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528575

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
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	Oil: Exploration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons the Committee of Climate Change report on the compatibility of UK onshore petroleum with meeting UK carbon budgets has not yet been laid before Parliament; and when she plans to publish the Government's response to that report.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	41147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government has received the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) report. We are carefully considering the report to ensure it is given the proper consideration it is due.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Infrastructure Act 2015, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change is required to lay the CCC report and our response before Parliament together. They will be published as soon as practicable once our response is complete.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 16:04:59 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

528576

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
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	Nuclear Power Stations: Decommissioning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consultation the Oil and Gas Authority has undertaken on nuclear decommissioning; and whether that authority is subject to the Cabinet Office's Consultation Principles, published in January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	41148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is responsible for decommissioning and clean-up of UK’s nuclear legacy sites. The Oil and Gas Authority has no remit for nuclear decommissioning. ­</p><p> </p><p>All OGA consultations will consider the Cabinet Office’s consultation principles where relevant.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 15:52:33 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

528577

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
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	Solar Power: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of the changes in business rates for small solar PV systems as a result of the planned 2017 revaluation on the (a) rate of installation of new systems and (b) maintenance of existing systems.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	41115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>Business rates are calculated based on a property’s ‘rateable value’. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is responsible for determining the rateable values in line with existing legislation and case law.</p><p> </p><p>I understand that the VOA is currently consulting with the solar industry over how those rateable values will apply to solar installations from 1st April 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 16:14:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

528578

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
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	Solar Power: Non-domestic Rates
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 HM Treasury on the effect of the planned 2017 business rate revaluation on small solar PV systems.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	41116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>Business rates are calculated based on a property’s ‘rateable value’. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is responsible for determining the rateable values in line with existing legislation and case law. I understand that the VOA is currently consulting with the solar industry over how those rateable values will apply to solar installations from 1st April 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 16:15:13 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

528580

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
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	District Heating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to her Oral Answer of 19 November 2015, Official Report, columns 813-14, on the district heating sector, what recent assessment she has made of consumer confidence in district heating systems.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	41211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>The government supports heat networks because, in the right circumstances and where efficiently operated, they can provide a cheaper, lower carbon heating solution than separate heating systems in individual dwellings. We know that not all existing heat networks meet these conditions. Consumer confidence will be vital to enable the sector to grow.</p><p> </p><p>DECC wants to see the development of schemes that do not detrimentally affect their customers and we have made clear that any funding provided through DECC’s Heat Network Investment Project will need to demonstrate this in the consultation document published today <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-heat-networks-investment-project-hnip" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-heat-networks-investment-project-hnip</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We have also been working closely with industry on the development of ‘Heat Trust’, a voluntary consumer protection scheme for heat network customers and on the development of the Heat Network Code of Practice, which sets minimum standards for the design, installation and operation of heat networks. More details can be found on these initiatives here:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Heat Trust <a href="http://heattrust.org/index.php" target="_blank">http://heattrust.org/index.php</a>;</li><li>Heat Network Code of Practice <a href="http://www.cibse.org/knowledge/cibse-other-publications/cp1-heat-networks-code-of-practice-for-the-uk" target="_blank">http://www.cibse.org/knowledge/cibse-other-publications/cp1-heat-networks-code-of-practice-for-the-uk</a>.</li></ul> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 16:05:10 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

528581

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
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 recent estimate her Department has made of the whole-life (a) cost and (b) carbon footprint of the proposed Hinkley C nuclear power station.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	41224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>Payments under the Contract for Difference for Hinkley Point C, like all other CfDs, would be funded through the Supplier Obligation and therefore by electricity consumers. Our current estimates of these costs are in the range of £4bn to £19bn depending on the level of future wholesale prices and operating costs.</p><p> </p><p>EDF commissioned a report in 2011 which concluded that, from a full lifecycle perspective, the greenhouse gas emissions associated with 1 kWh of electricity generated from Hinkley Point C would be 4.75 g CO<sub>2</sub>e/kWh.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 15:52:15 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

528582

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
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	Electricity: 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 forecast her Department has made of wholesale electricity prices in each of the next 35 years.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	41225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>Projections of wholesale electricity prices up to 2035 are available in Annex M of the 2015 Energy and Emissions Projections, published online by DECC at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/477625/Annex-m-price-growth-assumptions.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/477625/Annex-m-price-growth-assumptions.xls</a> and reproduced below.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Projected wholesale electricity price (p/kwh, 2015 prices)</em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reference scenario</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Low fossil fuel price scenario</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High fossil fuel price scenario</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.7</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2023</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2024</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2025</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2026</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2027</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2028</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2029</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2030</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2031</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2032</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2033</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2034</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2035</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 15:51:46 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

528583

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
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	Radioactive Waste
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress her Department has made on identifying a site for the geological disposal facility for nuclear waste.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	41226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>In the 2014 Implementing Geological Disposal White Paper [1] Government set out three initial actions which will provide greater clarity on issues such as geology, development impacts and community representation.</p><p> </p><p>Government and Radioactive Waste Management (the developer of a Geological Disposal Facility) are making good progress delivering these initial actions in the short term, with a clear long term goal of delivering safe and secure final disposal of all our radioactive waste.</p><p> </p><p>Formal engagement between the developer and potential host communities will start in due course once the Government and Radioactive Waste Management have delivered these initial actions.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Further information about the initial actions is in the 2014 Geological Disposal White paper: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332890/GDF_White_Paper_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332890/GDF_White_Paper_FINAL.pdf</a></em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 16:04:39 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

528584

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
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 and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the sustainability of private sector funding for the (a) Civil Nuclear Constabulary and (b) Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	41227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>The effectiveness and efficiency of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) is the responsibility of the Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) – a Non-Departmental Public Body of DECC. Representatives from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and EDF are appointed to the CNPA board, as well as representatives of two of the largest NDA sites where the CNC are deployed – Sellafield and Dounreay – ensuring those using the CNC to be directly involved in ensuring the efficiency, capacity and capability of the organisation.</p><p> </p><p>The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is wholly publicly funded at around £3 billion per year. Income generated from commercial activities is surrendered to HM Treasury. The recent spending round covers both the anticipated reducing profile of income (as commercial activities cease) and circumstances where such reductions occur earlier than planned.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 15:51:31 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

528585

registered interest
date	24/06/2016
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	Department of Energy and Climate Change: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether commercially sensitive information provided to the Oil and Gas Authority and MER UK parties is subject to requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	41228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>All information held by public authorities, including the Oil and Gas Authority, is subject to requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIRs). Commercially sensitive information that is confidential in nature, or which could prejudice a commercial interest if released, can be withheld under certain circumstances under the provisions of the Act or the EIRs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 15:51:13 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig