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644379

registered interest
date	25/11/2016
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	Heathrow Airport
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 letter from the Committee on Climate Change to his Department, of 22 November 2016, if he will make it his policy that final approval of additional capacity at Heathrow Airport is contingent on the UK meeting its carbon budgets in 2050 without international offsets or additional emissions reductions being required in other sectors of the economy.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	54937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government agrees with the Airports Commission’s assessment that a new runway at Heathrow can be delivered within the UK’s carbon obligations. The Government is working on an aviation strategy to replace the 2013 Aviation Policy Framework, and this will include consideration of available policy measures to address the climate change impacts of aviation.</p><p>Given the international nature of the aviation sector, the Government is also taking action on this sector at a global level, including working to reach an agreement on the first worldwide scheme to address carbon emissions from aviation through the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/11/2016 17:12:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

644023

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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, what research the Government is conducting on carbon capture and the energy-making process.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	54710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Since 2015, Government has spent 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 Department has also commissioned research into the potential of carbon capture and utilisation in the UK and the next generation UK based carbon capture technologies. These will complete in 2017. Additionally, the Government Energy Entrepreneurs Fund has funded approximately £1.6 million in support to innovative carbon capture technologies.</p><p>Phase 5 of this Fund opened on 30 October 2016. This is an additional £9 million of funding which is available for CCS innovation projects. Further information can be found at:</p><p><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> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/11/2016 16:41:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

644028

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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	Fracking
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the potential effect of the Government's policy on fracking on local communities.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	54711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave her on 2nd November 2016 to Question UIN 50945:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-10-28/50945/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-10-28/50945/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/11/2016 09:32:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

643180

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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, what proportion of domestic energy consumers switched tariff in each of the last three years; and what proportion of those consumers were switching from standard variable tariffs to fixed rate tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
tabling member printed	Glyn Davies
uin	54582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Data is published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on switching. The data is collected by Ofgem and republished by BEIS in Table 2.7.1 of which can be found online (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-switching-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-switching-statistics</a> ).</p><p>The number of domestic energy supplier switches as a proportion of total customer numbers in Great Britain is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Proportion of electricity customers switching supplier</p></td><td><p>Proportion of gas customers switching supplier</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This is calculated by combining all switches made within the year, divided by the total domestic customers. Multiple switches made by the same customer within each year are counted as separate switches. The number of customer switching from standard variable to fixed rate tariffs is not collected or held by BEIS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/11/2016 15:31:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4041 label Biography information for Glyn Davies

643181

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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, how many domestic consumers whose energy was supplied by one of the Big Six suppliers and who were on a standard variable tariff switched tariff (a) with the same supplier and (b) to a new supplier in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
tabling member printed	Glyn Davies
uin	54583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy collect data on the type of tariff which customers are on for the big six energy suppliers as part of our domestic fuels inquiry. We do not collect or hold data for customers and therefore cannot identify how long a customer has been with the same supplier or which customers have moved to a new supplier.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/11/2016 15:30:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4041 label Biography information for Glyn Davies

643184

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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	Heat Pumps: Renewable Heat Incentive 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, how many new applications have been made to the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme since it opened in November 2011 for (a) air-source and (b) ground and water-source heat pumps; and what the cost of that scheme has been to each government department that has incurred any such cost in each year since it began.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	54647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The following tables show the number of full applications for a) Air Source Heat Pumps and b) Ground Source Heat Pumps and Water Source Heat Pumps under the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive. The latest application data the department has is up to the end of October 2016; as such 2016 does not represent a full year of applications.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Air source heat pumps</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full applications</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>158</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Actuals and accruals</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>£4,033</p></td><td><p>£105,918</p></td><td><p>£193,233</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Ground source heat pumps</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full applications</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>126</p></td><td><p>276</p></td><td><p>198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Actuals and accruals</p></td><td><p>£1,236</p></td><td><p>£116,154</p></td><td><p>£409,475</p></td><td><p>£1,173,057</p></td><td><p>£5,756,337</p></td><td><p>£5,246,909</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/11/2016 15:02:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

643189

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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	Wind Power: Renewables Obligation
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 applications were made under the renewables obligation for (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind; and what the annual cost to the public purse was of each of those subsidies between 2010 and 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	54504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The number of applications approved for accreditation under the renewables obligation (RO) for onshore and offshore wind projects in the UK between the financial years 2010/11 to 2015/16 were:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Technology </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total number of applications for accreditation between 2010/11 and 2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Micro onshore wind projects up to and including 50kW capacity</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onshore wind projects above 50kW capacity</p></td><td><p>590</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore wind projects</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ofgem:</p><p>RO accredited stations list (downloaded 24 November 2016): <a href="https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0" target="_blank">https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0</a></p><p>The costs of the RO are reclaimed from electricity consumers, not from general taxation. The annual costs of supporting onshore and offshore wind through the RO from 2010/11 to 2015/16, in £ million nominal prices were:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>RO costs £/million </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onshore wind</p></td><td><p>£397.8</p></td><td><p>£482.6</p></td><td><p>£557.1</p></td><td><p>£755.6</p></td><td><p>£786.8</p></td><td><p>£803.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore wind</p></td><td><p>£253.9</p></td><td><p>£371.1</p></td><td><p>£698.5</p></td><td><p>£988.7</p></td><td><p>£1,108.0</p></td><td><p>£1,429.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Ofgem:</p><p>Renewables Obligation library: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/ro/contacts-publications-and-data/publications-library-renewables-obligation-ro" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/ro/contacts-publications-and-data/publications-library-renewables-obligation-ro</a></p><p>Renewables Obligation Annual Report 2014-15: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/renewables-obligation-ro-annual-report-2014-15" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/renewables-obligation-ro-annual-report-2014-15</a></p><p>Renewables Obligation register and compliance certificates report: <a href="https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0" target="_blank">https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=0</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/11/2016 14:52:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

643190

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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	Heat Pumps: Renewable Heat Incentive 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, how many new applications have been made to the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme since it opened in April 2014 for (a) air-source and (b) ground and water-source heat pumps; and what the annual cost to the public purse was of each of those subsidies.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	54505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The following tables show the number of total applications for air source heat pumps and ground source heat pumps under the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive. The latest application data the department has is up to the end of October 2016; as such 2016 does not represent a full year of applications.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Air source heat pumps</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total applications (new and legacy)</p></td><td><p>7,689</p></td><td><p>13,714</p></td><td><p>4,783</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Actuals and Accruals</p></td><td><p>£1,873,300</p></td><td><p>£11,027,489</p></td><td><p>£13,317,544</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Ground source heat pumps</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total applications (new and legacy)</p></td><td><p>3,127</p></td><td><p>3,727</p></td><td><p>1,131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Actuals and Accruals</p></td><td><p>£3,073,978</p></td><td><p>£16,554,779</p></td><td><p>£19,054,131</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/11/2016 14:17:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

643191

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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, what the (a) mode and (b) mean length of time is that Big Six energy customers stay on their supplier's standard variable tariff.
tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
tabling member printed	Glyn Davies
uin	54535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not hold information on the length of time that a customer has been on the same tariff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/11/2016 15:33:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4041 label Biography information for Glyn Davies

642419

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
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	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 his Department has made to date on meeting the Renewable Energy Directive obligation of 20 per cent renewable sourced energy by 2020; and what estimate he has made of likely progress towards that goal by 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	54132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The 2020 renewable energy target requires the UK to achieve 15% of final energy consumption from renewables by the end of this decade. This requires action to promote renewables in electricity generation, heating and transport. There is a binding 10% sub-target of transport fuels from renewable sources.</p><p>We have met the Directive’s interim targets, and are currently progressing in line with the trajectory set out in the Directive. We are making good progress towards the next interim target of an average of 7.47% of energy from renewables across 2015 and 2016, and in 2015 8.3% of energy came from renewable sources.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/11/2016 14:52:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron