Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of park home residents eligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme-Alternative Fund in (a) North West Norfolk constituency and (b) Norfolk.
Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Department has made no such estimates for North West Norfolk constituency and Norfolk. However, it is estimated that over 130,000 residents of park homes, houseboats and caravans, who can provide proof of address, in England, Scotland and Wales, will be eligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS AF). Overall, EBSS AF will provide support of £400 for energy bills for around 900,000 households that do not have a direct relationship with a domestic energy supplier, for example households with landlords that have a commercial energy contract, or those that are off-grid.
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much onshore wind generation capacity (a) is operating, (b) is under construction and (c) has planning permission as of 30 September 2022.
Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The UK currently has approximately 14.6GW of operational onshore wind capacity. Individual projects under construction and with planning permission awaiting construction are listed in the Renewable Energy Planning Database at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-energy-planning-database-monthly-extract.
There are no published aggregated figures for these categories.
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much onshore wind generation capacity (a) is operating, (b) is under construction and (c) has planning permission as of 28 March 2022.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
According to latest figures (BEIS Energy Trends 6.1), at the end of September 2021 there was 14.4GW of operational onshore wind capacity in the UK. BEIS’ Renewable Energy Planning Database shows there was 6.1GW of onshore wind capacity with planning permission by the end of Quarter 4 2021, of which 0.9GW is under construction.
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total amount was of payments made by companies under Contracts for Difference to the Low Carbon Contracts Company when strike prices were below market prices in each of the last five years.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Low Carbon Contracts Company publishes information on payments made by generators under the Contracts for Difference scheme on their Data Portal[1].
[1] https://www.lowcarboncontracts.uk/dashboards/cfd/actuals-dashboards/historical-dashboard
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total (a) number and (b) value of Bounce Bank Loan Scheme loans are where borrowers have (i) made repayments as scheduled and (ii) not started repayments.
Answered by Paul Scully
As of 31 May 2021, 1,560,309 Bounce Back Loans had been approved by accredited lenders, to the value of £47.36bn.
Because many borrowers are using “Pay as You Grow” options, it is not possible to provide a definitive figure for on-schedule payments for the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS). However, latest figures show that £2.04bn, or 4% of total facilities, have been repaid in full.
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
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 review its shareholding in Urenco and options for reducing its stake.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government is not currently reviewing its shareholding in Urenco and has no current plans to pursue a sale of all or part of its one-third stake in URENCO.
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total amount of strike price top up payments made to companies under Contracts for Difference by the Low Carbon Contracts Company was in each of the last five years.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Low Carbon Contracts Company publishes information on payments to projects supported by the Contracts for Difference scheme on their Data Portal[1].
[1] https://www.lowcarboncontracts.uk/dashboards/cfd/actuals-dashboards/historical-dashboard
Asked by: James Wild (Conservative - North West Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what dividends have been received by the Government as a result of its shareholding in Urenco in each of the last five years.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government holds a one third stake in Urenco Ltd and receives one third of any dividends paid by Urenco to its shareholders.
Urenco Ltd reports its results in Euros and pays its dividends in Euros. These are converted at the prevailing exchange rate into Pound Sterling on the date the Government receives the dividend.
The table below outlines the dividend allotted by Urenco Ltd over the past 5 fiscal years to the Government in Euros and the Pound Sterling equivalent at the time.
Year | HMG Dividend Received |
2016/17 | €100 million (£86 million) |
2017/18 | €100 million (£88 million) |
2018/19 | €100 million (£87 million) |
2019/20 | €100 million (£94 million) |
2020/21 | €100 million (£88 million) |