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1299842

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date	04/03/2021
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	Fracking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their most recent assessment of (1) the contribution that the Bowland Shale Formation can make to meeting the energy requirements of the UK, and (2) the proportion of such requirements during the next 10 years that will be met by shale gas fracking.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL13899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>BEIS and Ofgem’s joint annual Statutory Security of Supply Report provides an assessment of the current availability of secure, affordable electricity, gas and oil for meeting the needs of consumers. The latest report, published on 18 December 2020, does not use hydraulically fractured shale gas in any of its security of supply assessments. Please see attached.</p><p>In October 2017, BEIS published a report summarising gas security over the next 20 years, including consideration of the role of shale gas in general. Please see attached.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan attachment 1 file name statutory-security-of-supply-report-2020.pdf title Statutory security of supply report 2 file name gas-security-supply-assessment.pdf title Gas security of supply assessment 3 file name gas-security-of-supply-review.pdf title Gas security of supply review question first answered 18/03/2021 17:01:46 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1299843

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
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	Fracking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will issue new exploration licences for the potential extraction of gas by fracking, and what advice they provide to the holders of existing exploration licences.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL13900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>The Oil and Gas Authority operates the licensing regime that gives companies exclusive rights to search, bore for and get petroleum and it stewards existing onshore exploration licences to ensure they fulfil agreed work commitments.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s position on hydraulic fracturing is set out in the Written Ministerial Statement of 4 November 2019 [HLWS68]. As set out in the Statement, the shale gas industry should take the Government’s position into account when considering new developments.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 18/03/2021 17:02:10 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1299844

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) Transport for the North’s “preferred route” for Northern Powerhouse Rail, (2) how that route was chosen, and (3) whether the route can be built with the previously announced funding estimate of £42 billion.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL13901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has been actively considering this as part of its Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) which will outline the investment blueprint for Northern Powerhouse Rail, HS2 Phase 2b and other transport investment in the North and Midlands. Work is ongoing to establish the exact costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 15/03/2021 17:09:52 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1299845

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of proposals for rail network improvements in Lancashire and Cumbria in Transport for the North’s plan for Northern Powerhouse Rail.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL13902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department has worked closely with Northern leaders to develop a Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) network that benefits all regions of the North, including Lancashire and Cumbria. The Integrated Rail Plan (IRP), which will outline a recommended way forward on scoping, phasing and sequencing of NPR, has carefully considered the views of stakeholders across the North of England to produce an investment programme that truly reflects the key transport priorities of the North.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 15/03/2021 17:14:07 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1299846

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trains: North of England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to phase out diesel traction passenger trains in the North of England.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL13903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government’s ambition is to remove all diesel-only trains from the network by 2040 and replace them with low-carbon traction technologies, including electrification, hydrogen and battery trains.</p><p> </p><p>The Network Rail-led Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy (TDNS) provides advice about which decarbonising technologies could best suit each part of the network. TDNS will inform the Department’s forthcoming Transport Decarbonisation Plan and Government decisions about the scale and pace of rail decarbonisation between now and 2050.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 10/03/2021 15:28:45 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1299847

registered interest
date	04/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Stronger Towns Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the £1 billion Towns Fund announced in the Budget 2021, published on 3 March, each English region will receive, and how much of the £1 billion Stronger Towns Fund, launched on 4 March 2019, each English region received.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL13904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>The Towns Fund is helping level up the country, driving economic regeneration, productivity and growth. At Budget 2021, the Chancellor announced 45 Town Deals. Regional totals can be found in the Budget document (attached) here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F966868%2FBUDGET_2021_-_web.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Ce4fca31e465d4664260e08d8e46f496a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637510513904833671%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=IAax09lMOrfO7dyJPUDVaUn7TzOfyeSrryg3%2BuuUiPk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/966868/BUDGET_2021_-_web.pdf</a>.</p><p>These are in addition to the first seven Town Deals announced in October 2020, further details of which can be found (attached) here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Ffirst-town-deals-worth-almost-180-million-announced&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Ce4fca31e465d4664260e08d8e46f496a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637510513904843627%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=7Mp7S4N5KE7wRhJSJTaDtR5kmvc74fIdbv54czFrGjI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/first-town-deals-worth-almost-180-million-announced</a></p><p>The Towns Fund superseded the previously announced Stronger Towns Fund, ensuring even more places could be supported. No funding was committed through that Fund.</p><p>Further Town Deals will be announced in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh attachment 1 file name 210315 BUDGET_2021 - HL13904.pdf title Budget 2 file name 210315 First Town Deals - HL13904.pdf title Towns Deal question first answered 17/03/2021 16:17:41 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves