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167729

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2014
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2014 to Question 215252, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's estimate of retail (a) electricity and (b) gas prices in each month between January 2007 and November 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	216963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Copies of the data requested in Question 215252 have now been placed in the Libraries of the House.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">DECC do not produce monthly estimates of retail energy prices.</ins><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/12/2014 13:47:00 question first ministerially corrected 08/01/2015 17:00:29 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 32666 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

387579

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2015
	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 Capture and Storage
	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 she has made of how many GW of carbon capture and storage capacity will be installed in the UK by (a) 2020, (b) 2025 and (c) 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	5597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to helping realise the potential of Carbon Capture and Storage, and is investing £1bn to help commercialise it through the CCS Competition. The Government is currently providing the majority of funding for engineering and design studies for two UK-based projects which, if they were to proceed to construction, would result in the generation of around 0.6GW of carbon free electricity by the end of the decade.</p><p>DECC publishes scenarios for a range of technologies, including CCS, as part of its annual energy projections. The projections are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2014</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/07/2015 12:17:59 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 13001 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

387580

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2015
	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 Capture and Storage
	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 spent to support carbon capture and storage technology in each year since 2010-11.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	5596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government has in place a comprehensive programme of financial support for CCS, comprising R&amp;D and innovation funding, support for commercialisation through the £1bn CCS Competition, and work to develop an enabling policy environment for power and industrial CCS in the UK and internationally. We are currently negotiating the first Contract for Difference for CCS as part of the Competition.</p><p>Since 2010/11, Government has spent the following in support of Carbon Capture and Storage technology:</p><ul><li>£55.96million between 2010 and 2012;</li><li>£9.79million in 2012/13;</li><li>£24.74million in 2013/14; and</li><li>£54.99million in 2014/15.</li></ul> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/07/2015 12:16:42 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 12999 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

387581

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2015
	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 Capture and Storage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent steps she has taken to encourage co-operation between EU countries on the development of carbon capture and storage technology.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	5598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK works actively in Europe and internationally to advance the development of CCS technologies. We maintain regular dialogue with other EU Member States. The UK played a leading role in securing CCS’s place in a technology neutral approach to meeting our joint 2030 climate and energy targets. Last month we hosted the Government Group of the European Technology Platform for Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants (ZEP) at which we showcased the work of the Teesside Collective in developing an industrial CCS project, as well as the UK CCS competition projects. In May, we submitted a joint bid with seven other Member States plus Norway to pool our CCS research and development budgets and leverage further funding from the European Commission. The UK has also successfully pushed for the Commission to set up a new cross-Europe group from this Autumn to promote CO2 transport network projects which could access funding from the Connecting Europe Facility.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/07/2015 12:18:55 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 13002 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

387582

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2015
	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 Capture and Storage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent steps her Department has taken to support the development of carbon capture and storage for industrial processes and manufacturing.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	5599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>DECC and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) have jointly taken a number of steps to support the development of industrial carbon capture and storage.</p><p>In 2014 the Government commissioned and published a techno-economic study (“Demonstrating CO2 capture in the UK cement, chemicals, iron and steel and oil refining sectors by 2025: A Techno-economic Study by Element Energy, PSE, Imperial College London and University of Sheffield”) which identified the most relevant technologies for industrial CCS in each sector that can be implemented by 2025, alongside their costs and technology readiness levels.</p><p>DECC and BIS held workshops with stakeholders from energy intensive industry, CCS industry and academics in November 2014 to review the findings of the techno-economic study.</p><p>DECC funded the Tees Valley Unlimited local enterprise partnership to undertake a series of feasibility studies into an industrial carbon capture and storage scheme for the Tees Valley industrial cluster, capturing carbon dioxide from four industrial installations: SSI steel, BOC hydrogen, Growhow ammonia and Lotte plastics. The results were published in July 2015.</p><p>In March 2015, DECC and BIS jointly published the results of the eighteen month collaborative Industrial 2050 Roadmaps project (by Parsons Brinckerhoff and DNV-GL) covering the iron vand steel, cement, chemical, ceramics, glass, paper and pulp, food and drink, and oil refining sectors. The results concluded that industrial carbon capture and storage technologies could deliver over 20 million tonnes CO2 abatement per year by 2050, in particular from the iron and steel, cement, chemical and oil refining sector.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/07/2015 12:20:32 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 13003 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

387583

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2015
	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	Greenhouse Gas Emissions
	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 press the EU to adopt a target of 50 per cent emissions reductions by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	5585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to securing an ambitious, legally binding, global deal on climate change at COP21 in Paris, which includes greenhouse gas reduction targets from all countries that together keep the global goal of limiting global warming to below 2 degrees within reach, a regular review of targets and a global long term goal, and a set of rules that ensure transparency and accountability of commitments and allows the world to track progress.</p><p>In March 2015, the EU and its Member States submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDCs) ahead of COP21, committing to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030 relative to 1990 levels. In the context of securing an ambitious deal in Paris, the UK remains open to the EU raising its target beyond 40% if the right conditions emerge.</p><p>The Government is working with others across the EU, and more broadly internationally, at all levels, to secure the ambitious global agreement we want.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/07/2015 13:23:33 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

386162

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2015
	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	Department of Energy and Climate Change: Procurement
	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 her Department is taking to improve its delivery of major projects.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	4526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>We are improving the skills of the project leaders of our major projects through attendance at the Major Projects Leadership Academy established by the Major Projects Authority.</p><p>Similar training is available to others working on major projects. The Department also has a range of guidance, in-house training and specialist support available to those working on its projects and work to establish the Project Delivery profession in DECC is underway.</p><p>DECC’s major projects also benefit from assurance provided within the department from their own governance structures, scrutiny of progress from the relevant corporate governance Committees and external assurance provided through the Major Projects Authority.</p><p>The effectiveness of all of these activities is regularly assessed so that improvements can be made when needed.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 06/07/2015 15:06:01 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 10883 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

384922

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	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	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 assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Retail Market Review-Implementation of Simpler Tariff Choices and Clearer Information, published in August 2013, in enabling energy bill payers to save money.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	3870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>In July last year Ofgem committed to reporting annually on the progress of competition in the retail markets, including the impact of its retail market review measures. Ofgem is looking at a wide range of indicators and will publish its first year’s findings this summer.</p><p>I have asked Ofgem to brief me on the findings shortly before they are published.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/06/2015 16:34:15 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

384926

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	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 statement of 22 June 2015, Official Report, columns 617-36, on onshore wind subsidies, if she will place in the Library a list of all the onshore wind projects to which the grace period will apply.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	3674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>Under our proposed grace period allowing entry to the Renewables Obligation beyond the proposed closure date of 1 April 2016, projects must, by 18 June 2015, have planning consent, a grid connection offer and acceptance, and evidence of land rights for the site on which their project will be built. The precise grace period eligibility requirements will be determined through the legislative process and are subject to approval by Parliament. It will be for the developer of each individual project to determine whether they meet those eligibility requirements and to apply for the grace period. It will only be possible to publish a list once it is clear to us which projects choose to apply for the grace period and have produced the evidence necessary to qualify.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/06/2015 13:27:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

384942

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	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	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, how many households pay (a) the Standard Variable Tariff and (b) other tariffs in each income decile.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	3676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2015 answer text <p>DECC estimates, from our Domestic Fuels Inquiry that around 19 million households (75%) pay standard variable tariffs for electricity and 15 million households (72%) for gas. These figures include those on variable rates who receive dual fuel or online discounts and include all payment types including direct debit and pre-payment.</p><p>DECC do not produce statistics for tariffs by customers’ income.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/06/2015 16:25:04 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint