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date	25/04/2023
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	Nuclear Reactors and Wind Power
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide an update on their target (1) to increase offshore wind capacity five-fold by 2030, and (2) to approve eight new nuclear reactors.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL7454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government provided an update on the steps being taken to meet its offshore wind ambition in the Powering Up Britain: Energy Security Plan published on 30 March 2023. Actions to increase deployment include a new £160m fund for floating offshore wind and legislation to streamline the consenting process.</p><p> </p><p>In Powering Up Britain, the Government launched Great British Nuclear (GBN), which is an arms-length body responsible for driving delivery of new nuclear projects, backed with funding. The first priority for GBN is to launch a competitive process to select the best Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technologies.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 11/05/2023 14:48:23 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1455662

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date	29/03/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Wagner Group
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what investigation, if any, they have undertaken into the Wagner Group and its sources of funding.
tabling member printed	Lord Robathan
uin	HL7454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2022 answer text <p>The Wagner Group are a driver of conflict and capitalise on instability for their own interests. Wagner does not offer long-term security answers and operates opaquely. The Wagner Group is one of the over 1,000 individuals and businesses sanctioned under the Russia sanctions regime. It would not be appropriate to speculate on further potential Government activity, as doing so could reduce the impact of any options used in the future.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 12/04/2022 14:41:15 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	334 label Biography information for Lord Robathan

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date	28/07/2020
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	Energy: Meters
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) the ability of consumers to exercise their right to data portability under Article 20 of the General Data Protection Regulation when switching between energy suppliers using smart meters, and (2) whether such switches are being hindered by a lack of compliance by energy companies with this right.
tabling member printed	Lord Fox
uin	HL7454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/08/2020 answer text <p>Under Article 20 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), consumers have the right to obtain and reuse their personal data, including smart metering consumption data that they have provided to the energy supplier. Energy consumers’ rights under the GDPR are not affected by switching energy supplier.</p><p> </p><p>In order to ensure that energy consumers have control over their energy consumption data, the Government established the smart metering Data Access and Privacy Framework, which is implemented through energy licences and codes and complements wider data protection legislation. Energy suppliers are required to make available to domestic consumers with meters in smart mode, upon request, up to 24 months of data relating to consumption in each day, week, month and year. The data must be made available free of charge and in a readily understandable format.</p><p> </p><p>The Information Commissioner's Office is responsible for upholding information rights, while the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets is responsible for regulating energy suppliers’ compliance with licence obligations.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL7452 question first answered 06/08/2020 11:37:21 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4322 label Biography information for Lord Fox