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754866

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	e-petitions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the e-petitions system; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
	tabling member printed	Cat Smith
	uin	6576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>The new e-petitions system has been running for over two years now and the Government is pleased with the level of engagement that it has prompted among the public.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Parliamentary e-petitions site is jointly owned by the Government and the House of Commons, therefore any assessment of potential changes to the system would have to be agreed between the Government and the House. Individual Departments are responsible for the content and timeliness of responses to e-petitions and the Leader's office has general Government oversight of e-petitions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/09/2017 16:30:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

756544

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	e-petitions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, for what reasons petitions on the e-petitions website were not carried over from the beginning of purdah on 3 May 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	8269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>The new Petitions Committee will consider petitions which reached the 100,000 threshold for debate as soon as it is set up.</p><p> </p><p>As the petitions system is part of the official work of Parliament, it stops when Parliament dissolves. This applies not just to petitions but also to other kinds of business, such as parliamentary questions and early day motions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/09/2017 16:28:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

756545

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	e-petitions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, how many times the e-petitions website was visited between 3 May 2017 to 4 September 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	8270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2017 answer text <p>In the period of 3 May 2017 to 4 September 2017 the e-petitions website was visited 1,000,647 times.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/09/2017 16:28:59 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

512981

	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	World War II: Medals
	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 medals have been issued to men conscripted into UK coal mines under the Bevin Boys Veterans Badge scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	33967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>Since 25<sup>th</sup> March 2008, when the first Bevin Boys Veterans Badge was issued, to the end of March 2016 the Department has issued just over 5,100 Badges to former Bevin Boys and their widows, where their husbands passed away after the Badge was announced on 20 June 2007.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/04/2016 15:32:29 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

456597

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2016
	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	Wood-burning Stoves: 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 from wood stoves.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	29108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>Directive 2009/125/EC established a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products. In April 2015 Commission Regulation 2015/1185 was published, which provides minimum standards for efficiencies of wood burning stoves placed on the European market from 2022 that will reduce their carbon emissions.</p><p> </p><p>Wood burning stoves that have a back boiler attached are supported through the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). The scheme applies only to Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Wood burning stoves are treated as having zero emissions for most inventory purposes, given that the biomass combustion releases the carbon captured during the trees’ lifetime; and that this loss of carbon from the forest is already recorded in the forestry section of the emissions inventory.</p><p> </p><p>Different carbon emissions figures are used for lifecycle analysis of biomass – but these often relate to the transportation of the fuel and fuel preparation. Evidence to date suggests the fuel used in wood burning stoves, such as logs, is frequently sourced very locally with minimal preparation, and therefore has a relatively small footprint.</p><p> </p><p>A tool is also available from Ofgem for calculating carbon emissions from biomass. It can be found on the Ofgem website at <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/uk-solid-and-gaseous-biomass-carbon-calculator" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/uk-solid-and-gaseous-biomass-carbon-calculator</a> .</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/03/2016 15:00:43 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

347963

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	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	Wind Power: Subsidies
	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 bring forward legislative proposals to remove onshore wind turbine subsidies.
	tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	uin	712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Plans to deliver our manifesto pledge to end new subsidies for onshore wind and to give local communities the final say on windfarm applications are being drawn up. The details, including on the scope of the subsidy restrictions, will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 713 question first answered 08/06/2015 09:59:26 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

347964

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2015
	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	Wind Power: Subsidies
	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 removal of subsidies will extend to consented onshore turbines with grid connections not yet constructed; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	uin	713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>Plans to deliver our manifesto pledge to end new subsidies for onshore wind and to give local communities the final say on windfarm applications are being drawn up. The details, including on the scope of the subsidy restrictions, will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 712 question first answered 08/06/2015 09:59:26 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

381910

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2015
	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	Wind Power: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether it is her policy that proposed changes to the subsidy regime for onshore wind power will apply to all parts of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Beaconsfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Grieve
	uin	2949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>In her Written Statement of 18 June 2015, HC WS40, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State said that we intend that the final proposals are applied across Great Britain. We are in the process of consulting Scottish and Welsh ministers on this matter.</p><p>Since energy policy is devolved in Northern Ireland, we are currently in discussions with ministers there to agree how the Government’s commitments on onshore wind will be implemented in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/06/2015 16:00:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	16 label Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve

384602

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	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	Wind Power: Subsidies
	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 on trade and investment of ending new subsidies for onshore wind in relation to the Renewables Obligation.
	tabling member constituency	Ochil and South Perthshire
	tabling member printed	Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh
	uin	3359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Onshore wind has made a valuable contribution to the UK energy mix in recent years but has now reached the point where there is enough capacity in the pipeline for the UK to meet its 2020 renewable commitments. The grace period arrangements that we have proposed are intended to protect investor confidence in the wider renewable sector and balance the interests of onshore wind developers with consumers, who pay the cost of renewable electricity generation through their energy bill.</p><p>DECC will continue to engage with developers, investors and stakeholders as we implement the manifesto commitment. We will consider carefully the level of investment that developers are likely to bring forward under the proposals announced by my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State on 18 June.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/06/2015 16:32:10 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4427 label Biography information for Ms Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh

384679

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	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	Wind Power: Subsidies
	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 Written Statement of 18 June 2015, HCWS 40, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the early closure of the Renewables Obligation to new onshore wind on the Levy Control Framework.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	3452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has a responsibility to manage support schemes efficiently within the Levy Control Framework to ensure that costs to consumers remain affordable. We now have enough onshore wind in the pipeline to help us meet our renewable electricity commitments. Unless we close the Renewables Obligation to new onshore wind projects, we could end up with more deployment of this technology than we can afford. This would lead either to higher energy bills or other renewable technologies losing out on support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/06/2015 13:03:45 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell