Andrew Bowie MP: written questions 2025

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Written questions

Boilers: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24671More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the number of gas boilers installed each year by (a) local authority and (b) constituency.
Answer: The government does not hold this data. DESNZ publishes yearly data on the number of properties connected to the gas network, including by local authority. This data can be accessed using this link: Subnational estimates of properties not connected to the...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
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Heat PumpsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of future heat pump uptake in each year to 2035.
Answer: Heat pump uptake is growing rapidly: in the year to September 2024, 38,305 heat pumps installed in the UK were supported by Department for Energy Security and Net Zero schemes, a 46% increase over the preceding 12 months. The Government is taking steps to...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
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Energy: ImportsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24669More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the estimated cost of energy imports was in each month since July 2024.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on monthly energy import costs. Annual energy import costs up to 2023 are published in table G.2 of the Digest of UK Energy Statistics. Monthly import data are published by HMRC in the Overseas Trade Data tables.
Answered 23 Jan 2025
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Wind Power: FinanceDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24668More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the estimated cost was of curtailment payments to wind generators in each month since July 2024.
Answer: The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is responsible for managing network constraints and publishes daily constraint costs here: Constraint Breakdown Costs and Volume | National Energy System Operator. Data are not available on the split of costs bet...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
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Data Centres: Power StationsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether AI Growth Zones will allow data centres to be co-located with (a) nuclear and (b) gas power plants.
Answer: Future AI Growth Zones will be chosen taking into account the availability of generation and the need for a grid connection. For nuclear, we will be consulting on a new nuclear planning framework shortly. The proposed framework will empower new nuclear de...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
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Gas Fired Power Stations: CostsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the cost was of operating gas power plants through the Balancing Mechanism in each month since July 2024.
Answer: The National Energy System Operator (NESO) is responsible for managing network constraints, including through the Balancing Mechanism.
Answered 23 Jan 2025
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Natural Gas: StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to increase the UK’s gas storage capacity.
Answer: The diversity of Great Britain’s sources of gas supply means we are less reliant on natural gas storage than European counterparts. The Government recognises the value in having natural gas storage facilities in place as a source of balancing system flexi...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
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Natural Gas: StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the UK’s gas storage levels were in each month since July 2024.
Answer: The system operator National Gas monitors gas storage stock levels. They publish storage stock level data on their website, it can be found here: https://data.nationalgas.com/.
Answered 27 Jan 2025
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Electricity InterconnectorsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of interconnectors with other countries.
Answer: The Clean Power 2030 Action Plan outlines our approach to delivering a clean electricity system, including our approach to electricity interconnectors. It expects 12-14GW of electricity interconnection by 2030, up from the 9.8GW currently installed. Under...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
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Electricity: ImportsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24662More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the quantity in GWh of electricity imports there will be in each year until 2035.
Answer: Annex O of the Energy and Emission Projections presents Net Zero consistent scenarios for the power sector, including annual net imports. [1] (Gross imports and exports are not published). These scenarios indicate that the GB power sector will shift from ...
Answered 27 Jan 2025
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