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1142451

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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: Rural Areas
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of rural communities that are not connected to the gas supply network.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL17525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2019 answer text <p>There is no definitive source for the number of households that are not connected to the gas supply network; BEIS estimates these figures by subtracting the number of domestic gas meters from the estimated number of households.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the latest estimates of households not connected to the gas network by country of the UK. These estimates are also published down to GB local authority level within BEIS’ ‘Sub-national estimates of households not connected to the gas network’ dataset, most recently published in 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Nation</p></td><td><p>Number of households<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>Estimated number of households not connected to the gas network<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>23,229,000</p></td><td><p>3,024,000</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2,452,000</p></td><td><p>495,000</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>1,342,000</p></td><td><p>225,000</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>730,000<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>497,000<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>68%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>27,753,000</p></td><td><p>4,241,000</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: (1) Sub-national estimates of households not connected to the gas network, BEIS, updated 2018, except for NI see footnote 3; (2) Live tables on household projections, United Kingdom, 1961-2039, MHCLG 2016 estimate; (3) Transparency Reports 2017, NI Utility Regulator</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 01/08/2019 13:06:07 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1187625

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2020
	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	Construction: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to stop all non-essential construction work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL2863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2020 answer text <p>Construction plays a crucial role in supporting our public services, maintaining the nation’s infrastructure, and providing safe, decent homes for people to live in. Construction workers who cannot work from home, who show no symptoms of Covid-19, and who live in households where no person is self-isolating, should still go to work. This is consistent with the advice of the Chief Medical Officer.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government is clear that construction activity should only continue where it can take place in line with the social distancing guidance provided by Public Health England. Through the Construction Leadership Council, the construction industry has issued Site Operating Procedures which align with this guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 07/04/2020 11:36:14 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1187626

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2020
	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	Cleaning Services: Key Workers
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to add outsourced cleaners to the list of key workers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL2864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2020 answer text <p>Key workers are defined as those whose work is critical to the Coronavirus response, based on consultation across the Government. This includes those who work in the health and social care sectors, as well as those providing essential services in industries such as education and childcare, transport, food and delivery, utilities, communications, public safety, and the Government. We are actively keeping guidance on key workers under review.</p><p> </p><p>Employers should carefully consider the guidance, which sets out the key workers who will not be able to work from home. They can contact the Government department responsible for their sector if they have any questions.</p><p> </p><p>If you cannot work from home then you can still travel to work, provided you are well and neither you nor any of your household are self-isolating. This is consistent with advice from the Chief Medical Officer.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 07/04/2020 11:36:48 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1232203

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2020
	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	Earthquakes
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many earthquakes have been recorded in the UK in the last 12 months with a magnitude of over two; and where they have been located.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL7934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2020 answer text <p>In the last 12 months a total of 23 earthquakes have been recorded in the UK with a magnitude of over two. Details of the locality, date and magnitude are provided in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Date</p></td><td><p>Time (GMT)</p></td><td><p>Magnitude</p></td><td><p>Locality</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24/09/2019</p></td><td><p>13:38:15</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td><td><p>CENTRAL NORTH SEA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/10/2019</p></td><td><p>19:22:07</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>MELTON MOWBRAY LEICS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>05/10/2019</p></td><td><p>15:35:47</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>SOUTHERN NORTH SEA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14/10/2019</p></td><td><p>16:51:49</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>BISHOP'S CASTLE SALOP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/11/2019</p></td><td><p>16:12:07</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>HALIFAX WEST YORKSHIRE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/11/2019</p></td><td><p>22:31:54</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>MULL ARGYLL &amp; BUTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>05/12/2019</p></td><td><p>22:49:18</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>BRIDGWATER SOMERSET</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/12/2019</p></td><td><p>21:19:53</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>IRISH SEA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>07/01/2020</p></td><td><p>10:36:46</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>ARNISDALE HIGHLAND</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23/01/2020</p></td><td><p>05:57:00</p></td><td><p>3.1</p></td><td><p>STOCKTON COUNTY DURHAM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/01/2020</p></td><td><p>11:53:34</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>NORTHAMPTON NORTHANTS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/02/2020</p></td><td><p>01:20:28</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>SOUTHERN NORTH SEA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01/02/2020</p></td><td><p>01:19:39</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>SOUTHERN NORTH SEA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>07/02/2020</p></td><td><p>15:04:52</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>SOUTHERN NORTH SEA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22/02/2020</p></td><td><p>18:43:02</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>CENTRAL NORTH SEA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24/03/2020</p></td><td><p>17:19:20</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>PONTRILAS HEREFORDSHIRE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27/03/2020</p></td><td><p>03:25:28</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>SOUTHERN NORTH SEA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>04/04/2020</p></td><td><p>15:28:17</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>BRACKLEY NORTHANTS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23/04/2020</p></td><td><p>05:30:50</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td><td><p>SOUTHERN NORTH SEA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>04/06/2020</p></td><td><p>12:48:16</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>WALSALL WEST MIDLANDS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06/06/2020</p></td><td><p>14:22:39</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>COMRIE PERTH &amp; KINROSS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21/08/2020</p></td><td><p>17:41:52</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p>SKYE HIGHLAND</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09/2020</p></td><td><p>08:45:29</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td><td><p>LEIGHTON BUZZARD BEDS</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data supplied by the British Geological Survey.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 17/09/2020 16:47:07 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1235716

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2020
	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	Public Houses: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to instruct pubs to close an hour earlier in areas under local restrictions to address the COVID-19 pandemic; and if so why.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL8241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced on 22 September that, as from 24 September, all pubs in England must have a 10pm-5am closing time to help curb the spread of COVID-19.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 01/10/2020 15:13:00 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1241475

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2020
	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	Wind Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the amount of energy generated from wind power; and how they plan to assist private and public sector businesses (1) to start, or (2) to increase, generating wind power on land they own or occupy.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL8857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>Achieving our ambitious 2050 Net Zero target will require significant increases in renewable electricity generation, and we will need to increase deployment across a range of technologies, including wind.</p><p>We now have 14.2GW installed onshore wind (ONW) capacity and we are a world leader in offshore wind (OFW) with installed capacity of 10.1GW (which will rise to 19.5GW by the mid 2020s).</p><p>On 6 October 2020, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced new plans to Build Back Greener by building on the UK’s success in wind energy. As part of this, we increased the offshore wind ambition to 40 GW by 2030, introduced a new target to deploy 1GW of floating wind by 2030, and to support up to double the capacity of renewable energy in the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) auction, which will open in late 2021. <em> </em></p><p>This CfD allocation round will be open to both onshore and offshore wind (as well as other technologies) as announced on Monday 2 March 2020.</p><p>The Contracts for Difference scheme is the government’s main mechanism for supporting new renewable generation projects in Great Britain and to this date has secured clean energy for 12 million homes. Both public and private sector businesses are entitled to bid into the Contracts for Difference scheme.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 20/10/2020 14:40:24 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1241476

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2020
	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	Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the decision not to proceed with the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL8858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>There are no current plans to review the decision not to proceed with the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 20/10/2020 14:39:55 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1241477

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2020
	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	Energy: Meters
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the rollout of the latest version of smart meters to be completed.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL8859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>In June 2020, the Government confirmed that from July 2021 a new four-year policy framework will be implemented with fixed annual installation milestones for energy suppliers that will drive continued investment and support the cost-effective delivery of net zero and our clean economic recovery. The framework seeks to achieve high levels of overall smart meter coverage across Great Britain over the four-year period.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 20/10/2020 14:39:18 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1241513

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2020
	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	Solar Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the amount of energy generated from solar power; and how they plan to assist private and public sector businesses (1) to start, or (2) to increase, generating solar power on land they own or occupy.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL8860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>Solar PV is a UK success story and a key part of the government’s strategy for low cost decarbonisation of the energy sector.</p><p> </p><p>Achieving our ambitious 2050 Net Zero target will require significant increases in renewable electricity generation, and we will need to increase deployment across a range of technologies, including solar PV. This is why government announced on 2 March 2020 that large scale solar PV projects will be able to compete in the next Contracts for Difference (CfD) allocation round. The round will open in late 2021 and aim to deliver up to double the renewable capacity of last year’s successful round, potentially providing enough clean energy for up to 10 million homes.</p><p> </p><p>Small scale solar PV generators can receive payment for the renewable electricity that they export to the grid under the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG), introduced in January 2020. Generators can choose from several tariffs, which in some cases are higher than the export tariff provided under the previous Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Both public and private sector businesses are entitled to seek support for new and extension solar PV projects under the CfD or SEG scheme, provided they satisfy the relevant eligibility requirements.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 20/10/2020 14:41:04 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1241968

	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	Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme: Fraud
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the number, and (2) the total cost, of fraudulent claims that have been made to the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
	uin	HL8933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2020 answer text <p>As part of the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme application process lenders undertake fraud checks, including Know Your Customer and Anti Money Laundering checks as required. In addition, the application form is clear – any individual who knowingly provides false information is at risk of criminal prosecution. We are working across Departments, and with lenders and law enforcement agencies, to tackle fraudulent abuse of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Details of how we expect the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme to perform is set out in our accounts for 2019-20, a copy of which has been placed in the Libraries of the House. At this early stage, such estimates are naturally highly uncertain as reflected in the explanatory notes of the Accounts.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 22/10/2020 16:18:02 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley