Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans his Department has to introduce a legal definition of energy storage in the context of battery storage technology.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
In the 2021 Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan, the Government committed to defining electricity storage as a distinct subset of generation in primary legislation when parliamentary time allows.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the impact assessment of the Nuclear Energy (Financing) Act 2022 published on 26 October 2021, if his Department has updated its assessment of the cost of building and financing a nuclear power plant under a Regulatory Asset Base (RAB) model.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government has not updated the analysis presented in the Impact Assessment for the Nuclear Energy (Financing) Act.
Individual projects being considered for RAB funding under the Act will be subject to Value for Money assessment both at the point of its designation, and as part of wider Government approvals.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his Department's Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan published on 20 July 2021, what his timeframe is for bringing forward legislative proposals to amend the Electricity Act 1989 to define electricity storage as a distinct subset of generation.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
In the 2021 Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan, the Government committed to defining electricity storage as a distinct subset of generation in primary legislation, when parliamentary time allows.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will list the dates of submission of HR1 forms by British Airways in the last three years.
Answered by Paul Scully
The information requested under the statutory advanced notification of redundancy scheme is commercially confidential and to publish it would prejudice the commercial interests of those employers. Management information on the volume of notifications received under the scheme is published by the Insolvency Service on GOV.UK.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his timescale is for bringing forward legislative proposals for the 2022-2023 Warm Home Discount scheme.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Regulations for the Warm Home Discount in England and Wales were laid in Parliament on Wednesday 12 May.
The consultation on the future scheme in Scotland is currently open and will close on Sunday 22 May. After this, the Government will publish its response and lay the supporting Regulations for a scheme to be in place from winter 2022/23.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) stated in the Energy Security Strategy will include the assessment of locational marginal price in Scotland.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
As part of the REMA programme we intend to consider a full spectrum of policy options, including locational marginal pricing. We look forward to receiving evidence from stakeholders following the publication of our consultation in the summer which will help us evaluate them, as well as bring other policy options to our attention.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2022 to Question 143735 on Diesel Fuel: Russia, when Digest of UK Energy Statistics figures containing data for 2021 will be available.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES) containing 2021 data will be published on the 28th July 2022. As of the 31st March 2022, data on Russian imports of diesel (including data for 2021) are also available in new Energy Trends table 3.14, Imports of primary oil and petroleum products by country of origin.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of permanent full-time employees at Dungeness nuclear power station that (a) were employed to operate the station prior to its closure, in the latest period for which figures are available and (b) will be required for the decommissioning phase.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
BEIS has not made any estimates of employee numbers at any of the Hinkley Point B, Sizewell B, Torness, Heysham A and B, Hartlepool, Hunterson B or Dungeness nuclear power stations, which are owned and operated by EDF. However, BEIS does understand from information supplied by EDF that each of the stations currently employs around 500 staff each, supplemented by staff from supply chain partners, at specific times.
BEIS has also not made any forecast estimates of the number of individuals that will be employed in the future as those stations close and enter into a phase where the nuclear fuel is removed (defueled) and then decommissioned. The Dungeness B and Hunterston B stations have already permanently ceased generation and the changes in staff numbers during the defueling phase are being considered by EDF currently.
The Government is committed to ensuring the UK civil nuclear industry has the required skills to deliver on its existing decommissioning requirements together with supporting the proposed programme of additional nuclear power generation capacity.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of permanent full-time employees at Hunterston B nuclear power station that (a) were employed to operate the station prior to its closure, in the latest period for which figures are available and (b) will be required for the decommissioning phase.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
BEIS has not made any estimates of employee numbers at any of the Hinkley Point B, Sizewell B, Torness, Heysham A and B, Hartlepool, Hunterson B or Dungeness nuclear power stations, which are owned and operated by EDF. However, BEIS does understand from information supplied by EDF that each of the stations currently employs around 500 staff each, supplemented by staff from supply chain partners, at specific times.
BEIS has also not made any forecast estimates of the number of individuals that will be employed in the future as those stations close and enter into a phase where the nuclear fuel is removed (defueled) and then decommissioned. The Dungeness B and Hunterston B stations have already permanently ceased generation and the changes in staff numbers during the defueling phase are being considered by EDF currently.
The Government is committed to ensuring the UK civil nuclear industry has the required skills to deliver on its existing decommissioning requirements together with supporting the proposed programme of additional nuclear power generation capacity.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the number of permanent full-time employees at Torness nuclear power station in the latest period for which figures are available.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
BEIS has not made any estimates of employee numbers at any of the Hinkley Point B, Sizewell B, Torness, Heysham A and B, Hartlepool, Hunterson B or Dungeness nuclear power stations, which are owned and operated by EDF. However, BEIS does understand from information supplied by EDF that each of the stations currently employs around 500 staff each, supplemented by staff from supply chain partners, at specific times.
BEIS has also not made any forecast estimates of the number of individuals that will be employed in the future as those stations close and enter into a phase where the nuclear fuel is removed (defueled) and then decommissioned. The Dungeness B and Hunterston B stations have already permanently ceased generation and the changes in staff numbers during the defueling phase are being considered by EDF currently.
The Government is committed to ensuring the UK civil nuclear industry has the required skills to deliver on its existing decommissioning requirements together with supporting the proposed programme of additional nuclear power generation capacity.