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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

577667

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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Surveys
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 plans he has for the Department of Energy and Climate Change's Public Attitudes Tracking Survey.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	45465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2016 answer text <p>The survey has been renamed the BEIS Energy and Climate Change Public Attitudes Tracker Survey. The next quarterly results from the survey will be released on 27 Oct 2016 and made available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-attitudes-tracking-survey" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-attitudes-tracking-survey</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/09/2016 13:34:00 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

577673

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, if he will make an assessment of compliance of operations at Sellafield with regulatory safety standards.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	45453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>They are answerable to an independent regulator – the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), which sets the standards by which the UK nuclear industry must operate.</p><p>We have a strong regulatory system across all nuclear operators in the UK. The ONR operates in line with international standards and the requirements set by the International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA).</p><p>The ONR operates transparently and provides its assessment of standards at nuclear sites in its Annual Report and Accounts, which is laid in Parliament every year. In the latest report, the Chief Nuclear Inspector concluded that nuclear sites have satisfactorily achieved high standards of safety and security, thereby protecting the workforce and the public from harm.</p><p>The ONR’s Annual Report and Account sets out in some detail the ONR’s regulatory strategy at Sellafield, which is designed to enable Sellafield Limited to deliver its remediation programmes to reduce hazard and risk on the site, with a particular focus on accelerating safe and secure retrievals from the legacy ponds and silos. The ONR reports that this strategy is helping to secure “evidence-based confidence that the licensee is complying with its statutory obligations and that workers and the public are protected from the hazards of the site”.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 45454 question first answered 14/09/2016 16:26:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 10829 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

577674

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	Office for Nuclear Regulation
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 he has made of the adequacy of safety standards set by the Office of Nuclear Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	45454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>They are answerable to an independent regulator – the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), which sets the standards by which the UK nuclear industry must operate.</p><p>We have a strong regulatory system across all nuclear operators in the UK. The ONR operates in line with international standards and the requirements set by the International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA).</p><p>The ONR operates transparently and provides its assessment of standards at nuclear sites in its Annual Report and Accounts, which is laid in Parliament every year. In the latest report, the Chief Nuclear Inspector concluded that nuclear sites have satisfactorily achieved high standards of safety and security, thereby protecting the workforce and the public from harm.</p><p>The ONR’s Annual Report and Account sets out in some detail the ONR’s regulatory strategy at Sellafield, which is designed to enable Sellafield Limited to deliver its remediation programmes to reduce hazard and risk on the site, with a particular focus on accelerating safe and secure retrievals from the legacy ponds and silos. The ONR reports that this strategy is helping to secure “evidence-based confidence that the licensee is complying with its statutory obligations and that workers and the public are protected from the hazards of the site”.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 45453 question first answered 14/09/2016 16:26:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 10832 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

577676

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	Natural Gas: Billing
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 the Government will press companies to set up compensation schemes to be used in the event that they overcharge customers as a result of inaccurate gas readings.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	45545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2016 answer text <p>It is for the regulator, Ofgem, to regulate the industry to ensure consumer receive accurate bills.</p><p>Following the publication of an open letter by Ofgem, the trade association Energy UK has estimated that 11,000 customers (less than 0.05% of the total 23 million gas accounts in the UK) were charged the wrong amount for their gas usage, owing to the incorrect recording of imperial and metric meters.</p><p>Customers affected by these errors will not have to take any action and will be contacted directly by their supplier, who will repay any overcharging (including an appropriate interest payment). Energy suppliers will not seek repayment from those customers who have been undercharged and where, appropriate, could offer support to financially vulnerable customers to ease the transition to accurate bills.</p><p>The Ofgem open letter is available online at: www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/open-letter-gas-suppliers-metricimperial-indicator-charging-error</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/10/2016 13:01:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

577677

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	Coal Gasification: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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 Answer of 20 October 2015 to Question 11541, whether the Department for Energy and Climate Change completed its assessment of the greenhouse gas emissions related to underground coal gasification.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	45531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department recognises a need to understand the risks and benefits associated with underground coal gasification better. It commissioned a report from the consultancy WS Atkins Plc into the greenhouse gas implications of underground coal gasification. This report will be received in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/09/2016 09:42:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

577681

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	Offshore 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, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of foreign state ownership of North Sea drillings rigs on the UK's energy security.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	45546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>Through the offshore oil and gas licensing approval regime the Oil and Gas Authority considers a range of factors when awarding licences to the operators of offshore oil and gas fields, including ownership, technical competence and financial stability. The Government has also announced it will be introducing tighter controls on ownership of critical infrastructure to ensure the full implications of foreign ownership are scrutinised.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/10/2016 13:56:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

576945

registered interest
date	06/09/2016
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	Fuel Poverty
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 is taking to incentivise energy companies to assist people in (a) fuel poverty and (b) fuel debt.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	45093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government recently consulted on proposals to increase the amount that energy companies pay to fund household energy efficiency improvements for low income and vulnerable households to £450m by 2017 and up to £640m by 2018.</p><p> </p><p>Energy companies are also required to provide over 2 million low income and vulnerable households with a £140 rebate off their energy bill each winter, under the Warm Home Discount Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>These proposals combined will see up to £1bn of support for low income and vulnerable households each year from 2018.</p><p> </p><p>If suppliers believe a domestic customer is having difficulty paying all or part of their energy bills, they must offer facilities to make payments by: deductions direct from benefits, known as Fuel Direct; regular instalments paid through a means other than a prepayment meter; or, using a prepayment meter, where it is safe and reasonably practicable for the customer to do so.</p><p> </p><p>It is important that customers who are experiencing difficulties in paying their gas or electricity bills contact their supplier as soon as possible to arrange a repayment plan that suits their needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/09/2016 10:27:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn