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709437

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date	08/03/2017
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	Green Deal 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, what account the Green Deal Oversight and Registration Body took of the prior business history of company directors before accrediting Green Deal installers.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	67140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Green Deal Certification Bodies are responsible for certifying Green Deal Installers. A Green Deal Certification Body is required by the Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 2031 to ensure that an Installer company meets both PAS 2030 (the technical standards governing Green Deal installations) for the energy efficiency measures they wish to install and the Green Deal Code of Practice requirements. These cover, among other things, the business and financial probity of the Installer company and the technical competence of individual installers employed by a company.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/03/2017 14:41:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

709438

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 wind turbines were installed in the (a) Irish Sea, (b) North Sea and (c) English Channel in each year between 2006-07 and 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	67119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on annual turbine installation rates.</p><p>However, Wind Europe’s “<em>The European Offshore Wind Industry, key trends and statistics 2016</em>” records that, at the end of 2016, the UK had a total of 1,472 turbines installed and connected across 28 windfarms.</p><p>The details can be found at <a href="https://windeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/files/about-wind/statistics/WindEurope-Annual-Offshore-Statistics-2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://windeurope.org/wp-content/uploads/files/about-wind/statistics/WindEurope-Annual-Offshore-Statistics-2016.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Rampion project is in the process of installing the first turbines in the English Channel.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/03/2017 17:54:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

709439

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 (a) directly employed and (b) contractor employees there were in the offshore wind industry in each year between 2006-07 and 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	67098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not collate this data on an annual basis. However, the industry currently supports around 13,700 jobs in the UK (7,900 direct and 5,800 indirect) with GVA* of £1 billion (£600m direct and £400m indirect).</p><p> </p><p><em>Source: “The size and performance of the UK low-carbon economy”, BIS, March 2015, </em><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-economy-size-and-performance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-economy-size-and-performance</a></em></p><p><em>*Gross Value Added</em></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/03/2017 18:01:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

709440

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Green Deal 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 firms have been removed from the approved list of Green Deal installers in each calendar year of the scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	67151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below shows the number of firms that have been removed from the Green Deal (GD) Participants Register each calendar year since the GD scheme began.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Installers Withdrawn by CBs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>191</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>206</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>931</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/03/2017 14:09:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

709446

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Green Deal Scheme: Misconduct
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 responsibility his Department takes for malpractice by accredited Green Deal installers.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	67075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>Green Deal Certification Bodies are responsible for certifying Green Deal Installers and monitoring their compliance against the requirements in the Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 2030 and/or Microgeneration Certification Scheme and the Green Deal Code of Practice. The Green Deal Ombudsman and Investigation Service provides a redress path for consumers who have a Green Deal Plan in place and experience problems with the measures installed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/03/2017 13:57:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

709447

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Green Deal 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, what criteria were used to draw up the list of approved installers under the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Anne McLaughlin
uin	67076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>Capita, as the scheme administrator for the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF), received information on registered installers from the Green Deal Oversight and Registration Body (GD ORB), which managed the authorisation scheme for participants. A company was listed on the GDHIF Register if it was on the Green Deal Register.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/03/2017 14:23:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4437 label Biography information for Anne McLaughlin

709448

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Electric Vehicles
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 capacity market auctions take into account future growth projections for electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	67030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>National Grid, as System Operator, is responsible for recommending a target capacity for Capacity Market auctions. This recommendation is based on National Grid’s assessment of different scenarios for the level of electricity demand and takes account of projected changes in electricity use. National Grid’s recommendation is scrutinised by an independent Panel of Technical Experts before my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy decides on the final target.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/03/2017 15:39:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 40358 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

709449

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Electric Vehicles
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 his Department has undertaken to ensure the capacity of the electricity grid to respond to current and future demand for electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Blackley and Broughton
tabling member printed	Graham Stringer
uin	67031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has set out its ambition for almost all cars and vans to be zero emissions by 2050. By setting a long-term target, the Government is seeking to ensure that there is time to ready the grid for the mass transition towards cleaner, more efficient vehicles. Existing mechanisms, such as the Capacity Market and network operator business planning, can be used to ensure that network and generating capacity will stay in step with growing electric vehicle demand. Through further work to increase the flexibility in electricity demand and supply, including through promoting smart charging, we aim to ensure that electric vehicle demands are managed efficiently.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/03/2017 15:35:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 40360 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	449 label Biography information for Graham Stringer

709079

registered interest
date	07/03/2017
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	National Grid: North West
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 successful bidders to construct any or all of the North West Coast Connection will be held to the same standards as National Grid on the (a) design and technology granted in the consent order, (b) levels of mitigation, such as undergrounding, (c) level of community and stakeholder engagement, (d) mitigating the environmental impacts, (e) impact of traffic and transport and (f) opportunities for local companies to form part of the construction supply chain.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	66832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The design and implementation of the proposed competitive regime for onshore transmission assets is properly a matter for Ofgem as the independent regulator. It is important to note that, regardless of who constructs and maintains an asset, all network operators must be licenced by the regulator and are subject to strict controls to ensure safety, security and reliability. Any successful bidders will be held to the same strict standards that the current incumbent network companies operate by, including in regards to industry codes, grid standards and planning requirements.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/03/2017 11:39:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

709080

registered interest
date	07/03/2017
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	National Grid: North West
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 a consumer-based, cost-benefit analysis has been undertaken on the potential benefits and disbenefits of completing all or part of the North West Coast Connection; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	66833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The design and implementation of the proposed competitive regime for onshore transmission assets is properly a matter for Ofgem as the independent regulator. This would include any analysis or decision on whether to tender for competition any specific projects, including the North West Coast Connection. It is important to note that Ofgem has extensively consulted with industry on these proposals and intends to undertake an impact assessment on the case to tender all, or part, of the North West Coast Connection.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/03/2017 11:39:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris