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749540

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which members of the Cabinet will be responsible for making a decision on the pathfinder tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	3388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Within the Cabinet, my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has responsibility for matters of energy policy.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 10:02:06 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

749551

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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: Price Caps
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 communication he has had with Ofgem, further to his letter dated 21 June 2017, on implementation of an energy price cap for households on standard variable tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	3451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Chief Executive Officer of Ofgem wrote to my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State on the 3 July 2017 and the Chairman of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority wrote to the Secretary of State on 6 July 2017.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 09:34:22 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

749554

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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: Price Caps
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 energy suppliers on the implementation of an energy price cap for households on standard variable tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	3454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>BEIS Ministers regularly meet with energy suppliers to discuss a range of issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 09:46:37 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

749556

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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: Price Caps
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 number of customers potentially covered by Ofgem's proposals for a price cap in the domestic energy market.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	3453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not undertaken to make any estimate for numbers of customers who would be protected, as no formal proposal has yet been made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 09:58:32 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

749557

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Renewable Energy: UK Trade with EU
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 assess the effect on the renewable energy sector of the UK leaving the EU without having agreed a trade deal with the EU.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	3497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Departments are currently conducting analysis with the Department for Exiting the EU to understand the impacts that withdrawal from the EU will have on businesses, consumers and other economic actors.</p><p>The renewable energy sector is a UK success story. Whatever happens in the future, the Government is committed to ensuring the UK remains a leader in this field.</p><p>We’re building a system fit for the 21st century, giving investors certainty and driving down the cost of renewable energy for our homes and businesses.</p><p>The second competitive Contracts for Difference allocation round is currently running, with a budget of £290m of annual support for 15 years for technologies including offshore wind.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 15:35:10 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 3656 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

748303

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
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 he plans to make a decision on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon before the summer recess; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	2696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is currently assessing the recommendations of the Hendry Review and will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 15:27:53 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

748336

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Electricity: Consumption
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 GWh of electricity consumed in the UK in the last 12 months were supplied by interconnectors.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	2893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government routinely publishes total import figures from interconnectors in the annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), and the quarterly National Statistics Energy Trends data.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available 12 month period of data spans 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017 and shows a gross import of 17,228 GWh through interconnectors.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 10:47:46 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

748337

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Electricity: Consumption
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 TWh of electricity were consumed in the UK in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	2892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>In the 12 months ending March 2017, the total UK electricity demand, which includes energy industry use, losses and final consumption by end users, was 354.5 TWh. This is down 0.7 per cent on the same period a year earlier.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: Energy Trends table 5.2 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 10:45:34 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

748338

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Electricity Interconnectors
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 operational interconnectors there are in the UK; and what the MW capacity is of each of those interconnectors.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	2896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK currently has 4GW (4000MW) of operational interconnection capacity:</p><p> </p><ul><li>IFA (Interconnexion France-Angleterre); 2GW (2000MW) from Folkestone, Kent to Calais, France, operating since 1986;</li><li>Moyle; 500MW between South Ayrshire, Scotland and County Antrim, Northern Ireland, operating since 2002;</li><li>Britned; 1GW (1000MW) from the Isle of Grain, Kent, to Rotterdam in the Netherlands, operating since 2011;</li><li>East-West (EWIC); 500MW connecting Barkby Beach, North Wales to Dublin, Ireland, operating since 2012.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 10:42:46 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

748339

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
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	Electricity: Exports
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 GWh of electricity were exported from the UK through interconnectors in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	2894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government routinely publishes total export figures in the annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), and the quarterly National Statistics Energy Trends data.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available 12 month period of data spans March 2016 to March 2017 and shows a total export of 2,782 GWh through interconnectors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2017 10:40:42 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash