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44365

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2014
	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
	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 he has made of the health effects of infrasound from wind turbine generators.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	192989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>A number of independent peer reviewed research studies have concluded that there is no evidence of health effects arising from infrasound or low frequency noise, generated by windfarms that are built according to Government guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>For example, a comprehensive study undertaken in the UK in 1997 by ETSU for the Department of Trade and Industry (ETSU W/13/00392/REP) found no evidence that ground transmitted low frequency noise from wind turbines is at a sufficient level to be harmful to human health. These findings were confirmed by a study published in 2005 by the Applied and Environmental Geophysics Group of the School of Physical and Geographical Sciences at Keele University titled Microseismic and Infrasound Monitoring of Low Frequency Noise and Vibrations from Wind Farms1. In 2003 the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs published a report entitled 'A Review of Published Research on Low Frequency Noise and its Effects'2 and in 2004, BERR commissioned Hayes McKenzie to conduct an independent study to investigate the levels and effects of Low Frequency Noise from wind farms3.</p><p> </p><p><em>1</em><em> <a href="http://www.keele.ac.uk/geophysics/appliedseismology/wind/Final_Report.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.keele.ac.uk/geophysics/appliedseismology/wind/Final_Report.pdf</a></em></p><p><em>2</em><em> <a href="http://archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/quality/noise/research/lowfrequency/documents/lowfreqnoise.pdf" target="_blank">http://archive.defra.gov.uk/environment/quality/noise/research/lowfrequency/documents/lowfreqnoise.pdf</a></em></p><p><em>3 </em><em><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http:/www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/explained/wind/onshore-offshore/page31267.html" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/explained/wind/onshore-offshore/page31267.html</a></em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

46248

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	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
	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 13 January 2014, Official Report, columns 340-1W, on warm home discount scheme, on what date his Department will publish its consultation on changes to the warm home discount for 2015-16 onwards.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	194785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>We plan to publish the consultation on changes to the Warm Home Discount for 2015-16 later this spring. We have not set a date for publication.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

64502

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	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	Warm Front Scheme: York
	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 his Department has spent on the Warm Front scheme in York local authority area in each year since the inception of that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	202847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The last year of the Warm Front Scheme was 2012-13. There has been no further change in the Warm Front figures for York local authority area since my answer to you on 9<sup>th</sup> July 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker grouped question UIN 202846 question first answered 01/07/2014 16:37:50 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64503

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	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	Warm Front Scheme: York
	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) single-pensioner households in York and (b) two-pensioner households in York have received Warm Front assistance in each year since the inception of that scheme; and what the average spend has been on each such household.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	202846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The last year of the Warm Front Scheme was 2012-13. There has been no further change in the Warm Front figures for York local authority area since my answer to you on 9<sup>th</sup> July 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker grouped question UIN 202847 question first answered 01/07/2014 16:37:49 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64507

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	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	Wind Power: North Yorkshire
	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 onshore wind turbines there were in North Yorkshire in each year since 2008-09.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	202851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p>The number of onshore wind turbines that have become fully operational in North Yorkshire in the years since the start of 2008 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>Number of wind turbines</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Date fully operational</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2008</em></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>22 April 2008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>4 October 2010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1 January 2011</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database, May 2014</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 09/07/2014 16:31:06 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

48203

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2014
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what levels of stock his Department holds of (a) stationery, (b) printer cartridges, (c) treasury tags and other fasteners and (d) other office consumables.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	uin	196204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not keep a central record of stock levels for stationery, treasury tags or any other office consumables. This is because individual teams within the Department are responsible for their own particular needs (with weekly deliveries when required), negating the need for an overall ‘Departmental' store.</p><p> </p><p>However, printer cartridges are procured and stored by the Departmental IT team. The stock is regularly checked with an aim to ensure there are always approximately 80 cartridges on site (of varying types and colours) to cover four Central London buildings/offices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for John Redwood

78904

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2014
	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	EU Law
	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 times the UK has lost EU infraction proceedings since May 2010 which relate to matters that fall within his Department's responsibility.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	uin	206655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not lost any EU infraction proceedings brought against the UK since 2010 relating to matters falling within the Department’s responsibility.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 01/09/2014 10:23:40 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for John Redwood

89578

	registered interest
	date	29/08/2014
	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	EU Law
	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 new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Wokingham
	tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
	uin	207258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>Since May 2010, DECC has enacted legislation to transpose 7 new EU Directives and 6 new EU Regulations into UK law. A list of the relevant Directives and Regulations is set out below:</p><p>Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC</p><p>Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the Community</p><p>Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/53/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation EC No 1013/2006</p><p>Directive 2009/72/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity and repealing Directive 2003/54/EC</p><p>Directive 2009/73/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in natural gas and repealing Directive 2003/55/EC</p><p>Directive 2009/119/EC imposing an obligation to maintain minimum stocks of crude oil and/or petroleum products</p><p>Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC</p><p>Regulation 2009/713/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators</p><p>Regulation (EC) No 714/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1228/2003</p><p>Regulation (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to the natural gas transmission networks and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1775/2005</p><p>Regulation No. 1227/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency</p><p>Regulation No. 267/2012 of the Council concerning restrictive measures against Iran and repealing EU Regulation No. 961/2010 (OJ No L 88, 24.3.2012), as amended</p><p>Regulation (EU) No 347/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2013 on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure and repealing Decision No 1364/2006/EC and amending Regulations (EC) No 713/2009, (EC) No 714/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 12/09/2014 13:09:57 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	14 label Biography information for John Redwood

99812

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	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, what estimate he has made of the schemes in the Levy Control Framework on average annual household energy bills in each of the years from 2015 to 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
	uin	211114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The projected expenditure from schemes under the Levy Control Framework for the financial years from 2015/16 to 2020/21 <del class="ministerial">will be</del> <ins class="ministerial">is expected to be</ins> published as an annex (‘DECC’s Consumer Funded Policies – a report to Parliament’) to the Annual Energy Statement. Publication of the Annual Energy Statement is expected in Autumn 2014.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/10/2014 13:32:43 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2014 16:33:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 24105 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

99813

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	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, what the effect of schemes in the Levy Control Framework was on average annual household energy bills in each of the years from 2010 to 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Woking
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
	uin	211115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>In order to help ensure that policies achieve their objectives cost effectively and affordably, the Government introduced a Levy Control Framework to control levy funded spending by DECC at Budget 2011. Over 2010 to 2014 the Levy Control Framework covered the Renewables Obligation, Feed-in Tariffs and the Warm Home Discount.</p><p>The table below sets out the estimated average impact on household energy bills over 2010 to 2013. Figures on spend for 2014 are not yet available.</p><p><strong><em>Estimated average impact on household energy bills from policies in the Levy Control Framework (real 2012 prices)1</em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Renewables Obligation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feed-in Tariffs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Warm Home Discount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£17</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£20</p></td><td><p>£2</p></td><td><p>Zero</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£24</p></td><td><p>£5</p></td><td><p>Zero</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£30</p></td><td><p>£7</p></td><td><p>Zero</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that this table only reflects the costs of these policies on bills. Renewable generation supported by RO and FITs helps put downward pressure on wholesale electricity prices, because they have very low operating costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> These estimates are consistent with the methodology used in the Government’s publication on the impacts of energy and climate change policies on energy prices and bills (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills</a>)</em></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/10/2014 13:31:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord