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date	05/07/2018
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	Natural Gas: 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 the implications are for his policy on energy security of the decision in March 2018 not to return to operation the Hole House gas storage facility; and what recent assessment he has made of the level of UK energy security.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	161045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The decision to close the Hole House gas storage facility for the foreseeable future is a commercial decision for EDF Energy. This withdrawal from commercial operations does not undermine security of supply: in 2017, the Government published its Gas Security of Supply Strategic Assessment which concluded that Great Britain benefits from highly diverse and flexible sources of supply, including domestic production, pipelines from Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium, storage and LNG. This analysis shows that GB supply and storage infrastructure is sufficient to meet customer demand in all but the most extreme and unlikely cases. The announced withdrawal from operation of Hole House Farm, the UK’s smallest storage facility, does not materially affect this assessment. We continually engage with EDF Energy and other stakeholders to ensure that this analysis remains up-to-date.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/07/2018 09:55:53 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

935101

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date	05/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Natural Gas: Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review gas storage business rates after the decision of EDF to close the Hole House gas storage facility because of challenging market conditions.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	161050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK benefits from highly diverse and flexible sources of gas supply. Low gas prices have contributed to challenging market conditions in the gas storage market.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises that business rates can represent a high cost for some businesses. That’s why it has taken repeated action to reduce their burden, announcing reforms and reductions worth over £10bn by 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/07/2018 09:11:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead