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596165

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date	07/10/2016
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	Timber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 45332, for what reasons the use of wood which has not reached the end of its useful life attracts subsidies and not penalties for emissions of carbon dioxide; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	46971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>In order to receive government support for heat and power generation from biomass, all biomass must now comply with the UK’s sustainability criteria. This includes a minimum 60% lifecycle greenhouse gas saving and for the biomass to be from a sustainable source.</p><p>Forestry Commission research found that optimal GHG emission savings can be achieved when harvested wood is used primarily for timber where possible, with energy produced alongside it as a co-product. This is summarised at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bioenergy-strategy-supplementary-note-carbon-impacts-of-forest-biomass-november-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bioenergy-strategy-supplementary-note-carbon-impacts-of-forest-biomass-november-2012</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/10/2016 15:53:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

596166

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Coal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 45332, whether his Department plans to review the use of coal in the UK energy market; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	46970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>Most of the UK’s existing coal fired power stations are old, relatively inefficient and require investment to reduce the level of damaging pollutants they emit. I expect to consult shortly on the closure of unabated coal stations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/10/2016 11:21:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

596167

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 45332, what assessment he has made of the use of biomass for electricity production and its contribution to supporting the decarbonisation of the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	46969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2016 answer text <p>In 2015, bioenergy generated 29.3 TWh of electricity from 5.2 GW of capacity, up from 22.6TWh and 4.5GW in 2014<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>.</p><p>The contribution of sustainable biomass to decarbonisation formed part of the Impact Assessment for the Fifth Carbon Budget level, which determined that to the extent that feedstock is available, biomass could play a role not only in electricity generation but in industry, heating and transport.</p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em> <em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/547977/Chapter_6_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/547977/Chapter_6_web.pdf</a></em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/10/2016 15:52:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

576958

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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
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 speech of the then Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on 18 November 2015, on a new direction for UK energy policy, when the terms of reference of the review into coal will be published; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	45332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The continued use of unabated coal for power generation is not consistent with our policy of decarbonising the economy. The role of coal for electricity generation has declined rapidly in the last couple of years due to the success of the Government’s policies to penalise emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants and encourage investment in lower carbon alternatives.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/09/2016 12:44:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown