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722157

registered interest
date	18/04/2017
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	Cement: 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, how much coal the UK cement industry used in each year from 2005 to the latest year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	71062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Since answering the question on 16<sup>th</sup> March 2017 BEIS has identified a source for this information.</p><p>The table below shows how much coal the UK cement industry used each year from 2005-2015:</p><p><strong><em>Coal consumption by UK cement industry, 2005-2015 (coal used in tonnes)</em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2005</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>959,450</p></td><td><p>875,255</p></td><td><p>1,150,252</p></td><td><p>919,016</p></td><td><p>572,618</p></td><td><p>592,447</p></td><td><p>602,976</p></td><td><p>497,901</p></td><td><p>483,807</p></td><td><p>530,371</p></td><td><p>569,253</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This reduction was in part due to the industry switching to waste-derived alternative fuels, including biomass.</p><p> </p><p><em>Source: Mineral Products Association</em></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/04/2017 11:15:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

720883

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	Carbon Capture and Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which current projects related to carbon capture and storage are supported by funding from his Department; and what the value is of those contracts.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	70889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) issues are the responsibility of the Clean Electricity Directorate in the Department.</p><p>Since 2015, the Government has allocated up to approximately £11 million on a range of carbon capture projects supporting research and development in CO<sub>2</sub> storage, carbon capture technologies and CCS feasibility studies.</p><p>The following current projects will be completed in 2017:</p><ul><li><em>Assessing the potential of CO2 utilisation in the UK. </em>Contract value: £75,000;</li><li><em>CO2 transport and storage: review of business models (Phase 1). </em>Contract value: £20,000;</li><li><em>Assessing the cost reduction potential and competitiveness of novel (next generation) UK carbon capture technology. </em>Contract Value: £225,000.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Government Energy Entrepreneurs Fund has funded approximately £1.6 million in support to innovative carbon capture technologies. Phase 5 of this Fund opened on 30 October 2016 with a budget of up to £9 million, which CCS projects were able to apply for. Phase 5 is currently going through the project selection process and the winners will be announced in due course. Further information can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-entrepreneurs-fund-phase-5" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-entrepreneurs-fund-phase-5</a></p><p>The UK has also contracted with the EU to provide €5.5m to the ACT (Accelerating CCS Technologies) Co-fund project. Full details can be found at <a href="http://www.act-ccs.eu/" target="_blank">http://www.act-ccs.eu/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 70557 question first answered 24/04/2017 16:29:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

720896

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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, pursuant to the oral contribution of 27 March 2017, Official Report, column 25, on Magnex: early contract terminations, for what reasons the mismatch referred to was not foreseen by the Nuclear Decommissioning Board when drafting the contract as tendered in 2012.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	70306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Inquiry led by Steve Holliday that I announced on 27 March 2017.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/04/2017 12:48:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

720898

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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, pursuant to the oral contribution of 27 March 2017, Official Report, columns 25 to 27, on Magnex: early contract terminations, whether the investigation will include an investigation into the conduct of people involved in the procurement process referred to in Energysolutions EU Ltd v Nuclear Decommissioning Authority [2016] EWHC 1988 (TCC) and in the period following that process.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	70307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Inquiry led by Steve Holliday that I announced on 27 March 2017.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/04/2017 12:50:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

720899

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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, what the reason was for the time taken to make the decision to withdraw the appeal of Energysolutions EU Ltd v Nuclear Decommissioning Authority [2016] EWHC 1988 (TCC).
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	70308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>This decision was made by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and was a consequence of settling the EnergySolutions case.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/04/2017 12:57:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

720900

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: Termination of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons the employment contract of the previous Chair and Chief Executive of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority was terminated; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	70309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The former Chairman of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Stephen Henwood, stepped down as planned on 28 February 2017 after having served nine years in the role. John Clarke, former Chief Executive of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, announced his retirement on 5 August 2016 and remained in post subsequently to help manage the transition to his successor, who was appointed on 1 March 2017.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/04/2017 13:00:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

720901

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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, on what grounds the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority decided to appeal the decision Energysolutions EU Ltd v Nuclear Decommissioning Authority [2016] EWHC 1988 (TCC); and whether that decision was formally directed or sanctioned by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	70310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>The decision to appeal was made by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) after careful consideration of the adverse High Court judgment of 29 July. The NDA kept the Government informed about the ongoing litigation in the usual way, in line with its Framework Document.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/04/2017 13:05:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

720902

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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, on what grounds the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority decided to withdraw its appeal of Energysolutions EU Ltd v Nuclear Decommissioning Authority [2016] EWHC 1988 (TCC); and whether that decision was formally directed or sanctioned by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	70311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>This decision was made by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and was a consequence of settling the EnergySolutions case. The NDA decided to settle as the costs – ultimately borne by the taxpayer – had the potential to rise much further had the case gone to trial. This decision was made with my consent as well as that of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and the BEIS Accounting Officer.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/04/2017 13:02:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

720910

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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 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, what progress he has made on proposals to run subsidy-free auction rounds for solar photovoltaic and onshore wind.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	70238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department requested stakeholders’ views on how we can deploy electricity generation through competitive markets without the requirement for ongoing subsidy as part of our Industrial Strategy Consultation. The Consultation closed on 17 April 2017 and we are considering the responses received.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/04/2017 10:06:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

720914

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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	Energy Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness
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 15 December 2016 to Question 57227, on energy intensive industries: trade competitiveness, by what date his Department plans to introduce the exemption for energy intensive industries.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	70405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The government is in continuing discussions with the European Commission on securing the remaining exemptions for energy intensive industries. The intention is to introduce the exemptions once the necessary clearances have been secured. The current compensation for the indirect cost of the Renewables Obligation (RO) and small-scale Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) will remain in place in the meantime.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/04/2017 16:32:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop