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1010537

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Climate Change: EU Action
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 Government plans to maintain alignment with EU climate change policy after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	193484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>UK government’s action to tackle climate change is framed by the Climate Change Act. This is domestic legislation and is therefore unaffected by exiting the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The UK is committed to international cooperation, including with the EU, on issues of shared interest including climate change.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/11/2018 15:14:46 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1010538

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Fracking: Carbon Emissions
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 assessment he has made of the potential effect on the level of UK carbon emissions of fugitive emissions from fracking.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	193485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>Management of fugitive emissions is covered by the Environment Agency permit. As part of the permit application, the operator will need to describe the management of fugitive emissions in an ‘emissions management plan’.</p><p>During operations the operator will be required to undertake environmental monitoring, including emissions monitoring, to demonstrate compliance with their permits. In some cases, depending on the risks presented by a site or community concerns, the Environment Agency may carry out extra monitoring themselves.</p><p>As a further safeguard, the Infrastructure Act 2015 makes it clear that hydraulic fracturing activities cannot take place unless appropriate arrangements have been made for monitoring emissions of methane into the air.</p><p>In addition, the Government is grant funding an environmental monitoring programme led by the British Geological Survey (BGS) in the Fylde (Lancashire) and Kirby Misperton (North Yorkshire), where applications for shale gas wells have been made.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/11/2018 14:22:57 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

983249

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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: Housing
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 homes in the UK are in Energy Performance Band E or lower.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	176377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>Latest figures for the number of homes (thousands) in Energy Performance Band D or higher and Band E or lower for England and the Devolved Nations.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England <em>(2016)</em></p></td><td><p>Scotland <em>(2016)</em></p></td><td><p>Northern Ireland <em>(2016)</em></p></td><td><p>Wales <em>(2008)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band D or higher (thousands)</p></td><td><p>18,290</p></td><td><p>2,031</p></td><td><p>643</p></td><td><p>558</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band E or lower (thousands)</p></td><td><p>4,707</p></td><td><p>422</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of homes (thousands)</p></td><td><p>22,996</p></td><td><p>2,452</p></td><td><p>742</p></td><td><p>1,268</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Figures may not sum to totals due to rounding</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note, these figures should not be summed to give a UK total, or compared between nations due to the following differences:</p><p>(1) The latest data available for Wales is from 2008, 2016 data will be published in November 2018.</p><p>(2) Figures for Wales relate to number of dwellings (which includes vacant properties) whereas figures for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland relate to number of households (excluding vacant properties).</p><p>(3) Each nation uses a different methodology for calculating Energy Performance. The main difference being Welsh figures are based on SAP 2005, whereas figures for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland are based on SAP 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Data sources</p><p>MHCLG. (2016). English Housing Survey.</p><p>Scottish Government. (2016). Scottish House Condition Survey.</p><p>Housing Executive. (2016). Northern Ireland House Condition Survey.</p><p>Welsh Government. (2008). Living in Wales Survey.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 176378 question first answered 17/10/2018 15:38:35 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

983250

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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: Housing
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 homes in the UK are in Energy Performance Band D or higher.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	176378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p>Latest figures for the number of homes (thousands) in Energy Performance Band D or higher and Band E or lower for England and the Devolved Nations.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England <em>(2016)</em></p></td><td><p>Scotland <em>(2016)</em></p></td><td><p>Northern Ireland <em>(2016)</em></p></td><td><p>Wales <em>(2008)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band D or higher (thousands)</p></td><td><p>18,290</p></td><td><p>2,031</p></td><td><p>643</p></td><td><p>558</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Band E or lower (thousands)</p></td><td><p>4,707</p></td><td><p>422</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total number of homes (thousands)</p></td><td><p>22,996</p></td><td><p>2,452</p></td><td><p>742</p></td><td><p>1,268</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>Figures may not sum to totals due to rounding</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note, these figures should not be summed to give a UK total, or compared between nations due to the following differences:</p><p>(1) The latest data available for Wales is from 2008, 2016 data will be published in November 2018.</p><p>(2) Figures for Wales relate to number of dwellings (which includes vacant properties) whereas figures for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland relate to number of households (excluding vacant properties).</p><p>(3) Each nation uses a different methodology for calculating Energy Performance. The main difference being Welsh figures are based on SAP 2005, whereas figures for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland are based on SAP 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Data sources</p><p>MHCLG. (2016). English Housing Survey.</p><p>Scottish Government. (2016). Scottish House Condition Survey.</p><p>Housing Executive. (2016). Northern Ireland House Condition Survey.</p><p>Welsh Government. (2008). Living in Wales Survey.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 176377 question first answered 17/10/2018 15:38:35 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

983255

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Estate Agents: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a legal requirement for property companies to provide (a) a breakdown of monies requested from companies operating from their properties, and (b) receipts for expenditure.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	176380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to do so.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/10/2018 16:25:36 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

933774

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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: Housing
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 feed-in tariff applications have been made in respect of houses with an Energy Performance Certificate of (a) D or higher and (b) E or lower in the most recent 12 months for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	159646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>In the period June 2017 to June 2018, 13,428 applications for the Feed-in-Tariff scheme were made in respect of premises where Ofgem know that it had an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) of level D or above. Ofgem does not hold data in relation to premises with FIT installations which have an EPC of level E or below</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/07/2018 14:35:01 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

933775

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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	Solar Power: Housing
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 feed-in tariff rate for solar PV is for (a) houses with Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) of D or higher and (b) houses with EPCs of E or lower.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	159647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Feed-In Tariff rates are published by Ofgem at <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/fit/fit-tariff-rates" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/fit/fit-tariff-rates</a>. The current higher PV tariff of 3.93p per kWh is available for houses with EPCs of D or higher. The lower tariff of 0.25p per kWh is available for houses with EPCs of E or lower and those houses with an EPC of level D or above that was not issued before the commissioning date of the installation.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/07/2018 14:35:42 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

933796

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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	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 his policy is on support for the UK offshore wind industry’s ambition to produce one third of UK electricity from offshore wind by 2030; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	159655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK has the largest installed offshore wind capacity in the world, with around 7GW operational. This will rise to around 10GW by 2020.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Clean Growth Strategy, the Government is working with industry as they develop an ambitious Sector Deal for offshore wind, which could result in 10 gigawatts of new capacity, with the opportunity for additional deployment if this is cost effective, built in the 2020s.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/07/2018 14:40:15 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

933797

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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	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 recent assessment he has made of the potential for offshore wind to deliver significant electricity system cost reductions by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	159656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>Offshore wind costs have fallen significantly over the last few years. The cheapest offshore wind projects in the 2017 Contract for Difference Allocation Round cleared 50% lower than the cheapest offshore wind project in the 2015 Contract for Difference Allocation Round. Going forward, the industry expects offshore wind costs to continue to fall.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/07/2018 14:39:02 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

933799

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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	Carbon Budgets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Climate Change Act 2008, what assessment he has made of the potential performance of the UK in relation to the (i) third, (ii) fourth and (iii) fifth carbon budget.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	159658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK is projected to overachieve against the third carbon budget. Current projections for the fourth and fifth carbon budgets suggest that we could deliver 97 per cent and 95 per cent of our required performance against 1990 levels, and we are working to implement the ambitious policies and proposals set out in our Clean Growth Strategy to enable us to meet our future carbon budgets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/07/2018 14:38:25 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire