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661825

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
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 sanctions are available to his Department should construction of Hinkley Point C run behind schedule or over budget.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	58102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>EDF has a strong incentive to build Hinkley Point C on time (i.e. by 2025) because of the loss of expected revenues after that time if not.</p><p> </p><p>If EDF does not start generating four years after 2025, then there will be reductions to the contract term; this means that for every day that HPC is late, the period of time where EDF gets increased certainty on the price of its electricity will be reduced.</p><p> </p><p>If HPC is not generating electricity by 2033, there is an option in the contract to cancel the contract. Finally, EDF will pay any extra costs if the cost of building the plant goes over budget.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/01/2017 10:52:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

661826

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
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	Nuclear Power Stations: Construction
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 proposals have been submitted for the construction of new nuclear power stations since 2000.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	58101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>Since 2000 there has been one proposal put forward for a development consent order for a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/01/2017 10:53:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

661830

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
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	Mining: Pensions
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 much is held in the investment reserve funds for the (a) Mineworkers' Pension Scheme and (b) British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	58096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The investment reserve for the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme totalled £1,066m at the last valuation (dated 30 September 2014). For the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme, the investment fund stood at £1,701m when last valued on 31 March 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/01/2017 10:54:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

661831

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
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, if he will assess the balance of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme surplus-sharing arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	58345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The presence of the guarantee has enabled the scheme trustees to invest so as to target surpluses; this has resulted in a 30% increase in payments to members. For this reason, we believe the existing arrangements work well and are fair to all parties.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/01/2017 10:50:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

661833

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
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 price has been agreed with the operators of Hinkley Point C to cover periods of low demand and oversupply in which the power station may have to stop generating.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	58272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>If a generator is curtailed by the National Electricity Transmission System Operator (NETSO – currently National Grid in England) compensation is provided to that generator under current market arrangements. The Hinkley Point C Contract for Difference provides protection if these market arrangements were to change and the generator is left worse off as a result of such curtailment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/01/2017 11:04:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

661837

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
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: Meters
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 estimate of the potential net benefit of smart meter roll-out in (a) cost savings for suppliers, (b) cost savings for consumers and (c) the transmission system; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
tabling member printed	John Penrose
uin	58256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2017 answer text <p>The Smart Meter Roll-out Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) published on 10 November estimates the costs and benefits for suppliers, consumers’ savings and energy networks – the document is available at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/publications/smart-meter-roll-out-gb-cost-benefit-analysis.</p><p>The smart meter rollout is expected to deliver significant net benefits to Great Britain, estimated overall at £5.7 billion over the lifetime of the programme.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/01/2017 11:37:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

661838

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
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	Nuclear Power Stations: Construction
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 local community response to the pre-planning consultations for Bradwell B and Sizewell C Power Stations.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	58262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of developers to consult with local communities at the pre-application stage of proposals for nationally significant energy infrastructure which require development consent under the Planning Act 2008.</p><p> </p><p>Applications for such projects are examined by the Planning Inspectorate which reports with its recommendation to my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, who will then decide whether or not to grant development consent.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State will take into account the community consultations carried out by the developer in reaching his decisions on whether or not to grant development consent but it would not be appropriate for the Department to comment on those consultations at the pre-application stage in the process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/01/2017 11:03:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

661839

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
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	Sizewell C Power Station
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 information his Department holds on plans to improve highway infrastructure around the construction sites of Sizewell C to facilitate additional construction traffic; and who will be responsible for funding such improvements.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	58263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2017 answer text <p>It is up to the developer to decide on what highway infrastructure improvements to facilitate construction traffic to the site it wishes to include in its application after giving proper consideration to the responses it receives to its pre-application consultation. The developer is currently consulting on a number of proposals linked to Sizewell C – with the consultation period running from 23rd November 2016 through to 3rd February 2017. Funding of highway infrastructure to be included in an application for development consent for Sizewell C would be a matter for the developer to consider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/01/2017 11:02:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

660176

registered interest
date	16/12/2016
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	Warm Home Discount 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 plans his Department has for the future of Warm Home Discount payments.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
uin	58056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government announced in the Spending Review in November 2015 that the Warm Home Discount scheme would be extended to 2020/21 at current levels of £320m per year, rising with inflation, to help households who are at risk of fuel poverty with their energy bills.</p><p>The current regulations last until 31 March 2018 and we plan to consult on any changes to the scheme in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/01/2017 11:14:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

660182

registered interest
date	16/12/2016
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	Warm Home Discount 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, whether there are any requirements for providers of the Warm Home Discount Scheme to enquire about applicants' long-term physical and mental health.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
uin	58057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Warm Home Discount is applied directly to customer accounts by energy suppliers. There is no requirement for providers of the Warm Home Discount Scheme to enquire about applicants' long-term physical and mental health; however, Ofgem does require energy suppliers to keep a ‘Priority Services Register’ of its domestic customers<em>, </em>who may be vulnerable and require Priority Services.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/01/2017 10:55:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter