment 1 file name Attachment to 208382.pdf title Chief Executive Letters 2 file name Attachment to 208383.pdf title Letters from Chief Executives grouped question UIN 208382 question first answered 22/01/2019 14:11:51 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1041484

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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	Business
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 it has made of the amount of money spent by businesses in the 4th Quarter of 2018 on preparing for leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	208422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government continues to prioritise work on achieving a good deal for the UK. BEIS is in regular contact with sectors and business stakeholders to ensure we understand their concerns.</p><p> </p><p>We are working to ensure that UK businesses are as well informed and prepared for leaving the EU as possible and to advise them on the steps they may need to take to prepare for EU exit.</p><p> </p><p>We have launched a public information campaign about how EU exit will affect businesses and the practical steps they will need to take to be ready. The campaign directs them to GOV.UK/euexit where they can easily find the latest advice and information on any aspect of leaving the EU which affects them and outlines the steps they need to take.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/01/2019 12:58:04 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1039598

registered interest
date	11/01/2019
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Brexit
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 money his Department has allocated for preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal to date; how much of that funding has been made by way of ministerial direction; and for what functions that funding has been allocated.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	207549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>This information is available publicly online and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-12-18/HCWS1205/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-exit-preparations-beis-ministerial-direction" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eu-exit-preparations-beis-ministerial-direction</a>.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 16/01/2019 13:40:24 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable