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registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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: Northern Ireland
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 is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues and the Northern Ireland Executive to help ensure that the proportion of energy generated from renewable sources is reflected in the energy prices charged to energy consumers in Northern Ireland; and what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the level of renewable energy generation.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	83626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Renewables Obligation is the principal renewable energy scheme in Northern Ireland, supporting renewable electricity generation. Usually paid for by consumers via their electricity bills, the levy costs are currently further reduced under the UK Government’s energy bill support measures.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to work with Northern Ireland’s Department for the Economy officials to identify a suitable pathway for a Northern Ireland Contracts for Difference scheme to bring more renewable generation online.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/11/2022 14:10:24 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1347307

registered interest
date	15/07/2021
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: Northern Ireland
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential merits for the UK’s net-zero ambitions of extending the Contracts for Difference scheme to cover renewable energy projects in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	33835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>Decarbonisation of Northern Ireland’s electricity system will play a key role in achieving the UK’s 2050 net zero targets. Energy policy is devolved to Northern Ireland. In a consultation earlier this year, the Department for the Economy (DfE) put forward a range of potential policies that could form the basis of Northern Ireland’s new Energy Strategy. This included a proposal to explore the possibility of extending the Contracts for Difference scheme to Northern Ireland. In this context, officials from BEIS and DfE are working together to consider the options.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 20/07/2021 16:22:09 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

426339

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
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	Renewable Energy: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she has taken to support the development of a sustainable and integrated small-scale renewables sector in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	14786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <br /><p>Energy policy is devolved in Northern Ireland. I support the development of renewables in Northern Ireland but it is for Ministers in Northern Ireland to decide on what support mechanisms they deem appropriate.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 10/11/2015 15:40:47 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

424274

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Renewable Energy: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the extension of feed-in tariffs to Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	13586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p>The focus of the current Feed-in Tariff review is to ensure generators are incentivised appropriately and to seek views on how to control future costs.We do not consider it appropriate at this moment to extend the scope of the scheme.</p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/11/2015 15:14:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

386618

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Renewable Energy: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what dates meetings have taken place between her Department and the Northern Ireland Executive on Contracts for Difference; and on what dates future such meetings are planned.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	4906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State met with Jonathan Bell, her counterpart within the Northern Ireland Executive, on both the 10<sup>th</sup> and the 16<sup>th</sup> of June.</p><p>DECC officials regularly engage with their counterparts in the Executive, holding regular meetings to inform and discuss the work being undertaken on support for renewables in Northern Ireland, including in relation to Contracts for Difference, and they will continue to do so.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 06/07/2015 16:23:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

178964

registered interest
date	10/02/2015
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	Renewable Energy: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the use of renewable energy in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	223932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State met with the Northern Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment Arlene Foster on 2 February. They discussed the future of the renewable electricity support scheme in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 23/02/2015 13:22:34 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson