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date	11/02/2019
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	Tidal Power and Wave 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 assessment he has made of the economic benefits of the UK's wave and tidal stream energy sectors.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	219536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>Wave and tidal energy are still at a pre-commercial stage of development. A report published by the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult in February 2018[1] estimated that if cost competitive, wave energy had the potential to add a net positive contribution to the UK economy but the sector lagged around ten years behind the tidal sector.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://ore.catapult.org.uk/?attachment_id=6260" target="_blank">https://ore.catapult.org.uk/?attachment_id=6260</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/02/2019 14:36:10 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1059066

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Tidal Power and Wave 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 steps he is taking to support the UK's wave and tidal stream energy sector.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	219538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a long history of supporting the development and deployment of wave and tidal stream technologies in the UK. Since 2010, various bodies across Government have made almost £80m of grant funding available to the wave and tidal sectors. Wave and tidal stream projects are eligible to enter the forthcoming Contract for Difference allocation round.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/02/2019 14:39:19 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones