Energy: Exports
(asked on 1st September 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how much funding her Department or associated bodies provided in support for exports of (a) coal, (b) biomass for electricity generation, (c) gas, (d) offshore wind, (e) onshore wind, (f) solar and (g) nuclear in each year since 2015.
The Department for International Trade only holds a record of funding allocations for these sub-sectors in relation to UK Export Finance (UKEF) in the form of export credit loans and guarantees; the Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP) in the form of grants to offset individual companies’ international exhibition costs; and Core Event funding to enable UK pavilions to represent UK industry at major international trade shows.
Financial support since 2015 from these sources can be broken down as follows for the sectors requested:
DIT Core Events: | |||||||
Financial budget in support of international trade events | |||||||
FY Year | Coal | Biomass | Oil & Gas | Offshore wind | Onshore wind | Solar | Nuclear |
2015 | 0 | 712,000 | 274,000 | 60,000 | 0 | 0 | 105,000 |
2016 | 0 | 690,000 | 142,000 | 59,000 | 0 | 0 | 294,000 |
2017 | 0 | 0 | 101,000 | 262,000 | 0 | 0 | 477,000 |
2018 | 0 | 60,000 | 22,000 | 110,000 | 0 | 0 | 181,000 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 165,000 | 50,000 | 0 | 0 | 185,000 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 90,000 | 100,000 | 0 | 0 | 205,000 |
Total | 0 | 1,462,000 | 794,000 | 640,000 | 0 | 0 | 1,447,000 |
Events represented by these figures were in some cases in support of both UK exports and inward investment goals
DIT Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP) grants: | |||||||
To offset UK companies’ individual international exhibition costs | |||||||
FY Year | Coal | Biomass | Oil & Gas | Offshore wind | Onshore wind | Solar | Nuclear |
2015 | 12,500 | 70,500 | 57,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 |
| 36,000 | 22,500 | 8,000 | 0 | 0 | 7,500 |
2017 | 12,500 | 102,100 | 35,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 2,500 | 83,500 | 57,000 | 47,000 | 0 | 0 | 4,500 |
2019 | £0 | 82,500 | 45,000 | 37,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | £0 | 8000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 27,500 | 382,600 | 216,500 | 92,000 | 0 | 0 | 12,000 |
Significant fluctuations may be due to some events being biennial
UK Export Finance (UKEF) | |||||
Export Credit in support of export contracts (£ million) | |||||
FY Year | Coal | Biomass | Gas (only) | Renewable Energy | Nuclear |
2015 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
2016 | 23 | 0 | 375 | 24 | 0 |
2017 | 0 | 0 | 277 | 1 | 0 |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 635 | 6 | 0 |
2019 | 50.9 | 0 | 63 | 381 | 0 |
Total | 75.4 | 0.1 | 1,375 | 413 | 0 |