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1134275

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Carbon Capture and Storage: 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 recent assessment his Department has made of the role that carbon capture and storage technology could play in reducing emissions in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	268628
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government believes that carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) has a potentially important role to play in meeting the UK’s climate targets and supporting our Industrial Strategy.</p><p>CCUS can play a critical role across the UK economy, helping to decarbonise industrial regions across the UK, including Grangemouth and St Fergus. Recognising this, we have provided funding, along with the Scottish Government and Total, to support the development of the proposed Project Acorn in St Fergus.</p><p>CCUS can also support the low carbon transformation of the UK’s industrial base which is why we consider that CCUS will likely play an important role in helping to meet the Industrial Clusters Mission, which was announced at COP24 in December 2018.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/07/2019 14:10:11 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1134273

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Carbon Capture and 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, whether the Government will adopt the target in the Committee on Climate Change 2018 Progress report to Parliament of achieving 10 MtCO2 in carbon capture and undersea storage per annum by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
	tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
	uin	268627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>On 27 June, a new, legally binding, target to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 came into force. This will require ambitious action across the economy building on our Clean Growth Strategy, and carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) is likely to play a vital role.</p><p> </p><p>Our CCUS Action Plan sets out that we will move to deploying CCUS in the 2020s, working in partnership with industry to achieve this. We will shortly be consulting on CCUS business models and the re-use of existing infrastructure assets to support CCUS projects as an important first step to supporting deployment of CCUS in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/07/2019 14:10:00 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1134254

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Carbon: 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 recent assessment his Department has made of Scotland’s offshore storage capacity for carbon.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	268618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The UK has significant carbon dioxide storage capacity in both the Central and Southern North Sea and East Irish Sea.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Technologies Institute’s (ETI) CO2 Storage Appraisal Project, funded by the UK Government, identified that the UK has the potential to store more than 78 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide[1] and could be a world leader in carbon dioxide storage services, supporting new economic opportunities by providing carbon dioxide storage for UK and potentially for European emissions for many years in the future[2].</p><p> </p><p>The ETI project also outlined that a number of potential carbon dioxide storage sites across the UK are already well appraised and suitable for carbon dioxide storage. All information from the ETI project and on potential carbon dioxide storage in UK waters more widely is available through the world-leading CO2 Stored database[3]. The database provides the location and size of all known potential carbon dioxide storage sites in UK territorial waters.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Energy Technologies Institute LLP, 2017. Taking stock of UK CO2 Storage. Available from: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eti.co.uk%2Finsights%2Ftaking-stock-of-uk-co2-storage&amp;data=02%7C01%7Candrew.russell%40beis.gov.uk%7C65ab4ec726ec4290433b08d6fa144c69%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C636971362413121582&amp;sdata=YYAAkTSM7M9Kn%2BiLiU9JX23XUee4FdwJcNqfIgMMkV0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.eti.co.uk/insights/taking-stock-of-uk-co2-storage</a></p><p>[2] International Energy Agency, 2017. Energy Technology Perspectives; An evolving energy system. Available from: https://www. iea.org/etp2017/summary/</p><p>[3] CO2 Stored. Homepage. Available from: http://www. co2stored.co.uk/home/index</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/07/2019 14:09:53 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1134253

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Carbon Capture and 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 assessment his Department has made of the implications for his policies of the Committee on Climate Change conclusion that carbon capture and storage will be needed to fulfil UK climate change targets.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	268617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>On 27 June a new, legally binding, target to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 came into force. This will require ambitious action across the economy building on our Clean Growth Strategy, and carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) is likely to play a vital role</p><p> </p><p>Our CCUS Action Plan sets out that we will move to deploying CCUS in the 2020s, working in partnership with industry to achieve this. To support this, on 27 June we announced that nine companies have secured £26 million of government funding, in addition to industry backing, to advance the rollout of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) in the UK - a crucial step towards the UK’s net zero emissions and the end of the UK’s contribution to global warming. It is the next milestone for the Government’s ambition for the UK to be a world-leader in the field as laid out in the Clean Growth Strategy and the CCUS Action Plan</p><p> </p><p>One company, Tata Chemicals is being awarded £4.2m toward the construction of a facility to capture and utilise 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year – the equivalent of 22,000 cars. When fully operational in 2021 it will be the largest carbon capture plant in the UK, removing 100 times more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than the country’s current largest facility.</p><p> </p><p>We will also shortly be consulting on CCUS business models and the re-use of existing infrastructure assets to support CCUS projects as an important first step to supporting deployment of CCUS in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/07/2019 14:09:44 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1134226

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Housing: 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, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic benefits of a large-scale investment programme to improve the energy efficiency of domestic buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
	tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
	uin	268605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Investment in energy efficiency brings a wide range of economic benefits to households, businesses, society and the energy system as a whole. More efficient homes mean lower energy bills and increased comfort for occupants, the annual running costs of a Band C rated home are £270 lower than the average Band D rated home and £650 lower than the average Band E rated home. There are also benefits through the improved occupant health, the Building Research Establishment has estimated that the cost of cold and damp homes to the NHS is approximately £760 million per year. The energy efficiency industry forms the largest group within the low carbon and renewable energy sector and the UK’s energy efficient product group has a turnover of over £20.7 billion and employs over 140,000 full time equivalents. Energy efficiency can also play a crucial role in meeting our carbon targets at least cost, by helping reduce pressure on energy system as we move towards low carbon electricity and heat. This is why, in the Clean Growth Strategy, we set out our aspiration that as many homes as possible should be Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band C by 2035, where practical, cost-effective and affordable.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/07/2019 14:09:36 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

1134225

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	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, what steps he will take to ensure that the decarbonisation of the power sector continues in line with the UK’s long term climate change targets.
	tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
	tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
	uin	268604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2019 answer text <p>This Government has been successful in decarbonising the power sector, as demonstrated by the fact that low-carbon technologies now provide over 50% of our power. As a result, the carbon intensity of the power sector has nearly halved over recent years, from 450g CO<sub>2</sub>/kWh in 2010 to 230g CO<sub>2</sub>/kWh in 2017.</p><p>The Clean Growth Strategy set out our plans to build on our progress in decarbonising the power sector, while looking further across the whole of the economy and the country. It includes ambitious proposals on housing, business, transport, the natural environment and green finance, with actions for departments across Whitehall. We have also we placed Clean Growth at the heart of our Industrial Strategy and made it one of four Grand Challenges to show our commitment to reduce our emissions whilst driving cleaner economic growth.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 02/07/2019 14:10:25 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

1134223

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Carbon Emissions: Departmental Coordination
	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 merits of establishing a cross-departmental committee to implement the transition to a net zero economy.
	tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
	tabling member printed	Antoinette Sandbach
	uin	268602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>Climate change is one of the most urgent and pressing challenges we face today, and tackling it is a cross-government priority.</p><p> </p><p>The Clean Growth Inter-Ministerial Group, which brings together ministers from across government, is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the Clean Growth Strategy and driving ambitious clean growth, decarbonisation and wider environmental policies.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/07/2019 14:09:21 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4506 label Biography information for Antoinette Sandbach

1134129

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Carbon Capture, Usage and 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 assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of supporting the export of carbon capture, usage and storage technologies.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	268558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s CCUS Action Plan sets out that we see an opportunity for the UK to become a world-leader in carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) technologies, building on our strong domestic supply chain and established skills base.</p><p>In order to support this, we are investing in over £50 million in CCUS innovation programmes, supporting innovative technologies across the UK between 2017 and 2021.</p><p>On 27 June we announced that nine companies have secured £26 million of government funding, in addition to industry backing, to advance the rollout of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) in the UK - a crucial step towards the UK’s net zero emissions and the end of the UK’s contribution to global warming. It is the next milestone for the Government’s ambition for the UK to be a world-leader in the field as laid out in the Clean Growth Strategy and the CCUS Action Plan</p><p>One company, Tata Chemicals is being awarded £4.2m toward the construction of a facility to capture and utilise 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year – the equivalent of 22,000 cars. When fully operational in 2021 it will be the largest carbon capture plant in the UK, removing 100 times more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than the country’s current largest facility.</p><p>We also recognise the significant potential opportunities from exporting CCUS technologies as part of realising this ambition, supporting the retention and creation of high-value jobs, creating inward investment opportunities and helping to support CCUS exports which could be worth multiple billions of pounds per year to the UK economy in the future.</p><p>In order to maximise the export opportunities, we are working closely with the Department for International Trade to map UK capabilities and identify international opportunities in order to support UK-based companies with CCUS expertise, services and products</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/07/2019 14:09:08 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1134082

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Research: Finance
	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 discussions he has had with (a) Ofcom, (b) Ofwat and (c) Ofgem on incentives for innovation and research and development in their sectors and how that relates to the 2.4 per cent GDP spend on R&D target.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	268539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>In October 2018 we launched a consultation to build our understanding of whether there are opportunities to further encourage new innovative methods and technologies in the utilities sectors to improve outcomes for consumers. This sought views on the barriers to innovation in the utilities sectors, and how we could improve the regulatory framework to further encourage innovation. We are analysing the responses to this consultation and plan to publish a response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>In June 2019 we announced measures in our White Paper on Regulation for the Fourth Industrial Revolution to support regulators to enable innovation in their sectors, as part of our approach to increasing R&amp;D investment to 2.4% of GDP by 2027. We have invested in projects by both Ofcom and Ofgem to support innovation through the Regulators’ Pioneer Fund.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 27/06/2019 08:10:00 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1134001

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2019
	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	Climate Change Convention: USA
	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 took to raise concerns on USA withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement during President Trump's recent visit.
	tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
	tabling member printed	Laura Smith
	uin	268494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>While my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State did not meet with President Trump during the US state visit, the Secretary of State has stressed in discussions with US counterparts that the UK would prefer the US to remain in the Paris Agreement. During the visit, the Prime Minister raised the issue of climate change with President Trump directly and underlined the UK’s support for the Paris Agreement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 01/07/2019 14:09:00 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith