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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

720915

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 57226, on energy intensive industries: trade competitiveness, how much additional contingency funding has been allocated to the continuation of compensation for the indirect costs of the Renewables Obligation and small-scale Feed-in Tariffs for energy intensive industries beyond 1 April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	70406
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. Sufficient funding is in place to continue the current compensation for the indirect cost of the Renewables Obligation (RO) and small-scale Feed-in Tariffs (FIT).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/04/2017 16:33:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

720920

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: Meters
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 effect the current interoperability of SMETS1s will have on consumers' freedom to switch energy suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	70616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah) on 23 February 2017 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-02-20/64508/" target="_blank">64508</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/04/2017 13:34:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

720921

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: Meters
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 estimate of the number of SMETS1s that are not in operation due to problems with their interoperability.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	70617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>As of December 2016 there were approximately 0.33 million smart meters being operated in traditional mode in domestic properties. This includes, for example, premises ceasing to exist through demolition or reclassification, as well as suppliers not currently operating smart meters in smart mode when a consumer switches. Some energy suppliers are not yet offering smart services.</p><p> </p><p>However, some suppliers already operate smart meters they have gained upon switching in smart mode. We are encouraging industry parties to enable more consumers to retain their smart services upon switching.</p><p> </p><p>Work is underway to make SMETS1 smart meters interoperable between energy suppliers, through enrolment in to the Data and Communication Company’s system.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/04/2017 13:39:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

720923

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: Meters
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 estimate of the costs of the Data Communications Company enrolling up to 8 million SMETS1s meters.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	70619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The Data and Communications Company (DCC) has consulted on options for ‘enrolling’ SMETS1 meters into its system. DCC is considering stakeholders’ responses and will submit a report to Government on options for enrolment later this year. The cost and benefits of enrolment will depend on which option is pursued and Government will take into account value for money when assessing the options.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the 2016 cost benefit analysis has already made allowance for the plan to enrol and adopt SMETS1 meters into the DCC.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/04/2017 13:31:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

720925

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	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, what his Department's policy is on (a) maintaining and (b) increasing financial support for the offshore wind sector in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	70665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government announced £730m of support for offshore wind and other less established renewable electricity generation technologies in Budget 2016. This funding will go towards projects beginning from 2021 onwards, which will receive a share of this annual budget for the duration of their 15-year contracts.</p><p>Allocation of the first tranche of this support, totalling £290m, began in November last year and projects receiving this support will be announced later this year. The remainder of the support is expected to be allocated before 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/04/2017 08:55:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

720926

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	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, what recent assessment he has made of the benefits to (a) Scotland and (b) the UK of investment in offshore wind capacity.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	70666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>Investment in offshore wind capacity supports many jobs in both Scotland and the rest of the UK. A BIS report published in 2015, ‘The size and performance of the UK low-carbon economy’, estimated that 13,700 jobs in the UK were supported by offshore wind in 2013.</p><p>Recent announcements of supply chain investments and contract awards include CS Wind, 3 Sun Group and Bi-Fab in Scotland, and JDR Cables, Siemens, Granada Material Handling and Harland &amp; Wolff in the rest of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/04/2017 08:54:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

720928

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: Meters
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 29 March 2017 to Question 68881, what proportion of the initially projected benefits of the smart meter rollout is the £1,548 million reduction in benefits, as reported in the 2016 Cost Benefit Analysis.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	70620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The headline net benefit of the rollout estimated in the 2016 Cost Benefit Analysis is broadly similar to the previous assessment published in 2014. However, there have been significant movements in the composition of benefits beneath the headline figure from updated assumptions and methodological adjustments. As such, it is not meaningful to consider one change in isolation. The 2016 CBA provides an overview of changes to analysis since the 2014 Impact Assessment (Table 2-2 on p.15 of Part I of the CBA).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/04/2017 16:27:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

715821

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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	Biofuels
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 implications for his policies on full and proper accounting of woodchip biomass of the Chatham House report entitled The Impacts of the Demand for Woody Biomass for Power and Heat on Climate and Forests, published in February 2017.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	70181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>In 2015/16, all woodchip used in the electricity sector was sourced from the UK, with a very small amount from Ireland (less than 0.1% of biomass in 2015/16<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>). Almost all woodchip used in the Renewable Heat Incentive was sourced from the UK, with a small amount from European sources. Our subsidy schemes fully account for the carbon emissions associated with the supply chain (harvesting, processing, transporting) and from changes in land use within the forestry sector.</p><p>To receive government support for heat and power generation from biomass, all biomass must comply with the UK’s sustainability criteria, which includes a minimum 60% greenhouse gas lifecycle saving and for the biomass to be sourced from sustainable managed forests.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/biomass-sustainability-dataset-2015-16" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/biomass-sustainability-dataset-2015-16</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/04/2017 10:27:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

715207

registered interest
date	29/03/2017
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	Energy Intensive Industries: Feed-in Tariffs and 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 much public funding has been provided to (a) energy intensive industries and (b) UK steel producers under the Renewables Obligation and Feed-in Tariff schemes in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	69716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The Renewables Obligation (RO) and small-scale Feed in Tariffs (FIT) schemes support the generation of renewable electricity and are funded from levies on electricity supply.</p><p> </p><p>Over the past 12 months the government has provided over £190m in compensation payments to eligible businesses for the indirect costs of the Renewables Obligation (RO) and small scale Feed in Tariffs (FIT) schemes. Of this we have paid over £54m to the steel sector.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/04/2017 12:46:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop