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533656

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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, when she expects the national Geological Disposal Facility to be ready.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	42216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The process to site a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) is planned to launch in 2017 and will be driven by working in partnership with willing communities. The technical work to assess the geological suitability of a site and build a credible long-term safety case is the main determinant of the length of time that it will take. The Government has therefore not set a fixed delivery timetable but the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has a current planning assumption that the GDF will be available to receive the first waste in the 2040s.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/07/2016 08:58:32 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

533657

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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 volume of vitrified high-level waste is being stored while awaiting the availability of a disposal facility.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	42217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The latest UK Radioactive Waste Inventory (UKRWI), which was published in 2014 (<a href="https://ukinventory.nda.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://ukinventory.nda.gov.uk/</a>), states that the total volume of packaged vitrified high level waste (HLW) to be stored pending geological disposal will be approximately 1,400 m<sup>3</sup>. As of 1<sup>st</sup> April 2013 the current packaged volume in stock was 1,100 m<sup>3</sup>. It is noted that the UKRWI is in the process of being updated and will be available in early 2017. The Sellafield Site is the only place in the UK that stores vitrified HLW.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/07/2016 08:57:01 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

533658

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
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 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 the cost has been to date of each decommissioning exercise undertaken by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	42218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Net funding for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has been maintained at around £3 billion a year. This will allow it to continue to deliver its vital mission of decommissioning and clean-up of the UK’s nuclear legacy, with particular focus on tackling the highest hazards at Sellafield. The NDA provides information on the cost for decommissioning each of its sites in its Business Plan and Report and Accounts. Both are published on an annual basis and are available at <a href="http://www.nda.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.nda.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/07/2016 08:56:05 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

533364

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
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, if she will make it her policy to implement the Competition and Markets Authority's recommendations in making all future auctions for renewable support contracts technology neutral.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	42090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The CMA recommendations are another step towards ensuring we have a competitive and effective energy market for consumers. We will now take action, along with Ofgem and other delivery bodies, to implement these recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority did not recommend making all future auctions for renewable support technology neutral.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/07/2016 08:56:25 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

532918

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
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 paragraph 2.96 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, Cm 9162, published in November 2015, how many local authority areas her Department plans to deliver funding for new efficient heat networks.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	41916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>On 29 June, the Government published a consultation on a new major project to support investment in heat networks, the Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP).</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-heat-networks-investment-project-hnip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-the-heat-networks-investment-project-hnip</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Heat Networks Investment Project is making up to £320m in capital support available to projects in England and Wales over the next five years, to increase the number of heat networks and to deliver cost-effective carbon savings.</p><p> </p><p>The number of local authorities that will receive funding is dependent on the quality of applications received. We would expect that many of the 118 local authorities already supported by DECC’s Heat Network Delivery Unit (HNDU) on early stage development will apply for capital support.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/07/2016 08:56:43 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

532453

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2016 to Question 41211, what steps she plans to take to ensure that heat networks provide value for money for customers.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	41789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>We are putting consumers at the heart of the heat network programme.</p><p>DECC published the Heat Network Investment Project consultation last week[1]. The consultation explicitly says one of the key criteria for receiving funding will be value for money for consumers. We are also consulting on whether to make our support conditional on schemes signing up to Heat Trust and the ADE/CIBSE Code of Practice. The consultation closes on 3 August.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Heat Networks Investment Project: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/532483/HNIP_consultation_vFINAL.pdf" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/532483/HNIP_consultation_vFINAL.pdf</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/07/2016 16:49:42 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

532454

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
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, how many (a) help to buy, (b) shared ownership and (c) social housing new build properties participate in a district heating system.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	41790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/07/2016 16:50:32 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

532455

registered interest
date	04/07/2016
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: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, (a) how much has been paid to officials of her Department as an additional incentive for working overtime on top of their normal overtime payments, (b) how much has been offered to any individual staff member for a one-off occurrence, (c) how many staff received such incentivised additional payments, (d) from which budgets such payments were made and (e) at which Ministerial or official level the business cases or payment approval for such payments was made in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) 2016 to date.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	41806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not pay an additional incentive for working overtime in addition to normal overtime payments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 06/07/2016 15:34:54 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

530749

registered interest
date	30/06/2016
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	Euratom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to leave the European Atomic Energy Community.
tabling member printed	Lord Inglewood
uin	HL911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>The implications of the European referendum result for our membership of the European Atomic Energy Community have yet to be determined. It will be for the Government, under the new Prime Minister, to begin negotiations to exit the EU and determine our future relationship with the European Atomic Energy Community.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/07/2016 11:16:27 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1980 label Biography information for Lord Inglewood

529819

registered interest
date	29/06/2016
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	Climate Change
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 leaving the EU on the UK's ability to meet its climate change targets.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	41478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>As my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister has said, nothing will change overnight – the UK remains a member of the European Union and existing rules apply.</p><p> </p><p>This is the start of a long and complicated process and the Government will need to consider all factors carefully in implementing the decision of the British people.</p><p> </p><p>We have been clear that we are still committed to making sure consumers have secure, affordable and clean energy now and in the future</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 05/07/2016 16:42:24 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins