Asked by: Graham Stringer (Labour - Blackley and Broughton)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many cases of fraud have been brought by Ofgem under the (a) non-domestic and (b) domestic Renewable Heat Incentive schemes.
Answered by Claire Perry
To date the figures supplied by Ofgem are as follows;
| Action Fraud Referrals | Open Cases | Closed cases |
Non-Domestic RHI | 15 | 21 | 43 |
Domestic RHI | 9 | 12 | 41 |
Asked by: Graham Stringer (Labour - Blackley and Broughton)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many businesses have had boilers installed under the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme; and how many of those boilers will be inspected as part of the National Audit Office's study into that scheme.
Answered by Claire Perry
The Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme offers support for a range of renewable heat technologies. As of end July 2017, there were 18,904 full applications to the Non-domestic RHI.
The National Audit Office operates independently of the Department. As such, we are not able to comment on their fieldwork plans.
Asked by: Graham Stringer (Labour - Blackley and Broughton)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the average cost per kilowatt of capacity has been of installations made under the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.
Answered by Claire Perry
The Department has produced official statistics on the average cost per kilowatt of capacity for the Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), split by technology, up to July 2017.
Details can be seen: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rhi-deployment-data-july-2017
Asked by: Graham Stringer (Labour - Blackley and Broughton)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether any installations made under the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme have been found to have been used for over 12 hours a day, seven days a week.
Answered by Claire Perry
Of the 16,496 installations (excluding biomethane) that have received a payment up to the end of July 2017, 342 installations have been used for more than 12 hours a day. This is on average over each plants lifetime on the Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). This has been assessed by looking at generation as a proportion of maximum capacity.
This analysis only covers installations that have submitted meter readings to Ofgem and we do not have the data to assess this for a given day. Biomethane is excluded from this analysis as it does not have a capacity from which operating hours could be assessed.
Asked by: Graham Stringer (Labour - Blackley and Broughton)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many single applicants received subsidies for multiple installations under the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme since its inception.
Answered by Claire Perry
This cannot be directly determined from the application data because we do not require applicants to indicate if they own another RHI installation.
Asked by: Graham Stringer (Labour - Blackley and Broughton)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether capacity market auctions take into account future growth projections for electric vehicles.
Answered by Jesse Norman
National Grid, as System Operator, is responsible for recommending a target capacity for Capacity Market auctions. This recommendation is based on National Grid’s assessment of different scenarios for the level of electricity demand and takes account of projected changes in electricity use. National Grid’s recommendation is scrutinised by an independent Panel of Technical Experts before my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy decides on the final target.
Asked by: Graham Stringer (Labour - Blackley and Broughton)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has undertaken to ensure the capacity of the electricity grid to respond to current and future demand for electric vehicles.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Government has set out its ambition for almost all cars and vans to be zero emissions by 2050. By setting a long-term target, the Government is seeking to ensure that there is time to ready the grid for the mass transition towards cleaner, more efficient vehicles. Existing mechanisms, such as the Capacity Market and network operator business planning, can be used to ensure that network and generating capacity will stay in step with growing electric vehicle demand. Through further work to increase the flexibility in electricity demand and supply, including through promoting smart charging, we aim to ensure that electric vehicle demands are managed efficiently.