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715202

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
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	Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
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 a review has been carried out of the environmental impact assessment of the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	69793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>In taking the decision to grant development consent for the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon in June 2015, my right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change considered and reviewed the environmental impact assessment for the project. The Secretary of State's consideration was informed by the Planning Inspectorate`s Report on the application for development consent and other relevant information, including environmental information provided by the developer and other parties.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/04/2017 12:56:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

715204

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
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	Renewable Heat Incentive 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, what the net cost to the public purse was of the (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic consumer Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme in Great Britain in each year since 2012; and what the budget is for subsidy payments to existing and future participants in those schemes in each year between 2007 and 2012; what assessment he has made of the need for a cap on the RHI schemes' overall expenditure; and if he will undertake a review of the (i) efficacy of such schemes and (b) costs of importing wood pellets.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Kate Hoey
uin	69876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>(1) The budget and net cost of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) schemes in Great Britain are set out below. The Non-domestic RHI started in November 2011 and the Domestic RHI was launched in April 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </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><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Budget*</strong></p></td><td><p>£56m</p></td><td><p>£70m</p></td><td><p>£251m</p></td><td><p>£424m</p></td><td><p>£430m</p></td><td><p>£640m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Subsidy cost</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Non-domestic</em></p></td><td><p><em>£1m</em></p></td><td><p><em>£16m</em></p></td><td><p><em>£54m</em></p></td><td><p><em>£149m</em></p></td><td><p><em>£298m</em></p></td><td><p><em>£459m</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Domestic</em></p></td><td><p><em>-</em></p></td><td><p><em>-</em></p></td><td><p><em>-</em></p></td><td><p><em>£23m</em></p></td><td><p><em>£77m</em></p></td><td><p><em>£91m</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Programme cost**</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Non-domestic</em></p></td><td><p><em>£5m</em></p></td><td><p><em>£5m</em></p></td><td><p><em>£7m</em></p></td><td><p><em>£8m</em></p></td><td><p><em>£7m</em></p></td><td><p><em>£6m</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Domestic</em></p></td><td><p><em>-</em></p></td><td><p><em>-</em></p></td><td><p><em>£5m</em></p></td><td><p><em>£7m</em></p></td><td><p><em>£5m</em></p></td><td><p><em>£4m</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total cost</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£6m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£21m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£66m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£187m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£387m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£560m</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data to end-Feb 2017. All figures rounded to nearest £1m.</p><p>* Budget is for subsidy payments only</p><p>**Programme costs include scheme development and administration costs</p><p>(2) A budget cap was introduced to the RHI in Spring 2016, so the schemes can be closed to new applicants if the annual budgets are at risk of being exceeded.</p><p>(3) The RHI schemes are evaluated regularly. The results of previous evaluations are available here:-</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/renewable-heat-incentive-evaluation" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/renewable-heat-incentive-evaluation</a></p><p>(4) The government reviews the cost of wood pellets as part of periodic reviews of RHI tariffs. This was last done in 2016 as part of the RHI reforms which will be implemented this year. The share of imported wood pellets used by RHI participants is not known.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/04/2017 15:37:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	210 label Biography information for Baroness Hoey

715211

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
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	Coal Fired Power Stations: 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 his Department has made of the potential reduction in carbon dioxide emissions of replacing all coal plants which are over 25-years old with modern super-critical coal plants.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	69671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the potential impact of super-critical coal plants on carbon dioxide emissions.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/04/2017 08:43:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

715213

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
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	Sellafield
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 publish the total lifetime cost of the Sellafield nuclear waste plant in Cumbria.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	69841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority publishes the amount spent on decommissioning Sellafield in its Annual Report and Accounts. It also publishes a more detailed figure on the cost of decommissioning the UK’s nuclear sites in the Nuclear Provision section of its website.</p><p> </p><p>The total estimated cost for decommissioning the Sellafield site is £88 billion on an undiscounted basis.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/04/2017 14:57:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

715214

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
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	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Contracts
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 management contracts placed by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority have been cancelled early in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	69842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Two management contracts have been terminated early by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) in the last five years. These are the Parent Body Agreement with Nuclear Management Partners and the Management and Operation Contract with Sellafield Limited. These cancellations formed part of the process of turning Sellafield Limited into a subsidiary of the NDA which came into effect on 1 April 2016.</p><p> </p><p>On 27 March 2017, my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy announced in Parliament that the NDA intends to terminate the Parent Body Agreement with Cavendish Fluor Partnership for the management of Magnox sites.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/04/2017 14:47:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn