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101026

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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: Emergencies
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 his Department has taken to develop a cross-government concept of operations in emergency response plans to deal with a radiological emergency.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	212044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK’s cross-government arrangements for responding to emergencies, irrespective of cause or location, are detailed in the Central Government’s Concept of Operations. The central government CONOPS is supplemented by a range of nuclear emergency planning guidance, available on the GOV.UK website, to ensure that local and national agencies are aware of how the response to a nuclear emergency would be coordinated and their roles and responsibilities during the response.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/10/2014 17:09:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

101034

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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: Emergencies
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 lessons his Department has learned from Japan on how to implement a nuclear emergency action plan.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	212072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK has longstanding nuclear emergency arrangements which are continually reviewed in response to changing circumstances, improved techniques, and lessons learnt from emergency exercises and real events.</p><p>Nuclear emergency plans are developed under the Radiation (Emergency Preparedness and Public Information) Regulations, 2001. The Office for Nuclear Regulation regulates the requirements to review and test plans for relevant nuclear sites on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/10/2014 17:08:29 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

101111

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Private Finance Initiative
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 private finance initiative projects his Department contracted for in each year from 1997 to 2010.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	212096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy &amp; Climate Change (DECC) came into being in October 2008.</p><p>The department contracted one private finance initiative project in 2009 and none since then.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 29/10/2014 14:37:08 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

101112

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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
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 take steps to ensure that statements by his Department on energy efficiency are made when the House is in session.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	211961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>DECC already makes the great majority of statements and policy announcements when the House is in session and Ministers are committed to continuing this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 29/10/2014 14:36:14 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

101113

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Green Deal Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how long he expects the round of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund due to open in November 2014 to remain open.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	211962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The £100 million announced in October 2014 is for UK-wide household energy efficiency and will be used to launch the next phase of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF). It is additional to the amount committed in vouchers issued under the first phase of GDHIF and to the £150m for household energy efficiency for each of the years 2015-16 and 2016-17 to which the Government has already committed.</p><p>We are currently finalising the design for the next phase of GDHIF, and expect to announce scheme details in November.</p><p>We expect demand to be strong, as it was for the first phase of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 212046 212048 question first answered 04/11/2014 15:44:58 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

101114

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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 Company Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the savings energy companies have passed onto consumers following the changes to the Energy Company Obligation that were announced in the Autumn Statement 2013.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	212047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>On 22 July the Government published The Future of the Energy Company Obligation: Final Impact Assessment:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-of-the-energy-company-obligation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/the-future-of-the-energy-company-obligation</a>.</p><p>Data showing how the six largest energy companies are achieving their reductions has been published by them and is available from the website of Energy UK:</p><p><a href="http://www.energy-uk.org.uk/policy/energy-efficiency/energy-companies-obligation.html" target="_blank">http://www.energy-uk.org.uk/policy/energy-efficiency/energy-companies-obligation.html</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 06/11/2014 16:16:03 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

101115

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Green Deal Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which measures the latest round of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund will cover.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	212046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The £100 million announced in October 2014 is for UK-wide household energy efficiency and will be used to launch the next phase of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF). It is additional to the amount committed in vouchers issued under the first phase of GDHIF and to the £150m for household energy efficiency for each of the years 2015-16 and 2016-17 to which the Government has already committed.</p><p>We are currently finalising the design for the next phase of GDHIF, and expect to announce scheme details in November.</p><p>We expect demand to be strong, as it was for the first phase of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 211962 212048 question first answered 04/11/2014 15:44:58 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

101116

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Green Deal Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the £100 million announced for the latest round of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) is in addition to the funding previously announced for the GDHIF budget.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	212048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>The £100 million announced in October 2014 is for UK-wide household energy efficiency and will be used to launch the next phase of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF). It is additional to the amount committed in vouchers issued under the first phase of GDHIF and to the £150m for household energy efficiency for each of the years 2015-16 and 2016-17 to which the Government has already committed.</p><p>We are currently finalising the design for the next phase of GDHIF, and expect to announce scheme details in November.</p><p>We expect demand to be strong, as it was for the first phase of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 211962 212046 question first answered 04/11/2014 15:44:58 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

101117

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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: Competition
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 he has taken to help businesses and individuals to switch their gas and electricity suppliers more quickly.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	211929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>We have worked with Energy UK, Ofgem, suppliers and other key industry partners to develop and implement proposals which will enable domestic customers to switch supplier 17 days, half the time it currently takes. The industry code changes to enable to this will come in to force on 6 November and Energy UK members have all committed to offering it by the end of the year. These code changes will also enable more streamlined switching of non-domestic customers.</p><p>The Department is also working with Ofgem to support their proposals for a longer term move to next day switching. A key element of this is the roll out of smart meters.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/10/2014 17:13:29 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

100867

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
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: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if his Department will estimate the potential change in annual household energy bills arising from government subsidies to Drax for biomass power generation over the next 13 years.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	221889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>We currently support two units of Drax under the Renewables Obligation (RO), one as a full conversion, the other as an enhanced co-firing unit. One further unit has been awarded a contract under Final Investment Decision Enabling for Renewables (FIDeR). Government spending on levy funded support for low carbon electricity, including renewables, is capped by the Levy Control Framework (LCF), thereby helping to minimise the impact on consumer bills.</p><p>An estimate of the cost of support for renewable electricity generation by Drax cannot be provided as such information would allow the determination of operational factors which are commercially confidential.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/10/2014 15:11:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick