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516192

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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	Offshore Industry: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if it is her policy for the oil and gas industry to include employment costs in interpreting paragraph 29 of her Department's paper, Maximising Economic Recovery Strategy for the UK.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	35853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>Any guidance for industry would be an Oil and Gas Authority matter and they will work with industry to support effective implementation of the MER UK Strategy. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State does not intend to issue further guidance.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/05/2016 13:16:22 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

516234

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 April 2016 to Question 33974, what regard she has given to to Section 14 of the Cabinet Office publication, Guide to making legislation, when determining the relative timing of issuing the impact assessment and the closure of the consultation on further reforms to the Capacity Market.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	35892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>Section 14 of the Cabinet Office ‘Guide to making legislation’ states that Impact Assessments are generally required for all UK Government interventions of a regulatory nature. The latest version of the ‘Better Regulation Framework Manual’, in its definition of “Regulation”, clarifies that Regulation does not include tax and spending decisions.</p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market, and the proposals outlined in the consultation on further reforms to the Capacity Market, is classified as ‘Tax and Spend’. Therefore Section 14 does not apply to this policy and a consultation stage Impact Assessment is not needed. The Government will, however, publish a final Impact Assessment alongside its response to the recent consultation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/05/2016 12:44:55 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

516235

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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	Oil and Gas Authority
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 staff of her Department she expects to transfer into the Oil and Gas Authority.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	35880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>When the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) was established as an Executive Agency in April 2015, 85 Civil Servants were transferred from DECC. When the OGA becomes a Government Company staff will be transferred by a Staff Transfer Scheme. There are currently 130 staff employed by the OGA.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/05/2016 12:45:15 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

516240

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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	Electricity Generation: Crown Dependencies
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 she has had with British Crown Dependencies on the status of such territories for the purpose of awarding Contracts for Difference to projects that benefit the UK's electricity supply.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	35855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not met with British Crown Dependencies on the status of such territories for the purpose of awarding Contracts for Difference to projects that benefit the UK's electricity supply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/05/2016 12:47:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

516242

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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	Renewable Heat Incentive 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 she plans to classify grass as a crop for the purpose of consideration of biogas options in the Renewable Heat Incentive consultation.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	35854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>DECC has consulted on changes to the Renewable Heat Incentive. Whilst there is no specific category for “crop”, one proposal is to limit payments for biogas or biomethane derived from feedstocks other than wastes or residues. Grass grown for the purpose of producing biogas or biomethane would not be categorised as a waste or residue and therefore would be subject to limited payment according to the proposal set out in the consultation.</p><p> </p><p>The final decisions will be set out in the Government Response later this year, having taken into account the views and evidence submitted in response to the consultation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/05/2016 11:06:49 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

516243

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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	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, if she will take steps to ensure that Ministers and officials of her Department meet trades unions comprising the offshore co-ordinating group to discuss industrial relations and associated features of the oil and gas industry.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	35856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in the Department and in the Oil and Gas Authority are engaging with Trade Unions as part of our continued work to encourage investment and to support jobs in the oil and gas industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/05/2016 11:04:37 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

515686

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Fossil Fuels: 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 guidance she plans to provide to the oil and gas industry on the definition of satisfactory commercial return used in her Department's report, Maximising economic recovery strategy for the UK, published in January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	35504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The published MER UK Strategy included, in its annex, a definition of “satisfactory expected commercial return”. Any guidance for industry would be an Oil and Gas Authority matter and they will work with industry to support effective implementation of the MER UK Strategy. The Secretary of State does not intend to issue further guidance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/04/2016 14:15:18 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

515687

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	Oil and Gas Authority
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 cost to the public purse of funding the Oil and Gas Authority in each year to 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	35503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The Oil and Gas Authority’s Corporate Plan 2016-2021, published on 4 March 2016, projected levels of Government funding as set out below. Projections have not been made beyond 2019/20. Further information regarding the OGA’s projected income, expenditure and funding can be found in the OGA Corporate Plan via the following weblink:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/oil-and-gas-authority-corporate-plan-2016-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/oil-and-gas-authority-corporate-plan-2016-2021</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Costs in £000's</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Government Funding</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£23,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£3,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£3,000</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£3,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/04/2016 14:14:47 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

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

444639

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
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	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 205 to Question 19617, what level of detail would not risk potential disclosure of confidential information consequent upon the listing of overspend against original estimates within the levy control framework arising from each of (a) performance of offshore wind, (b) levels between strike price and reference price and (v) variations in allocations of feed-in tariff payments for solar PV installations.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	22354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>In addition to the information previously identified (e.g. fossil fuel prices, electricity demand), many other assumptions that underpin Levy Control Framework (LCF) forecasts are already in the public domain.</p><br /><p>For example, strike prices for signed Contracts for Difference are available on the Low Carbon Contracts Company (LCCC) website, Renewable Obligation and Feed in Tariff Scheme deployment data is published monthly on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-energy-planning-database-monthly-extract" target="_blank">Renewable Energy Planning Database</a> and <a href="http://www.ofgem.gov.uk" target="_blank">Ofgem’s website</a> respectively, with latest technology-level data on load factors published as part of DECC’s Energy Trends series.[1] Scheme-specific assumptions are also published for the Renewables Obligation (when setting the level of the Obligation[2]), Feed-in Tariffs (as part of the recently-published Review[3]) and the CfD (as part of the Allocation Framework notice[4]).</p><br /><p>We are unable to release some commercially sensitive data, particularly where it would affect specific projects or companies (e.g. projected load factors or the exact commissioningdates). Doing so could undermine potential future CfD competition. We will publish an updated set of LCF projections, as well as the technology and scheme-specific assumptions underpinning the latest forecasts, in due course.</p><br /><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-trends-december-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-trends-december-2015</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewables-obligation-level-calculations201617" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewables-obligation-level-calculations201617</a></p><p>[3] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-a-review-of-the-feed-in-tariff-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-a-review-of-the-feed-in-tariff-scheme</a></p><p>[4] Appendix 3 of https://<a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/404419/Contract_for_Difference_Final_Allocation_Framework_for_the_October_2014_Allocation_Round_1_September_2014.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/404419/Contract_for_Difference_Final_Allocation_Framework_for_the_October_2014_Allocation_Round_1_September_2014.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/01/2016 13:04:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead