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1718929

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date	16/05/2024
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of steps taken by (a) her Department and (b) the Treasury on ensuring that the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6 delivers more offshore wind capacity than Allocation Round 5.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	26757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>On 6 March 2024, the Government confirmed over £1 billion of budget will be available in the Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6 auction, including £800 million allocated to offshore wind. This followed the announcement in November that the administrative strike prices for fixed and floating offshore wind had been increased by 66% and over 5 0% respectively, since the previous allocation round. This budget announcement makes this the largest round yet, with four times more budget available to offshore wind than in the previous round.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 21/05/2024 16:39:42 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1718932

registered interest
date	16/05/2024
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: Finance
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 her planned timetable is for announcing the final revised budget for contracts for difference allocation round six.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	26758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>National Grid ESO are currently reviewing applications against the published CfD qualification criteria. The outcomes of this process will dictate timings for when my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State will decide whether an increase to the budget is appropriate. The different timeline scenarios are published here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cfdallocationround.uk%2Fnews%2Far6-core-parameters-published&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C35c7daa723de42ec78e108dc79b43a4b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638519062177322102%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IJreLNHWN1BG7lCsxM7favds8S5jUAPhH4RxKjTlCxU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.cfdallocationround.uk/news/ar6-core-parameters-published</a></p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 21/05/2024 16:39:40 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1718035

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
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: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2024 to Question 23797 on Renewable Energy: Finance, what approximate capacity her Department expects to be successful for the Contracts for Difference AR6.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	26275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>National Grid ESO are now reviewing the applications against Contracts for Difference qualification criteria. The volume of capacity successful will depend on a range of factors including the volume of eligible applications, and subsequent bid prices. We cannot pre-judge the outcome of AR6.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 17/05/2024 13:28:30 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1718044

registered interest
date	14/05/2024
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	Rolls-Royce SMR: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2024 to Question 25350 on Rolls-Royce SMR: Government Assistance, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the decision by Rolls Royce not to pursue plans for a heavy pressure vessel plant in Deeside on the return on capital; and how much and what proportion of the grant has been allocated to Rolls Royce.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	26277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2024 answer text <p>Under the Low Cost Nuclear programme, the Government has given a grant of up to £210 million to Rolls-Royce SMR Ltd to support development of the Rolls Royce Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design, potentially capable of deployment across the UK in the early 2030s. Whilst part of the work of the Programme has supported the design of key factories and engagement with potential locations, decision on deployment are outside of this funded programme and are a commercial matter for Rolls Royce SMR ltd.</p><p> </p><p>For the current phase of the Low Cost Nuclear programme Rolls Royce SMR have been allocated a total grant of £139.3 which equates to 66.3% of the total grant of £210m awarded. The assessment of Value for Money of activities Rolls Royce is undertaking under the grant funding agreement is in line with Green Book principles.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 17/05/2024 13:27:03 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan