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987766

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
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	Post Offices: Closures
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 UK post office closures there have been in each year since 1997.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	179177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the critical role that post offices play in communities and for small businesses across the UK. This is why the Government committed to safeguard the post office network and protect existing rural services. The overall number of post offices across the UK remains at its most stable in decades with over 11,500 branches thanks to significant Government investment of over £2 billion since 2010.</p><p>While the Government sets the strategic direction for the Post Office, it allows the company the commercial freedom to deliver this strategy as an independent business. I have therefore asked Paula Vennells, the Group Chief Executive of Post Office Limited, to write to you on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 18/10/2018 16:18:23 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

982807

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Radioactive Materials
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 his Department has to establish a State System of Accounting and Control for Nuclear Material and then negotiate a formal agreement with Euratom after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	176158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>As the White Paper on the UK’s Future Relationship with the EU makes clear, the UK is seeking a close association with Euratom through a broad and comprehensive Nuclear Cooperation Agreement between the UK and Euratom. The Government has also been clear that, irrespective of the outcome of negotiations, it will take legal responsibility for the application of nuclear safeguards in the UK once Euratom arrangements no longer apply. The new regime will be implemented by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR).</p><p> </p><p>Parliament has passed the Nuclear Safeguards Act 2018 which provides the legal framework for setting up a domestic nuclear safeguards regime. Using these new powers, the Government intends to make the Nuclear Safeguards Regulations this year, which set out the proposed detail of the regime, following a public consultation which ran from July to September.</p><p> </p><p>The ONR will implement a UK State System for Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Material (SSAC) as part of the new domestic regime. The ONR is working to ensure it will have in place by 29 March 2019 the IT systems and safeguards inspectors needed to operate the UK SSAC, meet international standards and to build, over time, to equivalent effectiveness and coverage to Euratom.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/10/2018 13:22:23 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

919197

registered interest
date	07/06/2018
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: Rural Areas
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 providers on promoting renewable energy use in rural homes.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	151133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>Ministers regularly discuss a range of issues with energy suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>The Rural Community Energy Fund provides funding for feasibility studies for rural communities to develop, own and generate their own energy. The Feed-in Tariff scheme also remains open for projects across the UK, including community projects.</p><p> </p><p>There remains up to £100m of support for small scale renewables through the Feed-in Tariff up to 2019. As we set out in the Clean Growth Strategy, we are currently considering options for our approach to small scale low carbon generation beyond 2019. We will make a statement on future support for small scale renewables in due course.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/06/2018 12:46:33 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

906414

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
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	Regional Planning and Development: North of England
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 applications for funding through the Northern Powerhouse have been (a) received and (b) successfully awarded by local authority district in each month since January 2015.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	145300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>Table 1 (copy attached) shows the distribution of 2690 ‘applications received’ by the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF) and the 258 ‘successfully awarded investments or loans’ by Local Authority District from March 2017 to March 2018. Of the applications received, 286 were from outside of the Northern Powerhouse area, but could have been eligible if the applicants were willing to relocate to the area or conduct “significant business” there. Please note, the NPIF became operational in March 2017, so there is no data for the Fund before that date.</p><p>Table 2 (also in the attached) shows in £million the sums awarded to the eleven Northern Powerhouse LEPs as Growth Deals for the period 2015-2021. The full award came to £3,435.41m.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 23/05/2018 16:09:23 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths attachment 1 file name PQ 145300 Northern Powerhouse funding data.docx title Northern Powerhouse funding data previous answer version 59639 answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

906415

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
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	Regional Planning and Development: North of England
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 interest rate for finance under the Northern Powerhouse was offered to successful bidders by local authority district in each month since January 2015.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	145301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), has a total of five delivery partners operating the seven funds. These funds utilise a range of interest rates which are set according to the risk of each investment or loan. The rates used are commercially sensitive and not publicly available.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 25/05/2018 13:49:18 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

872261

registered interest
date	26/03/2018
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	Fracking: Agriculture and Tourism
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the effect of shale gas extraction on the (a) farming and (b) tourism industry.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	134175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2018 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has regular discussions with Cabinet Ministers on matters relating to energy policy.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 04/04/2018 13:13:03 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

828895

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
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: Drinking Water
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 money his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	124509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>We do not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 29/01/2018 15:44:32 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

783309

registered interest
date	03/11/2017
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, what steps the Government is taking to prioritise the use of clean, renewable energy over traditional energy sources; and what steps are being taken to avoid wind farms being turned off and constraint payments made.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	111412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Clean Growth strategy (CGS) announced on the 12<sup>th</sup> October, set out the government’s ambitious strategy to cut emissions while keeping costs down for consumers, creating good jobs and growing the economy. This includes a strategy of decarbonisation to deliver our goals of meeting our carbon budgets in a secure clean and affordable way. In 2016, renewables share of total generation was nearly 25% of UK electricity generation, and we are on track to meet our ambition of delivering 30% of the UK’s electricity from renewables in 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>The latest Contracts for Difference round announced on 11 September secured a further 3.3GW of renewable electricity, enough to power 3.6 million homes. This will see a saving of 5.4 million tonnes of carbon a year, the equivalent of the average annual carbon emissions from 2.8 million cars. The Clean Growth Strategy (CGS) also announced:</p><p> </p><ul><li>improving the route to market for renewable technologies such as offshore wind by making up to <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-confirms-up-to-557-million-for-new-renewable-energy-projects" target="_blank">£557 million for further Pot 2 Contract for Difference auctions</a>, with the next one planned for spring 2019; <br></li><li>working with industry as they develop an ambitious Sector Deal for offshore wind, which could result in 10 gigawatts of new capacity, with the opportunity for additional deployment if this is cost effective, built in the 2020s;<br></li><li>In addition, spending on the Renewable Heat Incentive schemes will rise from £430 million in 2015-16 to £1.15 billion in 2020-21, and following the recent government consultation the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation level will be increasing to 9.75% in 2020, rising to 12.4% in 2032.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Whilst we do not consider constraint payments to be inherently wrong, the UK Government has taken action to minimise the costs involved. In October 2012, we worked closely with Ofgem to introduce the Transmission Constraint Licence Condition, which ensures that generators are not able to profit unfairly at the expense of consumers. This has helped to halve the average unit constraint price for wind farms. In addition, the delivery of planned transmission reinforcements should help to reduce constraints.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 14/11/2017 15:22:17 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 22063 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

782117

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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	Peat: Carbon 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, what progress the Government is making on implementing the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change report Meeting Carbon Budgets - 2016 Progress Report to Parliament, published in June 2016, on including peatland within the UK's carbon inventory by 2018.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	110754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) have identified a number of improvements to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory. They particularly encouraged the inclusion of new guidelines on wetlands (which cover peatlands) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change<sup>1 </sup>to fully assess their impacts. Further research is required before these guidelines can be fully applied in our national GHG inventory. This is currently underway and will feed into the inventory over the next few years.</p><p> </p><p><sup>[1]</sup> IPCC 2014, 2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: <a href="http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/wetlands/" target="_blank">http://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/wetlands/</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/11/2017 12:56:14 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

715201

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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Data Protection
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) official and (b) official sensitive documents have been recorded as lost by his Department since 8 May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	69811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy was formed in July 2016 and its Annual Report to Parliament will include all relevant losses since its formation. Currently, there are no losses to be reported. Any losses will be assessed and responded to individually and on a case by case basis with all possible mitigating actions being taken and in full compliance of our legal and other responsibilities.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/04/2017 15:36:52 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron