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604971

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2016
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of smart meters which rely on 2G technology.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	49219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government has not made an estimate of the number of smart meters that operate using 2G technology. Energy suppliers are incentivised to make sure they have procured communications to allow them to carry on operating smart meters for the whole of their life.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/10/2016 10:33:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

782934

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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: Seas and Oceans
	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 offshore wind capital expenditure data was for each of the last two years; and what the evidential basis is for his Department's assessment of the fall in the cost of wind power.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	111098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on capital expenditure for individual offshore wind projects. The Department’s latest projection of capital expenditure for generic offshore wind projects is published in Arup (2016): Review of Renewable Electricity Generation Cost and Technical Assumptions, and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/arup-2016-review-of-renewable-electricity-generation-cost-and-technical-assumptions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/arup-2016-review-of-renewable-electricity-generation-cost-and-technical-assumptions</a>.</p><p>The Contracts for Difference (CfD) Second Allocation Round results, which were announced on 11 September 2017, showed one offshore wind project commissioning in 2021/22 cleared at a strike price of £74.75/MWh (2012 prices) and two offshore wind projects commissioning in year 2022/23 cleared at a strike price of £57.50/MWh (2012 prices). Both these prices represent a saving on the administrative strike price set using the data from Arup (2016), indicating that offshore wind costs are falling.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 10/11/2017 12:02:03 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

782936

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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: Seas and Oceans
	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 estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of guaranteeing the strike price to consumers of operational offshore wind sites in (a) 2015 and (b) 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	111099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <ul><li>The first Contract For Difference (CfD) allocation round results, published in 2015, saw over 1.2 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity secure contracts, estimated at the time of the auction to cost consumers just over £240 million per year (2012 prices).</li><li>The second round results, announced in September 2017, saw the clearing price half for offshore wind delivered in the auction; we secured an additional 3.2 gigawatts of new offshore wind capacity, estimated at the time of the auction to cost consumers just over £130 million per year (2012 prices).</li><li>There are many factors that affect payments under these contracts, which mean that actual costs may go up or down.</li><li>These results demonstrate that the UK is an attractive place to invest, with a record amount of renewable capacity secured to power our homes.</li><li>The price of offshore wind clearing through the auction has halved in two years, demonstrating that competitive auctions are working well to drive down costs and deliver savings for consumers, whilst delivering the government’s decarbonisation ambitions.</li></ul> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 10/11/2017 13:09:22 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	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

381211

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Energy Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of direct costs to the energy intensive industry resulting from the introduction of legislative proposals on a carbon price floor.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The costs of the Carbon Price Floor on business are largely indirect, passed through in bills by their electricity supplier. However, the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s Prices and Bills report estimates that in 2014 the Carbon Price Floor increased the price per MWh of electricity for the average uncompensated energy intensive business by £4. The Government pays compensation to the most electricity intensive industries which reduces the price impact for the average compensated energy intensive business in 2014 to £2 per MWh.</p><p>My Department keeps the risk of carbon leakage under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 2440 2441 question first answered 22/06/2015 09:41:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381213

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Energy Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he last met with representatives of the energy intensive industry to discuss the disparity between (a) UK carbon prices under the carbon price floor and (b) such prices in the rest of Europe.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The costs of the Carbon Price Floor on business are largely indirect, passed through in bills by their electricity supplier. However, the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s Prices and Bills report estimates that in 2014 the Carbon Price Floor increased the price per MWh of electricity for the average uncompensated energy intensive business by £4. The Government pays compensation to the most electricity intensive industries which reduces the price impact for the average compensated energy intensive business in 2014 to £2 per MWh.</p><p>My Department keeps the risk of carbon leakage under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 2426 2441 question first answered 22/06/2015 09:41:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

381216

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Energy Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the carbon price floor on (a) carbon leakage rates, (b) the relocation of energy intensive industry overseas and (c) UK and EU carbon dioxide emissions.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	2441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2015 answer text <p>The costs of the Carbon Price Floor on business are largely indirect, passed through in bills by their electricity supplier. However, the Department for Energy and Climate Change’s Prices and Bills report estimates that in 2014 the Carbon Price Floor increased the price per MWh of electricity for the average uncompensated energy intensive business by £4. The Government pays compensation to the most electricity intensive industries which reduces the price impact for the average compensated energy intensive business in 2014 to £2 per MWh.</p><p>My Department keeps the risk of carbon leakage under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 2426 2440 question first answered 22/06/2015 09:41:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

222589

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Toxic Shock Syndrome
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many teenage girls and women died in each of the last five years from toxic shock syndrome caused by tampon use.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	224770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 25/02/2015 13:51:33 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name PQ 224770 ONS 57.pdf title ONS Letter to Member - Tampon Use
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

449999

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Polygamy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the number of men in the UK who are in polygamous marriages.
	tabling member constituency	Monmouth
	tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
	uin	25524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Reading East answering member printed Mr Rob Wilson question first answered 04/02/2016 11:40:01 answering member 1556 label Biography information for Mr Rob Wilson attachment 1 file name 25524 FINAL.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Polygamous Marriages
	tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies