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604963

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
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	Nuclear Power Stations: Security
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 steps his Department has taken to ensure that national security issues relating to Hinkley Point C and Bradfield in Essex remain a priority in decision-making over those sites.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	49110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>Government takes the security of existing and proposed nuclear facilities very seriously.</p><p>The UK civil nuclear sector is subject to a thorough safety and security regulatory regime, overseen by the independent Office for Nuclear Regulation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/10/2016 10:34:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

604207

registered interest
date	17/10/2016
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	Nuclear Reactors
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 he plans to hold a second phase of the Small Modular Reactor Competition; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	48929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>As the Government stated at the outset of the competition, the intention of Phase One was to gauge market interest among global market actors in developing, commercialising and financing Small Modular Reactor Competitions in the UK. The evidence gathered during Phase One is being used to inform policy decisions, including the design of any future stages of the competition. Given that Phase One is still continuing, I am not able to provide any further information at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/10/2016 09:21:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

602004

registered interest
date	14/10/2016
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	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 public consultations or surveys were undertaken in the former Department for Energy and Climate Change to ascertain whether people trusted and understood the data-sharing element of the Warm Home Discount Scheme in the run-up to implementing that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	48717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The Warm Home Discount consultation, published in December 2011, included questions on data sharing.</p><p> </p><p>Prior to the Warm Home Discount, the Energy Rebate Scheme, which ran for one year, used data-matching (of DWP and energy suppliers’ data) to identify a group of pensioners likely to be vulnerable to fuel poverty, so that their electricity supplier could award a one-off rebate to their electricity bill. This earlier scheme ran for one year.</p><p> </p><p>DWP Social Researchers carried out a small-scale qualitative evaluation of the scheme, involving telephone interviews with customers to investigate reactions to their personal data being used in this way – this includeding issues around privacy, security and data sharing, and the broader concept of data use in Government.</p><p> </p><p>The findings of the research and consultation responses can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-warm-home-discount-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-warm-home-discount-scheme</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/10/2016 14:14:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 15333 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

602005

registered interest
date	14/10/2016
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	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 of public opinion his Department has made on the construction of nuclear power stations on sites not currently occupied by such stations.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	48775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government listed those sites potentially suitable for the deployment of new nuclear power stations in the National Policy Statement for Nuclear Power Generation:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/47859/2009-nps-for-nuclear-volumeI.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/47859/2009-nps-for-nuclear-volumeI.pdf</a>.</p><p>The draft National Policy Statement and list of potentially suitable sites underwent wide public consultation, including engagement with those local communities potentially affected by proposals, as well as parliamentary scrutiny before being designated in 2011.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/10/2016 09:26:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

602007

registered interest
date	14/10/2016
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	Nuclear Reactors
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of accelerating the Small Modular Reactor Competition process.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	48780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>Since launching the first phase of the competition in March, we have been exploring the potential of different Small Modular Reactor (SMR) designs and routes to commercialisation. In doing so we have drawn on the findings of the independent Techno-Economic Assessment, the Phase One expressions of interest documents, the meetings held by officials over the summer with 32 technology vendors, service providers and potential investors, and our continuing discussions with regulators. This evidence is being used to inform the future of the competition. The timings for any future competition phases is being kept under review, in line with wider SMR policy development.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/10/2016 10:08:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

602008

registered interest
date	14/10/2016
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	Nuclear Reactors
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 forecast he has made of the date when the Government's Small Modular Reactor Competition (Phase One) will be completed.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	48740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>At the time of the competition launch, it was announced as part of the Guidance for the Small Modular Reactor competition that we envisaged Phase One lasting until autumn 2016. We are not working to a specific date.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/10/2016 10:09:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

602009

registered interest
date	14/10/2016
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	Nuclear Reactors
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 estimate he has made of the cost of the Small Modular Reactor Competition (Phase One) to its completion.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	48739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>As stated in the published Guidance, the objective of this initial phase was to inform the development of government policy and the design of any subsequent competition stages, by gauging market interest in developing, commercialising and financing Small Modular Reactors in the UK. As such, a cost assessment has not been undertaken.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/10/2016 10:10:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

602010

registered interest
date	14/10/2016
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	Nuclear Reactors
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 independent body or bodies he plans will judge phase one of the Small Modular Reactor Competition.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	48736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>Phase One has not involved any evaluation or assessment of Small Modular Reactor proposals, beyond reviewing applicants against the published eligibility criteria, and therefore no independent bodies have been or will be making decisions during Phase One.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/10/2016 10:11:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

601178

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	Solar Power
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 make assessments of projected installed generating capacity for non-domestic solar panel installations in each of the next five years, based on the (a) current rate of £8 per kilowatt and (b) Valuation Office Agency proposal for up to £61 per kilowatt.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	48587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2016 answer text <p>The impact of the proposed changes will be highly sensitive to future ownership models that determine the rateable values to apply; it is therefore not possible to project this impact at present.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/10/2016 10:04:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

601182

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	Coal Fired Power Stations
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 cost to the public purse was of bringing on stream reserve coal-fired power stations to meet demand on 13 September 2016; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	48498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>There was no cost to the public purse. The market brought forward the required level of supply to meet demand on 13 September 2016 in the normal way, and no reserve was called upon.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/10/2016 12:28:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies