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1714909

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2024
	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	Carbon Emissions: Impact Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to Table 16 of the Impact Assessment for the Carbon Budget Order 2021, published on 16 April 2021, if she will publish an annual undiscounted table of the costs and benefits of each option.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>The Impact Assessment compared the costs and benefits of meeting net zero in 2050 for different options for the level of the Sixth Carbon Budget, including the level recommended by the Climate Change Committee which has since been voted into law. Costs and benefits were aggregated over 2020-2050 to reflect uncertainty around the precise annual profile. Given this uncertainty, the table below sets out the undiscounted costs and benefits over 5 yearly increments.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1. Costs and benefits breakdown by sixth carbon budget options, Core pathway only</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Costs and benefits relative to Option 1</strong> <strong>(Do Nothing baseline of 2100MtCO2e)</strong><br> <strong>(£bn, undiscounted)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-2025</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2026-2030</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2031-2035</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2036-2040</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2041-2045</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2046-2050</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>Costs </strong> <strong>(incl. capital &amp; finance)</strong></p></td><td><p>Option 2, Looser, 1105Mt</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p>277</p></td><td><p>381</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Option 3, CCC level, 965Mt</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>309</p></td><td><p>395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Option 4, Tighter, 865Mt</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>301</p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>389</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>Benefits</strong> <strong>(incl. fuel &amp; emissions savings)</strong></p></td><td><p>Option 2, Looser, 1105Mt</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>357</p></td><td><p>526</p></td><td><p>739</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Option 3, CCC level, 965Mt</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>168</p></td><td><p>401</p></td><td><p>554</p></td><td><p>757</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Option 4, Tighter, 865Mt</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p>174</p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>762</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/05/2024 16:11:34 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1713230

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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	British Business Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how (a) much finance was and (b) many loans were provided to businesses by the British Business Bank; and how many and what proportion of these loans were provided to small businesses.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>At 2022/23 the British Business Bank was supporting £12.4bn of finance to 90,201 small businesses across the UK through the Bank’s 220 delivery partners. Finance supported by the Bank is intended for small and medium businesses, as defined in the Companies Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 01/05/2024 16:41:00 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1713231

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Taxation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the revenue that will be raised by the Energy Profits Levy by March 2029.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text Forecasts for government revenues from oil and gas production, including for Energy Profits Levy, are provided by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR). Their most recent published forecast, provided for Spring Budget 2024 on 6 March, is available on the OBR website at the following link <a href="https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2024/" target="_blank">https://obr.uk/efo/economic-and-fiscal-outlook-march-2024/</a>.<p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 30/04/2024 09:41:09 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1713232

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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	Electricity: Meters
	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 make an estimate of the number and proportion of homes that have an electricity smart meter.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>Quarterly statistics on the rollout of smart meters in Great Britain, covering both gas and electricity smart meters installed, are available online: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fsmart-meters-statistics.&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C9550cfb6f08f405c62f008dc69c41fe6%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638501538273800165%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=8oTTb5AS%2F6IYjkIOsmAijucjVqMDhJYgy8PeLbRMSnw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/smart-meters-statistics.</a></p><p> </p><p>This includes information about the number and proportion of electricity smart meters.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 01/05/2024 09:58:15 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1713233

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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	Renewable Energy: Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much (a) private sector investment and (b) public sector funding there has been for (i) onshore wind, (ii) offshore wind and (iii) solar power in each financial year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Based on data from BloombergNEF, total investment into UK offshore wind, onshore wind and solar PV was £143bn over 2009-2023 (converted to real 2023 prices, nearest £bn). For these technologies, a record £19bn was in 2023, helping the renewable share of total UK electricity generation increase from 7% in 2010 to nearly 50% in 2023.</p><p> </p><p>In the UK, renewables receive levy-funded support through legacy schemes (Renewables Obligation [RO] and Feed-in Tariffs [FiTs]), and our Contracts for Difference (CfD) mechanism. The OBR regularly publish estimates of levy spend for the prior financial year across the RO and CfD schemes, and Ofgem publishes estimates for FiTs, aggregated for all renewables. For the CfD scheme only, the LCCC publish data at a technology and plant level.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie grouped question UIN 23334 question first answered 30/04/2024 09:23:01 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1713234

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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	Renewable Energy: Investment
	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 information her Department holds on the year in which the highest level of private sector investment into renewable sources of power generation was recorded.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23334
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Based on data from BloombergNEF, total investment into UK offshore wind, onshore wind and solar PV was £143bn over 2009-2023 (converted to real 2023 prices, nearest £bn). For these technologies, a record £19bn was in 2023, helping the renewable share of total UK electricity generation increase from 7% in 2010 to nearly 50% in 2023.</p><p> </p><p>In the UK, renewables receive levy-funded support through legacy schemes (Renewables Obligation [RO] and Feed-in Tariffs [FiTs]), and our Contracts for Difference (CfD) mechanism. The OBR regularly publish estimates of levy spend for the prior financial year across the RO and CfD schemes, and Ofgem publishes estimates for FiTs, aggregated for all renewables. For the CfD scheme only, the LCCC publish data at a technology and plant level.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie grouped question UIN 23333 question first answered 30/04/2024 09:23:01 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1713235

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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	Electricity
	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 recent estimate she has made of what (a) peak and (b) total electricity demand will be in (i) 2025, (ii) 2030, (iii) 2035, (iv) 2040, (v) 2045 and (vi) 2050.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>Total demand and peak demand figures corresponding to the latest scenarios published in Annex O of the Energy and Emission Projections<sup>[1]</sup> are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2025</p></td><td><p>2030</p></td><td><p>2035</p></td><td><p>2040</p></td><td><p>2045</p></td><td><p>2050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Demand (TWh)</p></td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>309</p></td><td><p>362</p></td><td><p>449</p></td><td><p>482</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>High</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>483</p></td><td><p>563</p></td><td><p>656</p></td><td><p>771</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peak Demand (GW)</p></td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>119</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>High</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fenergy-and-emissions-projections-2021-to-2040&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Ce6eadc05dcdd4a4ce2d208dc68ef2a6e%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638500623620173981%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=g1AfM92dgDPsLm2POX1jmYZ0FcntcpobY5VQT0S9s0A%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-and-emissions-projections-2021-to-2040</a></p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/04/2024 09:21:48 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1713236

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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	Energy Supply
	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 make an estimate of the proportion of total energy demand will be met by (a) oil, (b) gas and (c) nuclear in (i) 2025, (ii) 2030, (iii) 2035, (iv) 2040, (v) 2045 and (vi) 2050.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The table below sets out shares for oil, gas and nuclear consistent with a pathway to meeting the UK’s 6th Carbon Budget.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2025</p></td><td><p>2030</p></td><td><p>2035</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas (% of total energy)</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil (% of total energy)</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td><p>23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity from nuclear (% of total energy)</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity from nuclear (% of electricity)</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Beyond 2035, oil and gas use will need to continue to decline but will remain an important part of the energy mix and even when reaching net zero in 2050 oil and gas (combined) could still provide around a quarter of the UK's energy needs. The Government has set out an ambition for nuclear energy to provide up to around a quarter of the UK’s electricity needs by 2050 which would represent around 12% of expected total energy demand.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 30/04/2024 10:03:57 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1713237

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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	Electricity: National Grid
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many kilometres of transmission network were added to the electricity grid in the period (a) between 1994 and 1999, (b) between 2000 and 2009, (c) between 2010 and 2019 and (d) since 2019.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold historic data of annual transmission network build. As stated in the Electricity Networks Strategic Framework, in 2021 there were approximately 20,000km of onshore high voltage transmission cables in the UK.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/04/2024 10:07:45 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby

1713238

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	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	Electricity: National Grid
	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 make an estimate of the number of kilometres of transmission network that will be added to the electricity grid in the (a) 2020s, (b) 2030s and (c) 2040s.
	tabling member constituency	North Devon
	tabling member printed	Selaine Saxby
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not estimate the future size of the transmission network. The Electricity System Operator, along with Transmission Operators and Ofgem, is responsible for the development of the network. The ESO is required to publish annual recommendations for which transmission network reinforcement projects should receive investment, but this does not include data on the length of projects. The latest recommendations, published in the 'Beyond 2030' report, cover network needs up to the mid-2030s. The report is available on the ESO's website.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 30/04/2024 10:25:21 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4863 label Biography information for Selaine Saxby