Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

748332

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Direct Rail Services: Pay
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 one per cent public sector pay cap applies to employees of Direct Rail Services Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	2858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The public sector pay cap does not apply to employees of Direct Rail Services Ltd.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/07/2017 16:14:14 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

748333

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Iron and Steel: USA
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 his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect on the UK steel industry of the US Administration imposing a 20 per cent tariff on steel imports to the US.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	2851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>It would be inappropriate to speculate on a report that we’ve not seen or on the outcome. However, we remain in close contact with the steel and aluminium industry regarding this investigation.</p><p>We have made it very clear to the US that we are deeply concerned by any measures that would affect UK industry. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade visited Washington on 19-20 June, accompanied by senior officials from the BEIS steel team, for meetings with the Commerce Secretary and United States Trade Representative, to discuss a range of key UK interests including steel.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/07/2017 10:46:15 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

748339

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	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, how many GWh of electricity were exported from the UK through interconnectors in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	2894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government routinely publishes total export figures in the annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), and the quarterly National Statistics Energy Trends data.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available 12 month period of data spans March 2016 to March 2017 and shows a total export of 2,782 GWh through interconnectors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 10:40:42 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

748340

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Electricity: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many TWh of electricity have been imported into the UK by individual interconnectors since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	2895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government routinely publishes total import figures from interconnectors in the annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), and the quarterly National Statistics Energy Trends data.</p><p> </p><p>Electricity imported to the UK from January 2012 to end March 2017 amounts to the following:</p><p> </p><ul><li>IFA (Interconnexion France-Angleterre) (France-England): 59.7 TWh;</li><li>BritNed (Netherlands-England): 37.7 TWh;</li><li>EWIC (East-West Interconnector) (Ireland-Wales): 2.3 TWh;</li><li>NSI (North-South Interconnector) (Ireland-Northern Ireland): 1.1 TWh.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In addition, 1.26 TWh were imported into GB from Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 10:36:00 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

748341

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	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, whether the T-4 capacity market auction for delivery in October 2021 will take place in February 2018; and and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	2901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>On 15th June National Grid released the capacity market timetable for 2017/18 and within it they have indicated that the T-4 auction will start on 6th February. Please find a link to the timetable document here: <a href="https://www.emrdeliverybody.com/Lists/Latest%20News/Attachments/109/Capacity%20Market%20Operational%20Plan%202017.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.emrdeliverybody.com/Lists/Latest%20News/Attachments/109/Capacity%20Market%20Operational%20Plan%202017.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 10:33:37 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

748342

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Electricity: Costs
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 average cost is of transmission network costs for (a) interconnectors and (b) domestic generators of electricity.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	2900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>National Grid Electricity Transmission plc (NGET), in its role as system operator, have informed us that the average transmission network use of system charge for a GB generator is £5.77 / kW (2017/18 tariffs). The actual tariff is dependent on the location of the generator, the historic load factor of the generator, the type of generator and details of its specific connection.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the overall transmission infrastructure facilitating the wider market, interconnectors do not pay use of system charges for the transmission network. As producers and consumers are liable for charges in their own countries, additional charges for using the interconnector, to allow imports and exports, would amount to double charging and may hinder the ability of GB producers to export electricity to other countries.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 10:30:57 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

748343

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	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, how many megawatts of new interconnector capacity are proposed by (a) 2020 and (b) 2025.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	2897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK has a pipeline of interconnector projects that are expected to play a role in providing reliable, affordable, and clean energy.</p><p> </p><p>Based on current project timelines and assuming all projects are able to complete, 3GW (3000MW) of new interconnector capacity are expected to be operational by 2020. A further 1.4GW is also currently under construction for delivery after 2020. There are a further 9.5GW of projects which have sought regulatory approval.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 10:27:54 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

748344

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	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 proportion of electricity will be supplied by interconnectors in (a) 2020 and (b) 2025.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	2898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The proportion of electricity that will be supplied by electricity imports by 2020 is expected to be 7.6%.</p><p> </p><p>The power supply sector is projected using the reference case scenario from the Energy and Emissions Projections 2016 (published March 2017), which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2016</a></p><p> </p><p>Up to 2020, the reference scenario reflects current power sector policies. Beyond 2020, the reference scenario includes assumptions that go beyond current Government policy. The results do not indicate a preferred outcome and should be treated as illustrative.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/07/2017 14:44:28 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

748345

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Electricity: 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 the average price of electricity supplied by (a) interconnectors and (b) other electricity generation was in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	2899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not hold prices on electricity imports over interconnectors. This is commercial information held by market participants.</p><p> </p><p>As regards the average price for other electricity generation, the average UK power price in the day ahead market, the most commonly cited trading time frame, was £45.01 over the past 12 months. This is an incomplete picture as power is sold across a number of time frames, from year ahead through to intraday trading, and it would be inappropriate to extract wholesale prices from one time frame and use it to infer prices across other time frames. The Government does not have visibility of longer term time frames, which is commercial information held by market participants.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/07/2017 14:42:42 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

748347

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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: Planning Permission
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 any planning applications have been submitted for new onshore wind farms since 9 June 2017; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	2753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department at this time.</p><p>The Department maintains the Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), which tracks the progress of new renewable energy projects, including onshore wind projects, as they move through the planning system. The database is updated and published on a monthly basis. An update for June 2017 will be published shortly on the Department’s website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-energy-planning-database-monthly-extract" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-energy-planning-database-monthly-extract</a></p><p>It should be noted that the REPD shows projects that have applied for planning permission in the previous month or earlier for projects with a capacity greater than, or equal to, 1MW. Therefore, planning applications that were submitted in June may appear in later monthly REPD updates.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 10/07/2017 16:28:27 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham