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418424

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Sellafield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what her policy is on protecting high hazard areas of work at the Sellafield nuclear facility.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	10006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>Sellafield is the most hazardous site in Europe and contains the legacy ponds and silos – some of the most challenging decommissioning facilities. These have been deemed ‘intolerable’ by the Office of Nuclear Regulation, meaning that there can be no constraint on progress to remediate the hazards.</p><p>As part of its request for future funding as part of the Spending Review announced by HMT on 21 July, DECC’s return contains details of NDA’s estimates of expenditure in line with its existing plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/09/2015 12:26:53 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 21873 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

418425

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Nuclear Installations: Decommissioning
	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 an assessment of the effect on (a) skills, (b) the supply chain, (c) small and medium-sized enterprises and (d) local economies of potential reductions to funding of nuclear decommissioning.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	10007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>The impact of any proposed Spending Review settlement for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority on the wider economy, including skills, supply chain, SMEs and local economies, will be considered as part of the Spending Review. It will not be possible to conduct detailed analysis of impacts of any funding settlement on these matters, however, until the level of overall funding available is agreed and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and its contractors have had the opportunity to revise plans accordingly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/09/2015 13:10:35 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

418431

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if her Department will take steps to ensure that households which use prepayment meters do not pay higher charges than households which do not use such meters.
	tabling member constituency	Brent Central
	tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
	uin	10063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>Suppliers are required under the terms in their supply licence to ensure that differences in charges for different payment methods, which include the use of prepayment meters, reflect the costs they face to provide that payment method.</p><p>Across the market the prices of prepayment meter tariffs are now largely the same as those of standard variable tariffs and we are starting to see more improvements in the pre-payment meter market with the development of smart meters, for example E.ON is currently piloting a Smart Pay-As-You Go tariff for customers using a smart prepayment meter who then pay the same prices as the company’s direct debit customers and they expect to make the tariff more widely available to new and existing customers from next year.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/09/2015 12:19:17 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

418430

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
	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 domestic solar PV installations were made in the UK in each of the last five years for which records are available.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	10065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The table below provides the number of domestic solar PV installations in the UK from 2010 to 2015 (data up to June for 2015). Data for Great Britain are for installations supported by the Feed in Tariff, designated as being for domestic use. For Northern Ireland, there is no breakdown of sector available, but all installations are less than 50 kW, and are all included here.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>GB</p></td><td><p>NI</p></td><td><p>UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>21,044</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>21,085</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>189,280</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>189,435</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>148,483</p></td><td><p>775</p></td><td><p>149,258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>88,570</p></td><td><p>3,779</p></td><td><p>92,349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>113,080</p></td><td><p>6,634</p></td><td><p>119,714</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>39,118</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td><td><p>41,948</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source:</p><p>GB data from the Central Feed-in Tariff Register, as at end of June 2015. A snap shot of cumulative installations as at the end of June 2015 is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics</a></p><p>Data for Northern Ireland from the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (and Renewables Obligation), also available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-photovoltaics-deployment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solar-photovoltaics-deployment</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/09/2015 12:18:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

418416

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Department for Energy and Climate Change: Damages
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Government has paid in damages in connection with the judgment in Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change v Friends of the Earth and Others, [2012], EWCA Civ 28 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	10067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2015 answer text <p>To date there has been no award of damages and litigation is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 24/09/2015 10:34:24 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

418417

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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 Fired 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, if she will publish a plan to phase out all unabated coal power.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	10068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>Coal accounted for 40% of total UK electricity generation in 2012, falling to 29% in 2014. We expect the role of unabated coal generation to decline further as a result of deployment of low carbon alternatives, the cost of generation and the investment needed to meet new pollution abatement standards. The Department’s analysis (central scenario) shows that unabated coal is expected to account for around 1% of total UK generation by 2025.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s planning policy prevents the building of new coal power plants without carbon capture and storage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source: DECC Updated energy and emissions projections 2014 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368021/Updated_energy_and_emissions_projections2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368021/Updated_energy_and_emissions_projections2014.pdf</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/09/2015 13:09:32 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

418418

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Carbon Emissions
	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 the findings of the Committee on Climate Change's 2014-15 Annual Report, what steps she is taking to achieve the necessary strengthening of policies identified to meet future carbon budgets.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	10069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>We will respond to the Committee on Climate Change’s Annual Progress Report by the 15<sup>th</sup> October. This will set out our response to each of the Committee’s recommendations.</p><p>In addition to this Government response, we will bring forward further proposals on how we plan to meet carbon budgets over the course of next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/09/2015 12:28:34 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

418421

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Carbon Emissions
	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 she is taking to reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent by 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	10070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to meeting its targets for carbon emission reductions. The steps we are taking to achieve these targets include:</p><p>• helping consumers and businesses to save money on their energy bills;</p><p>• making buildings more energy efficient;</p><p>• helping consumers to take control of their energy use with smart meters, and</p><p>• decarbonising the power sector in the most cost effective way.</p><p>We will shortly be publishing our response on the Committee on Climate Change’s Annual Progress Report. This will outline in more detail the steps we are taking. In addition, we will bring forward further proposals on how we plan to meet our carbon targets over the course of next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/09/2015 13:05:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

418423

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs
	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 feed-in tariff review consultation did not consider the effect of changes to that tariff on levels of employment in the solar sector.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	10072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2015 answer text <p>Numbers on employment in the sector are not robust enough to show how many jobs are supported directly by the feed-in tariff (FIT) scheme, and for this reason it has not been possible to quantify with a high degree of confidence the impact of proposed changes on employment levels in the sector or the wider economy. We have asked a question in the FIT review consultation about the wider impact of changes.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/09/2015 12:22:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

418420

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Fracking
	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 she has made of the effect of shale gas extraction on delivery of the (a) second and (b) third Carbon Budget.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	10074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s independent advisory body on climate change, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), has considered the role of shale gas in previous reports about carbon budgets to 2027<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>; this included the second and third carbon budgets. They concluded that UK shale gas production can be consistent with meeting our carbon targets.</p><p>The Infrastructure Act 2015 places a new requirement on the Secretary of State to seek advice from the CCC on the likely impact of onshore oil and gas production (including shale gas) on meeting our carbon budgets and our 2050 80% emission reduction target. The first CCC report is due by 1 April 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] For an overview of the CCC work on shale gas please see also <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/environmental-audit/EAC-Shale-gas-letter.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/environmental-audit/EAC-Shale-gas-letter.pdf</a> .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/09/2015 12:26:29 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas