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935264

registered interest
date	06/07/2018
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	Energy: Conservation
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 (a) mandate or (b) encourage an increase in the energy efficiency of electricity consuming products after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	161497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The energy efficiency of energy-related products, including electricity consuming products, is currently regulated under the EU Ecodesign Directive and Energy Labelling Framework Regulation.</p><p> </p><p>In the Clean Growth Strategy (p.44), we set out that following EU Exit, the UK <em>“will keep step with equivalent standards wherever possible and appropriate, or even exceed them where it is in the UK’s interest to do so. This may include products not yet covered by European legislation, such as smart appliances”</em>.</p><p> </p><p>The potential to do this is subject to the outcome of the wider EU Exit negotiations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/07/2018 12:45:28 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

935021

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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	Natural Gas: Storage
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 the implications are for his policy on energy security of the decision in March 2018 not to return to operation the Hole House gas storage facility; and what recent assessment he has made of the level of UK energy security.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	161045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The decision to close the Hole House gas storage facility for the foreseeable future is a commercial decision for EDF Energy. This withdrawal from commercial operations does not undermine security of supply: in 2017, the Government published its Gas Security of Supply Strategic Assessment which concluded that Great Britain benefits from highly diverse and flexible sources of supply, including domestic production, pipelines from Norway, the Netherlands and Belgium, storage and LNG. This analysis shows that GB supply and storage infrastructure is sufficient to meet customer demand in all but the most extreme and unlikely cases. The announced withdrawal from operation of Hole House Farm, the UK’s smallest storage facility, does not materially affect this assessment. We continually engage with EDF Energy and other stakeholders to ensure that this analysis remains up-to-date.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/07/2018 09:55:53 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

935044

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Waste Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to publish his resources and waste strategy.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	161046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>Through its Clean Growth Strategy, the Government said it would work towards no food waste entering landfill by 2030.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra Ministers and officials have regular discussions with other government departments and ministers, including HM Treasury, on actions that will help to support local authorities to collect more food waste so that the amount sent to landfill continues to decline.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our Resources and Waste Strategy, which we will publish later this year, will outline our plans for food waste.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 161049 question first answered 11/07/2018 14:47:04 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

935047

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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 Heat Incentive Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has plans to introduce a replacement for the Renewable Heat Incentive for when it ends in March 2021.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	161047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>Funding for the Renewable Heat Incentive has been agreed out to 2021. Beyond this we intend to design and implement a clear framework through to the 2030s for domestic and non-domestic buildings off the gas grid, to:</p><p>o Reduce barriers to take-up of clean heating and cooling with reduced reliance on subsidy;</p><p>o Sustain a viable supply chain for clean heating beyond the RHI whilst not closing off options on the longer-term decarbonisation pathway.</p><p> </p><p>From 19 March to 11 June we held a public Call for Evidence as a first step in developing this policy framework. The Department is now analysing the evidence received in response to this document and aims to publish a response to the Call for Evidence later in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/07/2018 12:45:53 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

935048

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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	Carbon Budgets
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 will put in place to fill the policy gap identified by the Committee on Climate Change in meeting the fourth and fifth carbon budgets.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	161048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s policies and proposals for meeting the fourth and fifth carbon budgets are set out in the Clean Growth Strategy, published in October 2017. The Government agrees with the Committee on Climate Change that ambitious and rapid implementation of the policies and proposals in the Strategy is needed to ensure we meet our carbon budgets, and we will consider carefully the recent recommendations made by the Committee.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/07/2018 12:47:50 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

935059

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Food: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on potential funding for separate food waste collections in England.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	161049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>Through its Clean Growth Strategy, the Government said it would work towards no food waste entering landfill by 2030.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Defra Ministers and officials have regular discussions with other government departments and ministers, including HM Treasury, on actions that will help to support local authorities to collect more food waste so that the amount sent to landfill continues to decline.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Our Resources and Waste Strategy, which we will publish later this year, will outline our plans for food waste.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey grouped question UIN 161046 question first answered 11/07/2018 14:47:04 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

935101

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Natural Gas: Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will review gas storage business rates after the decision of EDF to close the Hole House gas storage facility because of challenging market conditions.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	161050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The UK benefits from highly diverse and flexible sources of gas supply. Low gas prices have contributed to challenging market conditions in the gas storage market.</p><p> </p><p>The government recognises that business rates can represent a high cost for some businesses. That’s why it has taken repeated action to reduce their burden, announcing reforms and reductions worth over £10bn by 2023.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 12/07/2018 09:11:13 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

935110

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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	Office for Nuclear Regulation: Finance
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 requests for funding his Department has received from the Office for Nuclear Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	161051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>BEIS-funded projects the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has been working on over the last twelve months are:</p><p> </p><ul><li>UK State System of Accountancy for and Control of nuclear materials £1,203,000</li><li>Advanced Nuclear Technologies £936,000</li></ul><p> </p><p>These are referenced in Note 4 to the Financial Statements (page 144 of the published Office for Nuclear Regulation Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18 refers) <a href="http://www.onr.org.uk/documents/2018/onr-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-18.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.onr.org.uk/documents/2018/onr-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-18.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>Each activity is paid for by BEIS according to the demand placed upon ONR’s resource and each is charged for in accordance with ONR’s charging methodology. <a href="http://communities/gf2.ti/f/12834/1205253.1/PDF/-/howwechargefornuclearregulationweb.pdf" target="_blank"><em>http://communities/gf2.ti/f/12834/1205253.1/PDF/-/howwechargefornuclearregulationweb.pdf</em></a></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 12/07/2018 12:44:38 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

933912

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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	Climate Change Convention
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 Answer of 21 June 2018 to Question 153707, on Climate Change Convention, whether his Department plans to make public the terms of reference for the advice sought from the Committee on Climate Change.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	159480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government will be seeking advice from the Committee on Climate Change on the implications of the Paris Agreement for the UK’s long-term reduction targets after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report later this year. The content of that request for advice will be made public.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/07/2018 14:37:47 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

923980

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
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	Climate Change Convention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to instruct the Committee on Climate Change to report on the steps required for the UK to meet the Paris Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	153707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>As I announced at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April, the Government will be seeking the advice of the Committee on Climate Change on the implications of the Paris Agreement for the UK’s long-term emission reduction targets after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report later this year.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/06/2018 14:49:15 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead