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860622

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Electricity Interconnectors
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 has made an assessment of the effect of increased electricity interconnection on welfare.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	131979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Ofgem considers interconnectors’ contribution to welfare as part of their assessment for regulatory approval.</p><p>The first round of projects that received regulatory approval from Ofgem showed GB consumer welfare benefits of up to £12 billion over their 25 year regulated lifetimes.</p><p>The second round of projects that received regulatory approval from Ofgem (GridLink, NeuConnect, and NorthConnect) showed GB consumer welfare benefits of over £7 billion over their lifetimes.</p><p>The full details of Ofgem’s assessments for these projects, and a small number of other projects which have been assessed separately, can be found at</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/electricity/transmission-networks/electricity-interconnectors" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/electricity/transmission-networks/electricity-interconnectors</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/03/2018 11:27:58 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

860624

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2018 to Question 128954, what assessment he has made of the effect of increased electricity interconnection on (a) net employment in and (b) GDP contribution from the electricity generating sector.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	131981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2018 answer text <p>New interconnectors create jobs and contribute to GDP in their construction and ongoing operation. However, we do not hold sufficiently disaggregated data on employment in and GDP contribution from the electricity sector to make a quantitative assessment of the impact of increased interconnection on these points.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/03/2018 14:32:19 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

855479

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Electricity: Exports
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 the UK is projected to become a net exporter of electricity by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	130786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Projected figures show that we will not be a net exporter of electricity by 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Projections for the power sector up to 2035 are published in the BEIS Energy and Emissions Projections 2017, which can be found here: <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>. Beyond 2020, the reference scenario includes assumptions that go beyond current Government policy and should be treated as illustrative.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/03/2018 16:27:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

855632

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	UK Permanent Representation to the EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether staff based in UKRep Brussels were offered group therapy sessions by counsellors following the EU referendum result.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	130939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>No</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 13/03/2018 17:25:31 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

855633

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	European Investment Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much the UK has contributed to the European Investment Bank since that bank's inception.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	130940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>Throughout its membership, the UK has made payments totaling c.£1.8bn to the capital of the EIB.</p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 13/03/2018 13:49:18 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

855634

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
answering body	Department for International Trade
answering dept id	202
answering dept short name	International Trade
answering dept sort name	International Trade
hansard heading	Foreign Investment in UK: Republic of Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much foreign direct investment there was into the UK from the Republic of Ireland in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	130941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>In 2016/17 the Department for International Trade recorded a total of 56 foreign direct investments into the UK from the Republic of Ireland with the creation of 2,914 new and 751 safeguarded jobs.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/03/2018 15:27:05 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

851052

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	The Gambia: Overseas Investment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage investment in The Gambia.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	130240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Minister for the Commonwealth and UN visited Gambia on 16 February, soon after their re-admittance to the Commonwealth. He met the Gambian Trade Minister during his visit to Gambia and also held discussions on agriculture and tourism, in particular on how Gambia could increase the number of British tourists visiting.</p><p>I congratulate the Government of Gambia and look forward to their participation in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April. This will be an opportunity for them to commit to good governance and signal to UK companies their commitment to creating a business environment that encourages investment.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 07/03/2018 15:04:53 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

850201

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Oral Tobacco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if the government will publish any evidence it has received over the last three years that supports the continuing ban on the oral nicotine product snus.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	129769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The oral nicotine product snus was originally banned under Directive 92/41/EEC. This ban was reaffirmed in 2001 and most recently in the Tobacco Products Directive 2014/40/EU, implemented in the United Kingdom by the Tobacco and Related Products Regulations 2016. The Department has received a number of representations concerning snus over recent years. The makers of snus, Swedish Match, have challenged the legality of the ban on snus and this matter is currently before the European Court of Justice; as such, the strength of the evidence for or against the ban is a matter for the Court and the UK awaits the outcome of that case.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 06/03/2018 15:01:27 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

846277

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Energy: Prices
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 information his Department holds on the average cost of transmission and other network charges per MWh in (a) the UK, (b) France, (c) Ireland, (d) Norway, (e) Germany and (f) the Netherlands.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	128948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Eurostat collate data on the network charge component of electricity prices paid by different sized domestic and non-domestic customers in Europe[1]. For example, table 1 sets out the most recent available data on the amount paid on average by medium-sized domestic consumers towards network costs. This usage is consistent with the typical domestic consumption value used by Ofgem.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Electricity network cost paid by medium-sized domestic customers, July – December 2016 (£/MWh)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ireland</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>In considering any international comparisons, it should be noted that the individual components of network charges can vary by country.</p><p>[1] Available online at: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/energy/data/database</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/03/2018 15:22:07 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

846280

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Electricity Interconnectors
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 are being taken to assess the (a) short and (b) long-term effect on UK power generation of a growth in interconnection.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	128950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making sure consumers have secure, affordable and clean energy now and in the future, and the role of interconnection alongside other technologies in meeting this ambition in the short and long term was set out in our Clean Growth Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Part of this strategy is ensuring that different technologies compete against each other. For example, the Capacity Market is delivering secure supplies of electricity to homes and businesses through technology neutral auctions that result in a mix of reliable capacity. As part of this, interconnectors help deliver energy security while reducing costs for consumers through increased competition. This year’s auction, in which around 2GW of new interconnector capacity cleared, saw the lowest price yet in the history of the capacity market. We assess the outcome of every Capacity Market auction to see what it means for Great Britain’s future energy security.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/03/2018 15:23:16 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies