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date	21/05/2018
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 1 May 2018 to Question 136701, what the criteria will be by which his Department will assess the cost-effectiveness of the potential additional deployment of offshore wind.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	146194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>Our sustained support for offshore wind has led to dramatic falls in costs. The cost effectiveness of offshore wind is demonstrated through its performance in competitive auctions. In the most recent 2017 Contracts for Difference auction two offshore wind projects cleared at £57.50/MWh, about half the cost of the cheapest offshore wind project in the 2015 auction.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/05/2018 14:28:12 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

887136

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to support the UK offshore wind industry to produce one third of UK electricity from offshore wind by 2030; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	136701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK has the largest installed offshore wind capacity in the world, with around 7GW operational. This will rise to around 10GW by 2020, when we expect offshore wind to provide around 10% of the UK’s annual electricity generation.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Clean Growth Strategy, the Government is working with industry as they develop an ambitious Sector Deal for offshore wind, which could result in 10 gigawatts of new capacity, with the opportunity for additional deployment if this is cost effective, built in the 2020s.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/05/2018 16:36:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

887137

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of the Offshore Wind Industry Council’s projection that the sector will create 27,000 skilled jobs by 2030; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	136702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>In the Clean Growth Strategy, the Government reaffirmed our future support for offshore wind stating that we would improve the route to market for renewable technologies such as offshore wind through:</p><ul><li>Up to £557 million for further Pot 2 Contract for Difference auctions with the next one planned for spring 2019;</li><li>Working with industry as they develop an ambitious Sector Deal for offshore wind which could result in 10 gigawatts of new capacity, with the opportunity for additional deployment if this is cost effective, built in the 2020s.</li></ul><p> </p><p>No specific assessment has been made on the accuracy of the Offshore Wind Industry Council’s projection.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/05/2018 16:36:52 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

887138

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 made an assessment of the potential for offshore wind to deliver significant electricity system cost reductions by 2030; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	136703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>Offshore wind costs have fallen significantly over the last few years. The cheapest offshore wind projects in the 2017 Contract for Difference Allocation Round cleared 50% lower than the cheapest offshore wind project in the 2015 Contract for Difference Allocation Round. Going forward, the industry expects offshore wind costs to continue to fall.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/05/2018 16:37:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

887139

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 estimate he has made of the value of exports by the UK offshore wind industry in the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	136704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for International Trade to the hon. Member for West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine on 16<sup>th</sup> April 2018 to Question <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-03-29/135021/" target="_blank">135021</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 03/05/2018 14:02:18 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

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registered interest
date	21/02/2017
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 estimate he has made of the future asset value of the UK Green Investment Bank's investments in the Galloper and Rampion wind farms upon completion of their construction.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	64820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a robust valuation process for the Green Investment Bank, using both market-based assumptions and HM Treasury Green Book methodology, and making use of external advice on valuation from expert financial advisors. In this, the Government is following the National Audit Office’s recommendations on asset sales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 27/02/2017 15:44:44 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd previous answer version 36916 answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas