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1715033

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Coal
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made in phasing out coal power.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL4206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2024 answer text <p>In line with our net zero target, the Government is committed to phasing out unabated coal-fired power generation by 1st October 2024, earlier than the original 2025 target. The remaining coal fired power station in Great Britain is scheduled to close before this date.</p><p> </p><p>This will mean that we will have reduced coal’s share of our electricity supply from around a third, to zero in the space of only ten years.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 14/05/2024 11:35:44 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1605597

registered interest
date	20/03/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Coal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public of the (a) procurement and (b) resale of coal bought for emergency use in power stations during winter 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	169242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>National Grid: Electricity System Operator (ESO) have Winter Contingency Contracts with three coal operators. Their current forecast for the total cost over of the contracts for winter 22/23 to 31 March 2023 is £308m, including the cost of the coal and operational costs. This will continue to be refined over the contracted period. To reduce the overall costs to consumers, any unused coal will be sold back to the market when the contracts expire. The final value that is recovered from the sale of the coal will be published by ESO.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/03/2023 15:12:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1604359

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Coal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of support for energy bills for households that use coal as their main source of energy.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	166226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>Households that use coal as a fuel source are eligible for the £200 Alternative Fuel Payment (AFP).</p><p> </p><p>The AFP was originally announced in September 2022 as a £100 payment. This amount was based on capping the year-on-year price rises that heating oil users faced in 2022, compared to 2021 at 130%. Internal analysis indicates that the price of coal had risen by an amount lower than 130% so the benefit is fair to coal users.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2022, the Government doubled the AFP to £200 in recognition of the cost-of-living pressures caused by these rising fuel costs.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 23/03/2023 17:25:50 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1487950

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
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	Coal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the announcement made on 30 June 2021 that the Government would remove unabated coal from the UK’s energy mix by 2024, whether that remains the Government's policy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	33665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to phasing out unabated coal generation by October 2024. The UK has already made excellent progress in reducing coal usage, with coal’s share of our electricity supply falling from 40% in 2012 to less than 2% in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/07/2022 15:09:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

1458668

registered interest
date	20/04/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Coal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what progress he made at COP26 on reducing the use of coal.
tabling member constituency	Bolton West
tabling member printed	Chris Green
uin	906495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2022 answer text <p>At COP26, all parties agreed to phase down the use of coal, the first ever direct reference to coal in UN climate decision text.</p><p> </p><p>The Global Coal to Clean Power Transition Statement gained 77 signatures from countries, subnationals, and organisations, and the Powering Past Coal Alliance grew to 165 members.</p><p> </p><p>And there were significant financial commitments, with international partners agreeing to mobilise over $20 billion to support developing countries in the transition from coal to clean energy.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/04/2022 16:59:43 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1421797

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
answering body	COP26
answering dept id	210
answering dept short name	COP26
answering dept sort name	COP26
hansard heading	Coal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the President of COP26, what progress he has made since the COP26 conference on ending the use of coal.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	122738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>At COP26, all parties agreed to phase down the use of coal for the first time ever. The Global Coal to Clean Power Transition Statement gained over 70 signatures from countries, subnationals, and organisations, and the Powering Past Coal Alliance grew to 165 members.</p><p>In 2022, the UK COP Presidency remains fully committed to consigning coal power to history. The Energy Transition Council will run until at least 2025, and is ensuring that countries can access investment in clean power that is more attractive than new coal plants. We are working with international partners to secure more signatories to the UN No New Coal Power Compact and the Powering Past Coal Alliance. The UK will also support the implementation of ambitious announcements made at COP26, including the South Africa Just Energy Transition Partnership, the Green Grids Initiative, and the Just Transition Declaration. We must accelerate action to cut the global new coal plant pipeline, and to retire existing coal generation capacity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/02/2022 18:06:07 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1419472

registered interest
date	03/02/2022
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	Coal
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 (a) the reduction in global coal use since 2010 to date and (b) progress made in meeting the target of 80 per cent reduction by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	117781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2022 answer text <p>The International Energy Agency estimates that coal use remains modestly above 2010 levels, with continued very low growth to 2024. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from global coal use remains a key Government priority. For example, the UK’s COP26 Energy Transition Campaign helped secure a 190-strong coalition of countries and organisations at COP26, including coal power phase out commitments from Poland, Vietnam, Egypt, Chile and Morocco, building on the Government’s co-leadership of the Powering Past Coal Alliance. The Government has committed to phasing out unabated coal generation in Great Britain by October 2024. Coal power generation in this country has declined from almost 40% of our electricity supply in 2012 to less than 2% in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 11/02/2022 14:02:44 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1363154

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
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	Coal
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 made of the implications for his policies of the International Energy Agency's findings that coal should be kept in the ground.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	62689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government has committed to phasing out unabated coal generation in Great Britain by October 2024. Coal’s share of our electricity supply has already declined significantly in recent years – from almost 40% in 2012 to less than 2% in 2020.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 02/11/2021 17:44:48 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1241849

registered interest
date	08/10/2020
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	Coal
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 effect of increased domestic supply of coal on levels of coal imports.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	101007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2020 answer text <p>Domestic production of coal, alongside the amounts of coal imported in the UK, have been steadily declining in the last five years. This is evidenced by the figures published by the Department here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fsolid-fuels-and-derived-gases-chapter-2-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes&amp;data=02%7C01%7CShamim.Choudhury%40beis.gov.uk%7Cde0c6bf5d02d4058e42e08d86e7ea212%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637380837447620697&amp;sdata=Tqa17dqMFSiG5P78955nnWtxOzTvKZ0gjPc0l8mQQ3o%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">DUKES table 2.4</a>.</p><p>In order to tackle climate change and deliver a net zero economy by 2050, we need to further reduce our use of coal. We are among the first countries in the world to commit to closing all unabated coal power plants. We intend to do this by 2024.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 13/10/2020 11:09:48 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1181384

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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	Coal
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 steps the Government is taking to ensure that people in coalfield communities are not disproportionately economically affected by the proposed ban on coal.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	22051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2020 answer text <p>As stated when we consulted on our proposals, we want to ensure that our measures achieve environmental and health benefits but do not have an adverse impact on vulnerable groups. Our response to the consultation on the cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and wood, published on 21 February, reflects this approach.</p><p> </p><p>We know that the burning of coal for domestic purposes is harmful to human health and the environment. That is why we will be working to help households that currently burn the most polluting solid fuels to shift to the most suitable, cleaner alternative for them. We will use the phased transition period to work alongside coal merchants to advise and educate their direct delivery customers on the benefits of alternative fuels. Analysis has been carried out that shows cleaner alternative fuels, such as Manufactured Solid Fuels (MSFs), are more energy efficient than coal, making them cheaper to burn. MSFs are available to be purchased in all areas of England.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 06/03/2020 12:28:57 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley