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1665297

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date	17/10/2023
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	Offshore Industry: North Sea
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 (a) she and (b) the North Sea Transition Authority made an assessment of the potential impact of attaching conditions to the grant of consent to Equinor for the Rosebank oil and gas development in the North Sea on the delivery of decarbonisation targets in the North Sea Transition Deal.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	202951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>The decision to approve the Rosebank Field Development plan follows extensive scrutiny by regulators, including a full environmental impact assessment and a public consultation.</p><p> </p><p>The North Sea Transition Deal is a sector-wide industry agreement involving commitments from numerous companies. Existing accountability arrangements in the Deal - including monitoring compliance with the targets - are appropriate, with the North Sea Transition Authority estimating that the sector is on track to meet 2025 and 2027 targets.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/10/2023 09:50:11 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1665299

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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	North Sea Oil: Shetland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will instruct the North Sea Transition Authority to publish the assessment made of the compatibility of the Rosebank oil field with net zero.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	202952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>The decision to approve the Rosebank Development follows extensive scrutiny by regulators, including an environmental impact assessment and public consultation.</p><p> </p><p>Rosebank is expected to be significantly less emissions-intensive than the current average of producing assets due to greater operational efficiencies and emissions mitigation measures. It will also be electrification-ready, with Equinor expecting emissions to fall to 3kgCO2 per barrel post-electrification.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/10/2023 09:45:12 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1665301

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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	North Sea Oil
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 assessment she has made of the level of potential risk that the development of the Rosebank oil field leads to stranded assets.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	202953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>Stranded assets typically occur where a poor investment decision leads to infrastructure which is not fully used during its anticipated economic lifetime. In the case of new oil fields, this risk is borne by investors who are best placed to make these judgments.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has a robust decommissioning regime for offshore oil and gas fields to ensure that any liabilities are the responsibility of developers and that taxpayers are protected.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/10/2023 09:51:29 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1665303

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	North Sea Oil: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the value of tax relief available for the development of the Rosebank oil field under the investment allowance; and if he will place a copy of that estimate in the Library of the House.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	202954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Estimates of the cost of tax reliefs available to oil and gas companies under the Ring-Fence Corporation Tax (RFCT) and the Supplementary Charge (SC) are published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-relief-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/tax-relief-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These estimates do not separate out specific projects or taxpayers to protect taxpayer confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 25/10/2023 07:40:26 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1663080

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Office for Environmental Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much grant funding was provided to the Office for Environmental Protection in financial years (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	200934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) in England is publicly funded by a grant in aid from Defra as the sponsoring department.</p><p> </p><p>In 2022/23, Defra provided £7,108,583 of baseline funding and £4,364,366 of additional funding to the OEP to support establishment costs.</p><p> </p><p>In 2023/24, Defra increased baseline funding to £8,130,755 and provided £1,100,000 of additional funding.</p><p> </p><p>The OEP’s activity in Northern Ireland is funded separately by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 23/10/2023 12:21:24 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1663081

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Water: Pollution Control
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 information on the Government’s proposed amendments to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill on nutrient neutrality the Office for Environmental Protection had access to in the last six months.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	200935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State discussed the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill with Dame Glenys Stacey on 31 August 2023, and sent a follow-up letter on the same day. The letter is published on the Office for Environmental Protection’s website <a href="https://www.theoep.org.uk/report/proposed-changes-laws-developments-will-weaken-environmental-protections-warns-oep" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 23/10/2023 13:21:54 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1663129

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Sizewell C Power Station: Government Shareholding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 19 September 2023 to Question 199094 on Sizewell C Power Station: Construction, what the expected value of the Government’s shareholding in Sizewell C is in the 2023-24 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	200983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government became an equal-shareholder in the Sizewell C project with EDF in November 2022, following an historic investment of c.£700m. This Summer the Government has invested a further £511m in the project.</p><p> </p><p>The value of the Government’s shareholding in the financial year 2023-24 is subject to the outcome of the equity raise process started on September 11<sup>th</sup> 2023, as well as to the project’s wider development. Both of these processes are ongoing and commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 20/10/2023 06:58:27 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1663430

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Business and Trade
answering dept id	214
answering dept short name	Business and Trade
answering dept sort name	Business and Trade
hansard heading	Supermarkets: Customers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of regulating the use of loyalty cards by supermarkets.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	201284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government recently ran a consultation which included questions on the display of prices for loyalty card schemes and other promotions. The Government is analysing the responses to this consultation and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/10/2023 13:25:43 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1663473

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent estimate she has made of when the proposed ban on sexual orientation and gender identity conversion practices will be in place; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	201327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>No one in this country should be harmed or harassed for who they are and attempts at so-called ‘conversion therapy’ are abhorrent. That is why we are carefully considering this very complex issue. We will be setting out further details on this in due course</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 197041 200427 200488 200489 200490 200494 200797 201578 201589 question first answered 25/10/2023 16:16:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1663488

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homelessness: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the report by Centre Point entitled Human costs and lost potential: the real cost of youth homelessness, published on 12 September 2023; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	201342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-10-13/201488" target="_blank">201488</a> on 23 October 2023.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 202521 question first answered 23/10/2023 13:00:22 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas