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424570

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Electricity: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2015 to Question 11214, what measure her Department considers to be an adequate comparator for costs of different electricity technologies in the future.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	13809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>In comparing the costs of different electricity technologies in the future, DECC typically use the levelised costs of electricty generation. Levelised costs include capital and operating costs over the lifetime of a plant, as well as DECC estimates of projected fuel and carbon costs.</p><br /><p>The most recent levelised cost estimates are available in the DECC Electricity Generation Costs (December 2013) report, available at:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf</a></p><br /><p>We are currently undertaking a comprehensive review of our evidence on levelised costs of electricity generation.</p><br /><p>The above levelised costs however do not take into account all of the wider positive or negative impacts that a plant may impose on the electricity system. So far, DECC’s electricity modelling has considered these wider whole system impacts through a system wide cost-benefit analysis. DECC is currently undertaking a project, which aims to further systematise DECC’s understanding of the whole system impacts of electricity generation technologies.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/11/2015 14:24:22 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

424359

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, on what dates he has met the Chancellor of the Exchequer to discuss the potential effects in Scotland of a carbon price support exemption scheme since April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	13632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>As indicated in my answer of 20 October, I have had a number of meetings and discussions on the important issue of opencast restoration and in particular the proposal for a carbon price support exemption. These have included discussions with colleagues from HM Treasury, the Department of Energy and Climate Change, the Scottish Government and Local Authorities.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 30/10/2015 11:05:27 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

423824

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Department for International Development
answering dept id	20
answering dept short name	International Development
answering dept sort name	International Development
hansard heading	Developing Countries: Sanitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps she has taken to promote the importance of access to safe water and sanitation to improve climate change resilience.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	13460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>Through the International Climate Fund (ICF) the UK government is providing significant investment to help improve water security and support sustainable growth to reduce poverty.</p><br /><p>For example, a UK-funded programme in South Asia is enabling seven countries to manage their shared water resources more effectively and to reduce the risk of conflict. This will help improve the lives of the 700 million people living beside the great Himalayan Rivers of the Indus, Ganges and Brahmaputra.</p><br /><p>Last month the Prime Minister announced that UK climate funding will increase by at least 50% over the next five years. The UK also reaffirmed its commitment to achieve a 50:50 balance between adaptation and mitigation spend over this period.</p><br /> answering member constituency Welwyn Hatfield answering member printed Grant Shapps question first answered 03/11/2015 15:12:34 answering member 1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

422216

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2015 to Question 11217, what the cost element is of the projected transmission charges within the agreed electricity strike rate of £92.50/MWh; and which party carries the risk if transmission charges are higher than predicted when the strike rate was agreed.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	12497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>The Generator’s estimate of transmission costs is commercially sensitive.</p><br /><p>The Strike Price could be adjusted, upwards or downwards, in relation to operational and certain other costs (including balancing and transmission charges) at certain fixed points including through opex reopeners at 15 and 25 years after the start date of the first reactor. Further detail on the treatment of transmission charges is included in the Departmental minute presented to Parliament on 21<sup>st</sup> October.</p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 28/10/2015 17:11:36 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

422217

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2015 to Question 11217, what rate of non-guaranteed reasonable profit has been included in the calculated strike price.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	12498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>The forecast rate of return is commercially confidential and is naturally subject to change as it will depend on the performance of NNB Generation Company Ltd. (NNBG), given that the Contract for Difference (CfD) is designed so that many of the risks belong to NNBG. The CfD contains a series of gainshare mechanisms in which consumers would benefit if the project construction costs or equity returns were more favourable than forecast.</p><br /><p>However, although the actual number is confidential, the European Commission’s Closing Decision for the Hinkley Point C State aid case, where they judged the Strike Price to be proportionate, gives an expected range for the project rate of return of between 9.25 and 9.75% as of October 2014.</p><br /><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/cases/251157/251157_1615983_2292_4.pdf" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/cases/251157/251157_1615983_2292_4.pdf</a></p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/10/2015 13:38:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

422218

registered interest
date	19/10/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Nuclear Power Stations: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2015 to Question 11023, how many developers are developing proposals at each of the sites referred to in that Answer; what indicative electricity strike rates have been discussed with those developers; and what (a) generating capacity and (b) potential timescales have been discussed with each developer in each case.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	12499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>I set out the position below. It is too soon to say what any strike price might be for these projects.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Site</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Developer</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proposed generating capacity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Potential timescale for operation</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wylfa</p></td><td><p>Horizon</p></td><td><p>2.7 GW</p></td><td><p>mid-2020s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldbury</p></td><td><p>Horizon</p></td><td><p>2.7 GW</p></td><td><p>to be confirmed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moorside</p></td><td><p>NuGen</p></td><td><p>3.6 GW</p></td><td><p>mid-2020s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sizewell</p></td><td><p>EDF/CGN</p></td><td><p>3.2 GW</p></td><td><p>to be confirmed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradwell</p></td><td><p>EDF/CGN</p></td><td><p>to be confirmed</p></td><td><p>to be confirmed</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/10/2015 15:57:45 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

421359

registered interest
date	14/10/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether her Department has received legal advice on the effect of changes in the market price of wholesale electricity since agreeing a strike price with EDF for electricity from the proposed Hinkley Point C power station on whether the Government's support constitutes state subsidy.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	11969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>DECC has taken and continues to take advice from internal and external lawyers on a range of issues on the Hinkley Point C project, as well as from other sources. I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him to Question 11214:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-10-09/11214/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-10-09/11214/</a></p><br /><p>The current wholesale market price is an inadequate comparator for the costs of bringing forward different electricity technologies in the future. The current wholesale price reflects an average of the short-term costs for existing generation already on the system, rather than the costs of future generation including their investment costs. Our electricity market reforms have set the right conditions for necessary investment in our energy market, and support low-carbon generation in nuclear as well as in other generating sectors.</p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/10/2015 13:31:49 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

420934

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	UK Trade and Investment: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of expenditure on UK Trade and Investment on the level of foreign direct investment in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency between 2010 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	11549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2015 answer text <p>During the 2010/11-2014/15 period, UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) recorded 8160 successful Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects won in the UK; of which 284 investments were in Scotland.</p><p>UKTI and its regional/local partners were involved in supporting 6415 of the total number of UK investments.</p><p>Breaking down the Scottish successes further, 5 landed in Kilmarnock and Loudoun.</p><p>UKTI works as one team with Scottish Government and all other regional and local partners, to promote and support inward investment into all parts of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 21/10/2015 16:21:37 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

420935

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Research: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the schedule of comparable programme objects in HM Treasury's publication, Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly: Statement of Funding Policy, published in October 2010, what projects were funded by the Research Establishments Major Capital funding; what the (a) projected and (b) actual cost was of each of those projects; and whether each of those projects has been completed.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	11507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2015 answer text <p>The data in the HM Treasury publication Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly, Statement of Funding Policywas compiled in 2010 using a different financial database system to the one subsequently used by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and its delivery partners. The term ‘Research Establishments Major Capital funding’ is not currently used by BIS. Information on overall science capital expenditure is available in the Science Capital Roadmap, in the BIS annual accounts, and relevant information is also obtainable in Research Council Annual Reports (see below).</p><p><strong>Information on overall science capital expenditure is available in the BIS annual accounts and useful information is also obtainable in Research Council Annual Reports (see below). </strong></p><ol><li>BIS Annual Reports and Accounts <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bis-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bis-annual-reports-and-accounts</a> The most recent report is here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/444896/BIS-15-421-BIS-Annual-Report-15-web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/444896/BIS-15-421-BIS-Annual-Report-15-web.pdf</a></li></ol><p>See Annex B, page 200 for tables that features resource and capital spend on science and research.</p><ol start="2"><li>Research Council Annual Reports <a href="http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/about/aboutrcs/governance/" target="_blank">http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/about/aboutrcs/governance/</a></li></ol><p>Annual Reports for each of the Research Councils with information on expenditure.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 26/10/2015 12:10:22 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

420936

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	UK Trade and Investment: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, with reference to the schedule of comparable programme objects in HM Treasury's publication, Funding the Scottish Parliament, National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland Assembly: Statement of Funding Policy, published in October 2010, what the total expenditure was on UK Trade and Investment between 2010 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	11508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2015 answer text <p>UK Trade and Investment expenditure is published annually in the UKTI Annual Report and Accounts which are available in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 28/10/2015 17:47:35 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown