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

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer from Lord Callanan on 31 October (HL2667), whether they will place a copy of the analysis referred to in the Library of the House; and what discussions they have had (1) internally, and (2) with industry, in the past 12 months on (a) increasing production of wave and tidal energy, and (b) innovative funding mechanisms for this.

A summary of the report’s findings, the role and value of Tidal Stream Generation in the Future UK Energy System is publicly available on the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult website.

The Government consulted last year on the draft energy National Policy Statements, which include a provision for tidal energy, and the Government will publish a response in due course.