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709439

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	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, how many (a) directly employed and (b) contractor employees there were in the offshore wind industry in each year between 2006-07 and 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	67098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not collate this data on an annual basis. However, the industry currently supports around 13,700 jobs in the UK (7,900 direct and 5,800 indirect) with GVA* of £1 billion (£600m direct and £400m indirect).</p><p> </p><p><em>Source: “The size and performance of the UK low-carbon economy”, BIS, March 2015, </em><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-economy-size-and-performance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-economy-size-and-performance</a></em></p><p><em>*Gross Value Added</em></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/03/2017 18:01:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

601170

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2016
	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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
	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 (a) former miners and (b) widows of former miners are in receipt of the mineworker's pension in (i) the UK, (ii) the East Midlands and (iii) Ashfield constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	48674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2016 answer text <p>The scheme is not administered by the Government, but by the Scheme Trustees. The Department does not, therefore, hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/10/2016 10:07:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 15089 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

606013

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2016
	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	Development Consent Orders
	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 Development Consent Orders for energy projects his Department considered in each region in each year since 2009-10; and how many such Orders were (a) accepted and (b) rejected.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	49349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>The attached table sets out the number of applications for new Development Consent Orders (“DCO”) for energy infrastructure projects which the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the former Department of Energy and Climate Change considered in each year since the Planning Act 2008 system for nationally significant infrastructure projects came into force on 1 March 2010. The year given is the year when the decision was made. The region given is the region in which the Planning Inspectorate classifies the project.</p><p>The former Infrastructure Planning Commission made one decision to grant an energy infrastructure DCO before its abolition (2011 – East of England, not included in the table).</p><p>One application was originally refused consent before being granted consent on redetermination. That is included as a grant of consent only in the table.</p><p>The Department is currently considering one application for a DCO (not included in the attached table).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/10/2016 10:29:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman attachment 1 file name WPQ 49349 Table.docx title New energy infrastructure DCOs
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

644017

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2016
	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	Oil: Exploration
	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 Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences have been granted where the Local Plan does not include development land for such purposes.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	54856
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The process for granting Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences is independent from the development of Local Plans.</p><p>The Oil and Gas Authority is the petroleum licensing authority. When approving licences the Oil and Gas Authority considers the applicant’s technical competence and financial viability. Once an area is licensed, oil and gas exploration and drilling are subject to landowner consent, local planning permission and other permits. Planning law requires that applications for planning permission must be determined in accordance with the local authority development plan, unless material considerations indicate otherwise. The process for granting Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences is independent of the development of Local Plans.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/12/2016 11:26:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

643189

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2016
	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	Wind Power: Renewables Obligation
	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 applications were made under the renewables obligation for (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind; and what the annual cost to the public purse was of each of those subsidies between 2010 and 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	54504
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The number of applications approved for accreditation under the renewables obligation (RO) for onshore and offshore wind projects in the UK between the financial years 2010/11 to 2015/16 were:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Technology </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of applications for accreditation between 2010/11 and 2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Micro onshore wind projects up to and including 50kW capacity</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onshore wind projects above 50kW capacity</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore wind projects</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ofgem:</p><p>RO accredited stations list (downloaded 24 November 2016): <a href="https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0" target="_blank">https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0</a></p><p>The costs of the RO are reclaimed from electricity consumers, not from general taxation. The annual costs of supporting onshore and offshore wind through the RO from 2010/11 to 2015/16, in £ million nominal prices were:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>RO costs £/million </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onshore wind</p></td><td><p>£397.8</p></td><td><p>£482.6</p></td><td><p>£557.1</p></td><td><p>£755.6</p></td><td><p>£786.8</p></td><td><p>£803.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore wind</p></td><td><p>£253.9</p></td><td><p>£371.1</p></td><td><p>£698.5</p></td><td><p>£988.7</p></td><td><p>£1,108.0</p></td><td><p>£1,429.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Ofgem:</p><p>Renewables Obligation library: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/ro/contacts-publications-and-data/publications-library-renewables-obligation-ro" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/ro/contacts-publications-and-data/publications-library-renewables-obligation-ro</a></p><p>Renewables Obligation Annual Report 2014-15: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/renewables-obligation-ro-annual-report-2014-15" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/renewables-obligation-ro-annual-report-2014-15</a></p><p>Renewables Obligation register and compliance certificates report: <a href="https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0" target="_blank">https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/11/2016 14:52:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

582634

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2016
	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	Fuel Poverty: Children
	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 children in England were classed as living in fuel poverty in each year since May 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	46272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Fuel poverty is measured at the household level. We do not publish the number of children in fuel poverty as we cannot accurately estimate personal level information.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/09/2016 10:23:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

632006

	registered interest
	date	08/11/2016
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Civil Servants
	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 civil servants are currently working in his Department on energy and climate changes issues; and how many civil servants were employed by the former Department for Energy and Climate Change in November 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	52414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s activity to tackle climate change cuts across the work of various teams and is in many cases undertaken by officials who, as well as energy and climate change, also work to deliver the department’s other priorities.</p><p>Consequently, it is not possible to calculate the exact number of officials who work on energy and climate change issues. However, as recent announcements outline, delivery of the Government’s commitments on climate change remains a key priority for the department.</p><p>The Department for Energy and Climate Change’s published civil servant staff figures for November 2014 was 1575, including 102 senior civil servants.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/11/2016 17:11:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

576390

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2016
	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: Cybercrime
	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 cyber-attacks there have been on the UK's national energy infrastructure in the past five years.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	44904
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>In the interest of National Security we cannot comment on specific details of cyber security attacks. However, cyber security is one of the Government’s top national security priorities and BEIS is continuing to work with government departments and the National Cyber Security Centre, as well as with industry partners, to ensure that the risks to the energy sector are understood and that appropriate mitigations are established.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2016 13:49:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

643181

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2016
	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: 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, how many domestic consumers whose energy was supplied by one of the Big Six suppliers and who were on a standard variable tariff switched tariff (a) with the same supplier and (b) to a new supplier in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
	tabling member printed	Glyn Davies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	54583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy collect data on the type of tariff which customers are on for the big six energy suppliers as part of our domestic fuels inquiry. We do not collect or hold data for customers and therefore cannot identify how long a customer has been with the same supplier or which customers have moved to a new supplier.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/11/2016 15:30:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4041 label Biography information for Glyn Davies

709440

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2017
	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	Green Deal Scheme
	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 firms have been removed from the approved list of Green Deal installers in each calendar year of the scheme to date.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
	tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	67151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below shows the number of firms that have been removed from the Green Deal (GD) Participants Register each calendar year since the GD scheme began.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Installers Withdrawn by CBs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>931</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/03/2017 14:09:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin