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805303

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date	12/12/2017
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	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, pursuant to his oral contribution of 12 December, when he plans to announce sector deals for the (a) food and drink, (b) hospitality, (c) steel, (d) care and (e) agriculture sectors.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	118975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>There is no deadline for sector deals. We will prioritise proposals that are ambitious, deliverable, have clear implementation plans and demonstrate analytically robust and real-world impact on the productivity of their sector.</p><p>There is also no requirement for any sector to have a deal but we are prepared to work with those which can self-organise behind strong leadership, offer a compelling case for sector specific action, and set out clear proposals to transform their sector.</p><p>Since the publication of the Green Paper in January the response has been emphatic, not only in endorsing the concept of Sector Deals but in generating a wide range of proposals and we have been working with many of them in recent months. We will announce details in the New Year.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/12/2017 17:24:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

805308

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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
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 to support investment in the onshore wind industry; and what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of that sector to the UK's energy needs.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	118980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Over 12 GW of installed onshore wind capacity was operational in the UK at the end of the second quarter of 2017. This investment was supported by schemes such as the Renewables Obligation (RO), which are funded by bill payers.</p><p> </p><p>Further onshore wind farms are expected to deploy up to March 2019 with support from the RO, utilising grace periods provided by the Energy Act 2016 and the Renewables Obligation Closure Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 and the Renewables Obligation Closure (No.2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016. In addition, around 690MW of onshore wind capacity has been contracted to deploy under the Contracts for Difference (CFD) regime by 2019, which was established to replace the RO.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is seeking state aid approval to classify remote island wind as a separate technology in group 2 of the CFD to allow wind projects on these islands to compete against other less established technologies in the future.</p><p>Alongside the November Budget this year, HM Treasury published the Control for Low Carbon Levies, which provides clarity to industry out to 2025 about future support for low carbon electricity.</p><p> </p><p>Estimated Gigawatts of capacity for all technology groups, including onshore wind, supported under the Control up to March 2025 are set out in Table 1.B of the publication that accompanied the Budget.[1]</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/660986/Control_for_Low_Carbon_Levies_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/660986/Control_for_Low_Carbon_Levies_web.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/12/2017 14:14:38 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

805309

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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
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 oral contribution of the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation of 12 December 2017, Official Report, Column 169-70, what target his Department has set for the proportion of UK energy needs to be delivered from renewable sources by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	118981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The UK does not have renewables targets to 2030. The Government has just published its Clean Growth Strategy, which sets out our plans to build on the successful decarbonisation of the power sector, while looking further across the whole of the economy and the country.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 18/12/2017 15:36:45 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

805474

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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	Industrial Design: Intellectual Property
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 UK's ratification of The Geneva Act (1999) of the Hague Agreement concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the ability of UK businesses to register their designs internationally.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	119145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government intends to ratify the Hague Agreement to join the international system in a national capacity, which will ensure UK designers are able to register their designs internationally after the UK leaves the EU.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 18/12/2017 15:36:07 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson