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512980

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she plans to publish the impact assessment relating to her Department's consultation on further reforms to the Capacity Market, published on 1 March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	33974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>We are currently reviewing the responses to the 1 March consultation on further reforms to the Capacity Market and will be publishing a Government response shortly. An impact assessment will be published alongside the Government response.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/04/2016 15:32:58 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

512981

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	World War II: Medals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many medals have been issued to men conscripted into UK coal mines under the Bevin Boys Veterans Badge scheme.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	33967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Since 25<sup>th</sup> March 2008, when the first Bevin Boys Veterans Badge was issued, to the end of March 2016 the Department has issued just over 5,100 Badges to former Bevin Boys and their widows, where their husbands passed away after the Badge was announced on 20 June 2007.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/04/2016 15:32:29 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

512982

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will estimate the amount of carbon dioxide emissions that have been saved in each year since on-shore wind farms have been commercially deployed in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	34013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>The table attached shows the amount of carbon dioxide emissions estimated to have been saved in each year since onshore wind farms have been commercially deployed in the UK. This is calculated as the amount of generation from onshore wind multiplied by the carbon dioxide emissions factor for the fossil fuel mix for the corresponding year.</p><p> </p><p><em>NB. Data for 1990 to 1995 are not available, so the 1996 emissions factor has been used; data for 2015 are not yet available, so 2014 has been used.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Sources:</em></p><p><em>Onshore wind generation, 1990-2014: </em></p><p><em>Digest of UK Energy Statistics, table DUKES 6.1.1, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a></em></p><p><em>Onshore wind generation, 2015: Energy Trends table ET 6.1, available at:</em></p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-trends-section-6-renewables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-trends-section-6-renewables</a></em></p><p><em>Carbon Dioxide emissions factors (all fossil fuels): DUKES 2015 Chapter 5, Table 5D, available at:</em></p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a></em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 19/04/2016 13:51:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom attachment 1 file name Question 34013 - carbon emissions table.docx title Question 34013 - Carbon emissions table
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

512984

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Civil Nuclear Constabulary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what measures she has put in place to compensate officers of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary if they are dismissed because of failing (a) fitness and (b) eyesight tests for reasons attributable to advancing age.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	34004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Civil Nuclear Police Authority, who are responsible for the terms and conditions of the officers they employ, as well as ensuring that the capability of officers meets the standards required to carry out their mission of protecting civil nuclear material.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/04/2016 11:35:26 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

512985

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether her Department has made a detailed assessment of the effect of the Government's energy policy carbon dioxide emissions in the UK in each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	33992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>Provisional statistics for 2015 indicate that greenhouse gas emissions have fallen 38% since 1990 and 17% since 2010.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Reduction in greenhouse gas emissions since 1990</em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Units: MtCO<sub>2</sub>e</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015(p)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Emissions reduction since 1990</p></td><td><p>-24%</p></td><td><p>-31%</p></td><td><p>-28%</p></td><td><p>-30%</p></td><td><p>-35%</p></td><td><p>-38%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: DECC (2016) Provisional UK greenhouse gas emissions national statistics 2015</em></p><p> </p><p>A significant proportion of this reduction is being driven by policies. For those policies where we have been able to estimate the emissions impacts, annual estimates are detailed in Annex D of our Energy and Emissions Projections, available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2015</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/04/2016 12:37:34 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

513054

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Power Stations: Pembrokeshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much funding her Department has provided for security at energy sites in Pembrokeshire in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	33971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes the security of the energy sector very seriously and DECC works closely with industry, the police and the relevant agencies in order to make sure of a robust and proportionate security regime at energy sites across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>For reasons of national security it would not be appropriate to provide specific details about protective security programmes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/04/2016 12:38:36 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

512541

registered interest
date	13/04/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions her Department has had with EDF on board approval for the proposed Hinkley Point C nuclear reactor since 30 March 2016; whether her Department has identified people who oppose that scheme on the board of EDF; and whether EDF has informed her Department of the date on which a meeting will be held to make a final investment decision.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	33750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>We are in close contact with EDF regarding the Hinkley Point C project. EDF and the French Government have said that EDF are working towards a Final Investment Decision ‘in the near future, with the full support of the French Government’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/04/2016 15:29:43 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

512542

registered interest
date	13/04/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Civil Nuclear Constabulary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what opportunities she plans to provide to allow officers of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary to redeploy to other territorial police forces.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	33871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>This is an operational issue and a matter for the Civil Nuclear Constabulary.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/04/2016 15:30:57 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

512543

registered interest
date	13/04/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Civil Nuclear Constabulary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will meet office bearers of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary Police Federation to discuss retirement age.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	33880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>Yes. I will meet with the office bearers of the Civil Nuclear Police Federation and will be writing to them to this effect.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/04/2016 12:37:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

512545

registered interest
date	13/04/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Civil Nuclear Constabulary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the pension entitlement is of officers of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	33882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Under the Energy Act 2004, it is the responsibility of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority to provide and maintain the pensions of the officers of the civil nuclear constabulary. These pensions are currently provided by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/04/2016 15:33:26 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan