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932373

registered interest
date	28/06/2018
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the 2018 Progress Report to Parliament of the Committee on Climate Change published on 2 June, what measures they intend to take to meet its recommendation that action must be taken now to avoid unnecessary costs to the public in the shift to a low-carbon economy.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL9085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>Since the Climate Change Act came into force 10 years ago the UK has proven to be a world-leader in tackling climate change – including by cutting emissions faster than any other G7 country since 1990. As the Committee on Climate Change has recognised, the UK has made strong progress to date in cleaning up the power and waste sectors. Our ambitious Clean Growth Strategy sets out our plans to go further, looking across the whole of the economy and the country. It includes ambitious policies and proposals on housing, business, transport, the natural environment and green finance and our priority is now on delivering these.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will respond formally to the Committee on Climate Change’s 2018 progress report in the Autumn.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 12/07/2018 12:52:17 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

923955

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
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
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 it his policy to match the Scottish Government's target of reducing carbon emissions by 90 per cent by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	153874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April that we will be seeking advice from the UK’s independent advisers, the Committee on Climate Change, on the implications of the Paris Agreement for the UK’s long-term emission reduction targets after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Clean Growth Strategy made clear that the Government believes the UK will need to legislate for a net zero emissions target at an appropriate point in the future, to provide legal certainty on where the UK is heading.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/06/2018 12:42:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

895250

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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
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 meet new international climate change targets of net zero emissions.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	140094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>We will seek the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) advice on the implications of the Paris Agreement for the UK’s long-term targets, after the release of the IPCC Special Report later this year. We will consider the CCC’s advice carefully when it is received.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/05/2018 16:35:01 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

895343

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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
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 plans to expand the UK’s mandatory carbon reporting to capture a larger set of reporting companies.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Anna McMorrin
uin	140208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government consultation on Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) closed on the 4<sup>th</sup> January 2018. The consultation document included questions on expanding the reporting framework to require more companies to report their energy use and carbon emissions than are currently required to do so. It recognised that more consistent disclosure of energy use and carbon emissions would raise awareness of energy efficiency, and could improve transparency for investors, providing the market with useful information. We intend to publish the Government response by the summer recess.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/05/2018 16:37:29 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4632 label Biography information for Anna McMorrin

891430

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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
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 potential merits of establishing a UK-wide emissions trading system after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	137891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering all factors in relation to the UK’s future participation, or otherwise, in the EU ETS, in consultation with stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/05/2018 13:59:13 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

872352

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the legal limit is for emissions of (a) PM 0.1 and (b) PM 1 particles; and what guidance his Department has issued on those emissions.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	134266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2018 answer text <p>There is no legal limit for PM0.1 and PM 1 particles, However, new Euro standards for diesel vehicles limit emissions for both the total particle mass as well as the number of particles emitted per kilometre. Particle number is a common measurement technique for assessment of smaller sized particles such as PM<sub>0.1 </sub>and PM<sub>1.</sub></p><p> </p><p>In addition, our National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) provides estimates of emissions from a wide range of man-made sources and includes estimates of PM<sub>0.1</sub>, PM<sub>1</sub> as well as PM<sub>2.5 </sub>and PM<sub>10</sub>. The NAEI is updated on an annual basis and is publically available at: <a href="http://naei.beis.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://naei.beis.gov.uk/</a></p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 10/04/2018 10:47:33 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

857889

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will provide details of all contact they have had with local authorities since the Paris Agreement on climate change, with regard to seeking the assistance of those authorities in achieving the carbon reduction targets the UK has agreed as part of its Nationally Determined Contribution to the Global Target.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL6198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Climate change is one of the most urgent and pressing challenges we face today, and the UK Government is committed to tackling it. The Clean Growth Strategy, published in October 2017, sets out the Government’s ambitious plans for decarbonising the economy through the 2020s. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) continues to engage with Departments on implementing the strategy, including the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), which leads government’s relationship with local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The joint BEIS and MHCLG office for Cities and Local Growth works closely with Ministers from both departments, as well as Local Enterprise Partnerships and local authorities. BEIS has launched a £7m Local Energy Programme which provides support to Local Enterprise Partnerships and local authorities to help them implement energy projects which reduce carbon emissions and benefit their communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>BEIS have worked with colleagues in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, attending a cities event in Bristol to building relationships between UK cities and EU cities on sustainability. BEIS Ministers and officials have attended multiple stakeholder events in support of locally led action on the Clean Growth agenda.</p><p> </p><p>MHCLG have ongoing dialogue with Local Enterprise Partnerships and Local Authorities on support for low carbon projects via management of European Regional Development Funds.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>MHCLG are currently consulting on a draft revised National Planning Policy Framework which includes guidance on meeting the challenge of climate change.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 22/03/2018 11:25:44 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

849983

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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
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 the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on Government support for (a) local authorities and (b) communities to meet the UK's targets for carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	129551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Climate change is one of the most urgent and pressing challenges we face today, and the UK Government is committed to tackling it. The Clean Growth Strategy, published in October 2017, sets out the Government’s ambitious plans for decarbonising the economy through the 2020s. We continue to engage with Departments on implementing the strategy, including the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.</p><p>The joint BEIS and MHCLG office for Cities and Local Growth works closely with Ministers from both Departments, as well as Local Enterprise Partnerships and local authorities. BEIS has launched a Local Energy Programme which will provide support to Local Enterprise Partnerships and local authorities to help them implement energy projects which benefit their communities. To date, £7m has been committed to this. Additionally a further £16m has been provided to Local Authorities by the Heat Networks Delivery Unit (HNDU) and £24m through the pilot phase of the £320m Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP). Local Authorities can also bid for funding in the main scheme of HNIP.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/03/2018 16:50:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

810108

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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
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 the Committee on Climate Change on the cost and feasibility of delivering the Clean Growth Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	120574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>Officials hold regular discussions with the Committee on Climate Change on the delivery of the Clean Growth Strategy and related policies.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/01/2018 14:40:21 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

810163

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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
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 he plans to publish the sensitivity analysis which sets out the emissions reductions by each sector of the economy.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	120629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy publishes annual updated energy and emissions projections, which project future energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in the UK. These include projections of emissions reductions by sector, and sensitivity to fossil fuel prices and economic growth.</p><p>The 2017 energy and emissions projections are the most recent published projections, and were published on Jan 2<sup>nd</sup> 2018. They are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/01/2018 16:12:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park