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1725458

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Great British Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Great British Energy founding statement, published on 25 July 2024, whether he plans that every project invested in by Great British Energy will make a return by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
uin	2876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>Great British Energy will be an operationally independent company, overseen by a Board. The exact impact and timeline of Great British Energy’s interventions will be determined by detailed development and design of the organisation’s functions. Any discussions around specific project to support would be determined by Great British Energy itself, as an operationally independent company, once fully established.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 04/09/2024 08:30:15 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

1725459

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to continue the construction of new Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage sites.
tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
uin	2877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p><em>This Government is committed to CCUS, which will create good jobs in Britain’s industrial heartlands, ensure a just transition for the industries based in the North Sea, and accelerate towards Net Zero. Our National Wealth Fund includes £1 billion to accelerate the deployment of CCUS.</em></p> answering member constituency Croydon West answering member printed Sarah Jones question first answered 04/09/2024 06:26:03 answering member 4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones
tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

1725462

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Environment Protection: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to require (a) FTSE 100 companies and (b) financial services firms to (i) develop green transition plans and (ii) publish a timetable for doing this.
tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
uin	2880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government has committed to making the UK the green finance capital of the world and is exploring requirements in relation to transition plans for companies and financial institutions. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is working with other government departments, including HM Treasury and the Department for Business and Trade, on these requirements and will provide further information about plans and a timetable in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bristol East answering member printed Kerry McCarthy question first answered 04/09/2024 13:37:48 answering member 1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy
tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

1725463

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to reduce its energy usage.
tabling member constituency	Wyre Forest
tabling member printed	Mark Garnier
uin	2881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government Property Agency (GPA) manage the estate occupied by DESNZ and is responsible for energy usage reduction in its properties.</p><p> </p><p>DESNZ undertakes an assurance role in this, to ensure the Department achieves the targets in the Greening Government Commitments related to energy usage reduction.</p><p> </p><p>DESNZ recently relocated its HQ to a newly refurbished GPA building, which included a range of energy reduction measures, such as connection to the Whitehall District Heating Network, upgraded heating and ventilation systems, and LED lighting throughout.</p><p> </p><p>DESNZ continues to work with GPA to achieve similar improvements across the wider UK estate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 04/09/2024 11:19:00 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4074 label Biography information for Mark Garnier

1725496

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Fuel Poverty: Winter Fuel Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of means testing the winter fuel payment on levels of fuel poverty in the winter of 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend
tabling member printed	Mary Glindon
uin	2891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of the potential impact of means testing the Winter Fuel Payment on levels of fuel poverty in winter 2024-25. A statistical publication estimating the rate of fuel poverty for those in receipt of Winter Fuel Payment in 2023, and the proportion of households who would be in fuel poverty under new eligibility criteria, will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Peckham answering member printed Miatta Fahnbulleh question first answered 04/09/2024 15:54:05 answering member 5099
tabling member	4126 label Biography information for Mary Glindon

1725599

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to reform the surplus sharing arrangements for the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>There is no surplus sharing arrangement within the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme. Work is already underway to initiate our manifesto commitment regarding the Mineworker’s Pension Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Croydon West answering member printed Sarah Jones question first answered 04/09/2024 06:25:55 answering member 4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1725638

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to consult local residents prior to the approval of (a) solar farms and (b) onshore wind farms.
tabling member constituency	Beaconsfield
tabling member printed	Joy Morrissey
uin	3097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>There are established routes in the planning system which enable communities to raise concerns about solar and onshore wind developments in their area. The level and quality of community engagement, amongst other factors, will be taken into account by decision-makers.</p><p> </p><p>We want both solar and onshore wind developers to continue to engage with local communities as we increase renewable deployment to meet net zero. That is why we are retaining important checks and balances in relation to community engagement and consultation.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 04/09/2024 08:29:53 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4759 label Biography information for Joy Morrissey

1725639

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Great British Energy: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the new chair of Great British Energy was appointed through open competition; what his remuneration is; and what provisions have been put in place to prevent potential conflicts of interest.
tabling member constituency	Beaconsfield
tabling member printed	Joy Morrissey
uin	3098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-07-30/2492" target="_blank">2492</a>.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 04/09/2024 08:28:36 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4759 label Biography information for Joy Morrissey

1725693

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of changes in the number of jobs in the (a) oil and (b) gas sector in (i) the UK and (ii) Scotland in each of the next 30 years.
tabling member constituency	Angus and Perthshire Glens
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	3089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department does not hold these estimates.</p><p> </p><p>According to ONS data<a href="http://wqa.parliament.uk" target="_blank"><sup>[1]</sup></a>, direct jobs in oil and gas extraction fell by around a third between 2014 and 2022 (from c.42k to c.28k). Of all current direct offshore oil and gas jobs, roughly 80% are in Scotland<a href="http://wqa.parliament.uk" target="_blank"><sup>[2]</sup></a>.</p><p> </p><p>As Britain becomes a clean energy superpower, the Government is determined to create new high-quality jobs to ensure a phased and responsible transition in the North Sea.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://wqa.parliament.uk" target="_blank"><sup>[1]</sup></a> ONS Business Register and Employment Survey - <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Femploymentandlabourmarket%2Fpeopleinwork%2Femploymentandemployeetypes%2Fdatasets%2Findustry235digitsicbusinessregisterandemploymentsurveybrestable2&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Cc37623f74caf4dd002a608dccc03d562%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638609564064930981%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Vr%2BpYJ1UdPyJ5K9IfxHHvmerkGm2oPgPEDmGgA2XEyU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/datasets/industry235digitsicbusinessregisterandemploymentsurveybrestable2</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://wqa.parliament.uk" target="_blank"><sup>[2]</sup></a> ONS Business Register and Employment data from NOMIS - (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nomisweb.co.uk%2Fquery%2Fselect%2Fgetdatasetbytheme.asp%3Ftheme%3D27%26subgrp%3DPrevious%2Bemployment%2Bsurveys&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Cc37623f74caf4dd002a608dccc03d562%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638609564064948874%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iE16ruPAmzX8UbxXGFHRgIL0nFVZh%2Fos14uCGsp6ilg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/select/getdatasetbytheme.asp?theme=27&amp;subgrp=Previous+employment+surveys</a>)</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 04/09/2024 08:25:17 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1725694

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Electric Cables: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent estimate he has made of the relative costs per km of (a) overhead, (b) underground and (c) offshore electricity transmission cables.
tabling member constituency	Angus and Perthshire Glens
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	3090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government keeps abreast of the various technologies that can be used to help us achieve clean power by 2030, including the various means of laying cable, but has not yet made an estimate of the relative costs of cabling since it came into power.</p> answering member constituency Rutherglen answering member printed Michael Shanks question first answered 04/09/2024 08:22:39 answering member 4998 label Biography information for Michael Shanks
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan