Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of export tariffs on solar energy usage since their introduction; and if he will reassess the proposals to end the export tariff for new solar installations from April 2019 as outlined in the consultation Feed-in tariffs scheme of July 2018.

The impact of changes in the Feed-In Tariffs on deployment of different small-scale technologies have been considered in both the 2015 and 2018 scheme consultations. The impact assessments can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-a-review-of-the-feed-in-tariff-scheme

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/feed-in-tariffs-scheme

No assessment has been made of the export tariff independent of the generation tariff.

We are considering responses to the recent consultation proposing to close the FIT scheme. The Government will set out its response in due course.