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581974

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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	Australia: Radioactive Waste
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 take steps to stop the shipment of UK nuclear waste to Andnyamantha homelands in Australia up to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	45947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>There is a very small quantity of Australian owned radioactive waste currently stored in the UK. We anticipate that this will be returned to Australia in due course in line with contractual commitments. The location of any storage and disposal facilities for this waste will be a matter for the Australian authorities.</p><p>Any shipment of radioactive material out of the UK will comply with all relevant international laws and use ships which meet national and international requirements.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/09/2016 09:42:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

582108

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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	Construction: Industry
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 assessment of the potential merits of making the National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry legally-binding upon employers in the construction industry.
tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
tabling member printed	Roger Mullin
uin	45956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to intervene in the National Agreements used in the engineering construction industry. These agreements are voluntary between employer trade associations and trade unions.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/09/2016 13:31:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4468 label Biography information for Roger Mullin

582137

registered interest
date	12/09/2016
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2016 to Question 40370, when his Department plans to outline its new approach to the carbon capture and storage industry; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	45984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has a potential role to play in the long-term decarbonisation of the UK but its costs must come down.</p><p>We continue to work with industry to help develop CCS cost effectively and we will set out our future approach to CCS in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/09/2016 09:45:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

578772

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
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: Investment
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 he is taking to improve investor confidence in the UK energy sector.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	45625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to make progress in securing investment in clean, secure energy, as with the recent announcement on Hinkley Point C. We are committed to ensuring that the UK remains an attractive destination for investment in the coming years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/09/2016 13:49:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

578777

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
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	Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs
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 he plans to take to improve the performance of the feed-in tariff scheme for solar power; and what the timetable for such improvements is.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	45734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Solar has been deployed rapidly in recent years from low levels with almost 11 GW of capacity now installed.</p><p>Changes to the Feed-in Tariff scheme were introduced in 2016 to manage costs and ensure value for money. While it is appropriate to allow for a period of stability following these changes, we continue to keep the performance of the scheme under review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/09/2016 15:46:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

578779

registered interest
date	08/09/2016
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: Prices
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 it his policy to place a legal obligation on energy suppliers automatically to transfer pensioner households to their lowest possible tariff.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	45683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Energy supply companies are required to ensure customers are on the cheapest tariff in line with their preferences: specifically, as to their chosen payment method and to the type of tariff (fixed term or variable) they prefer.</p><p>All pensioners receive help with energy bills each winter through the Winter Fuel Payment, receiving £200-£300 depending on circumstances. Pensioners on Pension Credit may also receive assistance under the Cold Weather Payment and Warm Home Discount.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/09/2016 09:43:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

577664

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	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, what estimate he has made of the number of solar panels installed in homes and small businesses in the UK in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	45437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>We publish statistics on numbers of solar photovoltaic installations rather than on the number of solar panels installed or whether installations are domestic or small business. Typically installations on domestic properties will be less than 4 kiloWatts in capacity, and those on small businesses between 4 and 50 kiloWatts in capacity. The number of <em>installations</em> within each of these capacity bands over the last three years for which statistics are available is as follows:</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Number of installations</em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </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><em>0-4 kW – largely domestic</em></p></td><td><p>97,327</p></td><td><p>131,994</p></td><td><p>179,066</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>4-50 kW – largely small businesses</em></p></td><td><p>8,086</p></td><td><p>9,041</p></td><td><p>12,254</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source data:</em></p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-photovoltaics-deployment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-photovoltaics-deployment</a> (table 1)</em></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/09/2016 09:46:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

577666

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	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 Freedom of Information requests (a) his Department and (b) the Department for Energy and Climate Change received in the last 12 months in respect of requests for documents submitted to the European Commission in support of the UK case of State Aid Clearance for plans to support radioactive waste and decommissioning proposals for new nuclear power stations; what response his Department provided to those requests; and what the reasons were for each such response.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	45466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has not received any requests for documents submitted to the European Commission for State aid clearance with regard to plans to support radioactive waste and decommissioning proposals for new nuclear power stations.</p><p>The former Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) received one such request in the last 12 months. The request asked for “the main document setting out the United Kingdom justification for state aid clearance, along with a full list of the titles of all support documents, submitted to the European Commission, in respect of the European Commission consideration of the pricing methodology for waste transfer contracts to be concluded between the UK Government and operators of new nuclear power plants and its compatibility with EU state aid rules, on which the Commission reported its conclusions on 9 October 2015”.</p><p>In its response DECC confirmed that it did hold the information requested but was withholding it as the information fell within the scope of the exception set out in regulation 12(5)(a) of the Environmental Information Regulations and that the public interest lay in withholding the information.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/09/2016 09:41:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

577671

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	Sellafield: Safety
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 recent discussions he has had with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Sellafield Ltd on safety performance at Sellafield.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	45455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>On 31 August 2016, my noble Friend the Minister of State for Energy and Intellectual Property, together with my rt. hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, met with members of the senior teams from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Sellafield Limited to discuss the challenges of decommissioning the Sellafield site safely and securely. On 1 September 2016, they visited the Sellafield site to see first-hand the work that the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is doing to manage the civil nuclear legacy safely, securely and responsibly, and saw a number of the resilience and emergency preparedness enhancements which have been made to the legacy ponds and silos.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/09/2016 16:29:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 10833 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

577672

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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	Solar Power: Housing
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 his Department has made of the proportion of UK energy use which will be from domestic solar production in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	45457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>We have not made a projection of domestic solar’s contribution to UK energy use.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/09/2016 16:25:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 10827 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham