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Written Question
Carbon Capture and Storage: Finance
Friday 15th March 2024

Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much her Department has spent on developing (a) HyNet North West, (b) East Coast Cluster, (c) Acorn and (d) Viking CCS.

Answered by Andrew Bowie - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

£210 million (matched by £261 million from industry) has been allocated through the UKRI Industrial Decarbonisation Challenge (IDC) since 2019 to drive the decarbonisation of the UK’s six major industrial clusters, of which £150 million has been allocated to projects within HyNet, East Coast Cluster, Acorn and Viking CCS clusters. The breakdown of funding allocated (all funding will be allocated by the end of March 2024) and funding provided to date through the IDC to projects within the clusters mentioned are as follows:

  • HyNet North West
    • Total Allocated – £32,850,730
    • Funding Provided to Date - £29,732,965
  • East Coast Cluster
    • Total Allocated – £73,726,209
    • Funding Provided to Date - £63,317,114
  • Acorn
    • Total Allocated – £31,376,167
    • Funding Provided to Date - £26,451,986
  • Viking CCS
    • Total Allocated – £12,692,911
    • Funding Provided to Date - £10,992,417

The clusters have also received funding through other sources other than the IDC. Since 2019, a) the HyNet cluster was awarded £8.5m, b) East Coast Cluster was awarded £1.3m c) the Scottish cluster was awarded £9.3m and d) the Viking CCS was awarded £7.9m of innovation funding under the BEIS CCUS Innovation, Advancing CCS Technologies (ACT) and Hydrogen Supply programmes.


Written Question
Renewable Energy: Manufacturing Industries
Thursday 14th March 2024

Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much funding has been allocated to the Green Industries Growth Accelerator fund to date; and how much and what proportion of the expenditure for by the Green Industries Growth Accelerator fund has been spent in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.

Answered by Andrew Bowie - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Government has committed £1.1bn for the Green Industries Growth Accelerator (GIGA) to support the expansion of domestic green manufacturing capacity and strengthen clean energy supply chains across the UK. No funding has been awarded to projects yet.


Written Question
Renewable Energy: Manufacturing Industries
Thursday 14th March 2024

Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much has been provided to each project that received funding through the Green Industries Growth Accelerator.

Answered by Andrew Bowie - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Government has committed £1.1bn for the Green Industries Growth Accelerator (GIGA) to support the expansion of domestic green manufacturing capacity and strengthen clean energy supply chains across the UK. No funding has been awarded to projects yet.


Written Question
Lotteries: Taxation
Monday 26th February 2024

Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much Lottery Duty has been raised in each year since that duty was introduced.

Answered by Gareth Davies - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)

The annual amount of Lottery Duty receipts by calendar and financial year can be found in Table 1 in the Betting and Gaming Bulletin:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/653bcb80e6c9680014aa9c8d/2023_Sep_Bet_and_Gam_Tab.ods


Written Question
Yemen: Military Intervention
Thursday 8th February 2024

Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2024 to Question 9950 on Yemen: Military Intervention, which conflicts are covered by his Department's tracker database of alleged violations of international law.

Answered by James Heappey - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

The "tracker" covers alleged IHL violations during the Saudi Led Coalition's Air Campaign in Yemen.


Written Question
International Law
Thursday 8th February 2024

Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department has a tracker database of alleged violations of international law.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

We are monitoring closely the situation in Israel and the Occupied-Palestinian Territories. We regularly review advice about Israel's commitment and capability to comply with International Humanitarian Law.


Written Question
Genocide
Thursday 8th February 2024

Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps the Government takes to meet its legal obligation to prevent genocide.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

As a party to the Genocide Convention, the UK is fully committed to the prevention and punishment of genocide as appropriate under the Convention.


Written Question
Fraud
Tuesday 6th February 2024

Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent on fraud recovery in each financial year since 2020-21.

Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

The level of information requested is unclear/not held as it is unclear which elements of the department’s spending on fraud, error and debt this request relates to.

Details of current spending allocations for counter-fraud activities can be found at Figure 7 on page 297 of the department’s Annual Report and Accounts published on 6 July 2023 - Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 for the year ended 31 March 2023 (publishing.service.gov.uk)


Written Question
Defence: Buildings
Monday 29th January 2024

Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress he has made on surveys to identify buildings on his Department's land in Scotland which may have been constructed with reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The Defence Infrastructure Organisation determined what buildings on Ministry of Defence land might potentially contain Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) material based on the period in which they were constructed and their construction type.

Surveys are currently being conducted on all buildings which may have been constructed using RAAC.


Written Question
St Kilda: Firing Ranges
Monday 29th January 2024

Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid the National Trust for Scotland to lease St Kilda for the Deep Sea Range (a) in total and (b) in each year for which lease payments have been made.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not lease a Deep Sea Range at St Kilda. However, parts of St Kilda are leased by the MOD from National Trust Scotland (NTS).

The current 25-year lease between the MOD and NTS began in 2003 at a fixed rent of £100,000 per annum plus VAT. The total rent paid by MOD to NTS for the period 2003 to 2023 is £2.52 million.

In addition, from 2008, the MOD has sub-leased space at St Kilda to the Northern Lighthouse Board at an annual rent payable to the MOD of £5,400. NTS are entitled to a share of this rent; the MOD pays NTS £1,485 plus VAT per annum under this agreement. The total amount paid to NTS from 2008 to 2023 is £28,512.