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1581261

registered interest
date	26/01/2023
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	Copyright
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 the consultation on copyright protection from text and data mining will be concluded; and when she will decide on the steps the Government will take in response to that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	133539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government commenced a period of stakeholder engagement on implementation options for its proposals for text and data mining in December 2022. The Government aims to conclude this engagement in early 2023 and a decision on next steps will subsequently be taken.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 31/01/2023 17:15:15 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1568630

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Nuclear Reactors
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 progress his Department has made on the programme for Small Modular Nuclear Reactors.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	127692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>Small Modular Reactors could have an important role to play in the UK energy system in the transition to net zero by 2050 and in support of energy security.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has awarded £210m to support development of the Rolls Royce Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design. The Rolls-Royce SMR entered the Generic Design Assessment process in March becoming the first SMR to begin UK nuclear regulation.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined in the British Energy Security Strategy, the Government intends to initiate a selection process in 2023 for the next nuclear projects, including SMRs.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/01/2023 14:43:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1568631

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Nuclear Power: 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, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential role of nuclear power in decarbonising the supply of electricity.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	127693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important role that nuclear has to play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050. This is reflected in the British Energy Security Strategy, published in April 2022, which sets out Government’s ambition to deploy up to 24 Giga Watts of nuclear power by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is considering the findings of the independent review of net zero, published on 13<sup>th</sup> January 2023, which reaffirmed many of the proposals set out in the British Energy Security Strategy for nuclear power.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/01/2023 14:44:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1568632

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Nuclear Power: Employment
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 he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the nuclear power industry in employment in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	127694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The Nuclear Skills Strategy Group (NSSG), which the Department is a member of, estimated that the UK nuclear workforce (which includes the workforce needed for Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C but no further new build projects) would be approximately seventy thousand in five years’ time. This assessment is included in the Nuclear Workforce Assessment 2021. Officials will be working with the Group to update the Assessment later this year.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/01/2023 14:45:48 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1568649

registered interest
date	19/01/2023
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	Nuclear Reactors
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 his Department has made of global (a) demand and (b) supply of small modular nuclear reactors.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	127695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p><em><strong>Global SMR Demand</strong></em></p><p>In 2014, The National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) estimated the size of the potential global Small Modular Reactor (SMR) market to be significant. This was calculated at approximately 65-85GW and valued at £250-£400bn by 2035. These findings were published as part of the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nnl.co.uk%2Fsmr-feasibility-study-december-2014%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cac37d1e618cc4d2cefe108daffa57f5f%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638103383505488741%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hhHdPxJg8PptEq7NBdoNeIYzhBeMunoTeT4oPhp51pU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">NNL Feasibility Study</a> on SMRs.</p><p><em><strong>Global SMR Supply</strong></em></p><p>The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitors the global supply of advanced reactor systems. The IAEA’s Advanced Rector Information System identifies that there are more than 80 different advanced reactor designs under development in 18 countries.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/01/2023 14:47:31 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1564324

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
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	Insolvency: 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, whether he will review trends in the level of costs charged by insolvency practitioners.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	117441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to review trends in the fees charged by Insolvency Practitioners.</p><p> </p><p>The insolvency regime provides for the regulation of Insolvency Practitioners including the fees they charge. The Insolvency Rules 2016 require Insolvency Practitioners to provide creditors with an upfront estimate of costs that acts as a cap on fees and gives a process for challenge, including through the courts if necessary.</p><p> </p><p>Insolvency Practitioners are regulated by Recognised Professional Bodies who apply the regulatory standards contained in the Insolvency Practice rules to ensure fees are fair and reasonable reflections of the work undertaken in an insolvency appointment.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 16/01/2023 15:23:02 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1563739

registered interest
date	20/12/2022
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	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 (a) adequacy of the capacity margins for electricity generation and (b) potential impact of those margins on the (i) operation and (ii) stability of the National Grid.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	114518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO) ensures there is adequate capacity available to meet peak demand in a range of scenarios, including by evaluating the amount of capacity needed to meet future demand. This assessment informs targets for annual Capacity Market auctions, which have already secured the majority of Great Britain’s capacity needs out to 2025/26.</p><p> </p><p>NGESO is responsible for balancing electricity supply and demand in real time, as well as for managing the operation and stability of the system. The Government is confident that NGESO has the tools needed to operate the electricity system reliably.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 12/01/2023 13:02:27 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1523423

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
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	Insulation
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 data his Department hold on the number of trained insulation installers in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	65579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the total number of trained insulation installers in the wider supply chain. According to the records held by TrustMark, there are 763 TrustMark registered and PAS 2030:2019 certified insulation installer businesses as of 20<sup>th </sup>October 2022. In total there are 1,941 TrustMark registered businesses that meet the requirements to participate in government retrofit schemes.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/10/2022 16:49:36 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1519579

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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: Storage
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 his Department made of the cost of (a) repairing and (b) maintaining the Rough Gas Storage Field in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	59426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Centrica closed Rough in June 2017 for commercial reasons. This was not a decision for BEIS or Government ministers.</p><p> </p><p>At the time, external analysis produced by Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA) found that the closure of Rough had limited to no impact on security of supply or the price of gas.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/10/2022 16:28:45 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1519580

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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: Storage
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 gas is currently in storage in the UK; and what percentage the gas stored represents the total annual gas usage.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	59427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK has a working gas storage capacity of 1.5bcm (billion cubic meters). This is equivalent to around 2% of typical total annual gas demand. Based on the Aggregate Gas Storage Inventory (AGSI) figures, as of Tuesday 11 October, GB storage is 100% full.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/10/2022 16:28:51 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar