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175934

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Offshore Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with (a) trades unions and (b) Oil and Gas UK on employment levels in the offshore energy sector.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	222163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State meet with Oil and Gas UK and senior representatives from the oil and gas industry on 15<sup>th</sup> January in Aberdeen and tasked Dr Andy Samuel to lead an urgent commission to identify risks and what further measures might be taken by Government and industry to mitigate them. I convened PILOT on 13 January, including Trade Unions, Dr Samuel and industry representatives.</p><p>Dr Samuel and DECC officials also participated in the Jobs Taskforce which was held in Aberdeen on the 28 January and I will be visiting Aberdeen on 5 February.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 17:21:27 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

176028

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Coal Gasification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will make an estimate of potential tax revenues from the development and operation of the deep offshore underground coal gasification projects from licences issued by the Coal Authority in each region and constituent part of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	222207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Underground Coal Gasification is an emerging technology and there are currently no commercial projects. As such no estimate has been made of potential tax revenues.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 17:18:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

176073

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Coal Gasification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to simplify regulations applying to deep offshore Underground Coal Gasification projects.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	222209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>DECC has established a Working Group to co-ordinate our interests in deep offshore Underground Coal Gasification and review the current licensing processes. This group is considering the regulatory process and will provide advice shortly.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 15:28:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

176074

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Coal Gasification: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on (a) deep offshore Underground Coal Gasification and (b) developing access rights for that gasification technique following the recommendation in the Smith Commission report on devolving powers on shale gas mineral access rights to the Scottish Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	222211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>Ministers have had no recent discussions with Scottish Ministers on these issues.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 15:20:24 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

176075

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Coal Gasification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department's Working Group on Underground Coal Gasification last met; and what the conclusions were of that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	222204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The fourth meeting of the Group took place on 1<sup>st</sup> December 2014. The minutes of that meeting and all previous meetings of the Group will shortly be posted to the Government web site.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 15:20:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

176076

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Coal Gasification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he last met the Coal Authority to discuss the potential development of a deep Underground Coal Gasification sector in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	222205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>I last met with the Coal Authority on 6<sup>th</sup> January 2015 as part of its core role and strategy in managing c£1bn of environmental and safety liabilities associated with coal mining. The Coal Authority’s role in relation to Underground Coal Gasification is the granting of licenses to access coal reserves for potential exploitation. They are a member of the Department’s Working Group on UCG which is examining licensing policy in this area.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 15:29:55 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

176078

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Natural Gas: Prices
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 his Department has had with Ofgem to ensure that reductions in the wholesale price of gas are passed on to consumers.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	222216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Ministers and officials from the Department meet with Ofgem on a regular basis to discuss a range of issues relating to the gas and electricity markets.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 03/02/2015 16:17:18 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

176079

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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	Coal Gasification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will update his Department's estimates of the UK coal resource which could be suitable for deep underground coal gasification development in (a) onshore and (b) offshore locations.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	222208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>No licences have been granted by the Coal Authority for onshore UCG projects and we do not have any estimates for onshore UCG resource.</p><p>At present there are 20 current conditional offshore licences granted by the Coal Authority for potential underground coal gasification (UCG) projects. The licensees’ estimates of the coal resource suitable for UCG in these licence areas equates to some 4.1 billion tonnes.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 15:21:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

176080

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if the Government will make it its policy to include families with children as a vulnerable group in the Social and Environment Statutory Guidance to the Gas and Electric Market Authority.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Nick Harvey
uin	222303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>The Ofgem Review of 2010-11 recommended that the Social and Environmental Statutory Guidance to the Gas and Electricity Market Authority should be replaced with a new Strategy and Policy Statement. The guidance will be repealed once the statement is designated. The draft statement, which Government consulted on last year, makes it clear that helping vulnerable households is one of the Government’s strategic priorities to which Ofgem should have regard to when carrying out its regulatory functions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 29/01/2015 16:56:34 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	231 label Biography information for Sir Nick Harvey

176081

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
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: Debts
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 families with children in (a) North Devon constituency and (b) the UK are in debt to their energy companies.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Nick Harvey
uin	222282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2015 answer text <p>Ofgem closely monitors domestic energy suppliers’ performance and publishes information in relation to debt owed by domestic electricity and gas accounts holders in Great Britain, but they do not publish data relating to families with children or constituency areas. At the end of 2013, latest data available, 1.5 million domestic electricity accounts holders and 1.4 million domestic gas accounts holders were in debt to their energy supplier:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/92186/annualreport2013finalforpublication.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/92186/annualreport2013finalforpublication.pdf</a>.</p><p><em>(Ofgem’s Domestic Suppliers’ Social Obligations: 2013 Annual Report) </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 29/01/2015 16:57:01 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name annualreport2013finalforpublication.pdf title Domestic Suppliers Social Obligations: 2013 report
tabling member	231 label Biography information for Sir Nick Harvey