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100519

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent changes there have been to fares and rolling stock on the Northern and TransPennine franchises.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	905607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Since December 2013 a £60million investment has delivered ten brand new Class 350 trains for Transpennine Express providing additional capacity. Fares set by TransPennine Express have not changed since January 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There have been no recent changes to the Northern Rail fleet.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From 8 September, Northern introduced an evening peak period for the main cities during which off-peak tickets cannot be used. This will have no impact for season ticket holders. Northern believe this may reduce crowding for peak time commuters.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/10/2014 14:07:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

45181

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent estimate he has made of the UK's current account deficit.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	193883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd attachment 1 file name PQ 193883.pdf title UK's Current Account Deficit - ONS Letter
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

45203

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his most recent assessment is of the success of the zero carbon homes policy; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	193886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Budget 2014 reaffirmed the Government's commitment to implement zero carbon homes from 2016. In Growth Review 2011 we set out a fair, practical and cost effective approach to zero carbon homes. This made house builders responsible for abating the carbon from energy use from systems which they can control – heating and hot water systems and building services - not the energy use from appliances which they cannot be expected to control. We are taking forward the zero carbon homes policy through a staged approach of steadily strengthening the energy performance requirements in the Building Regulations and through the introduction of cost-effective options for off-site carbon reductions – ‘Allowable Solutions'. Under this Government the energy performance requirements for new homes, the latest of which come into force on 6 April 2014, have been strengthened by around 30% from the previous 2006 standard saving house holder's fuel bills and cutting carbon emissions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

45790

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2014
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff work in his Department's Major Infrastructure Tracking Unit.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	194287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p>The Major Infrastructure Tracking Unit is part of Infrastructure UK, a team of 70 FTE staff.</p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

46895

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2014
	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 proportion of UK coal-generating capacity was provided by imports from each country in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	195259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>Figures on coal imports used for generation are not available by country.</p><p> </p><p>However, in 2012, 39,619 thousand tonnes of steam coal (mainly used by coal-fired stations) were imported into the UK, representing 72% of coal used for electricity generation (54,906 thousand tonnes).</p><p> </p><p>Imports of steam coal in 2012 were:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Tonnage (thousand tonnes)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Russia</p></td><td><p>17,459</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colombia</p></td><td><p>11,749</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States of America</p></td><td><p>8,858</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Union (1)</p></td><td><p>583</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Republic of South Africa</p></td><td><p>546</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Countries</p></td><td><p>272</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total all countries</strong></p></td><td><p>39,619</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>(1) European Union includes non-EU routed through the Netherlands.</em></p><p> </p><p>Source:</p><p>DUKES table 2.1, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-chapter-2-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-chapter-2-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a></p><p>Statistics for 2013 will be available in DUKES 2014, which is published on 31 July 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

49250

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	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, how many manufacturers of sub-15KW wind turbines are based in the UK; and what the value of exports from this sector was in 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	197240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p>The renewables industry, including the small and medium wind manufacturers, is an important source of jobs and investment in the UK. In 2013, Renewable UK, the trade association for the onshore wind sector, reported that the UK is home to over ten small and medium wind manufacturers and that nearly 3800 sub-15kw turbines were exported [1].</p><p> </p><p><em>[1]</em><em> R-UK Small and Medium Wind Market Report 2013 <a href="http://www.renewableuk.com/en/publications/index.cfm/Small-and-Medium-Wind-UK-Market-Report-2013" target="_blank">http://www.renewableuk.com/en/publications/index.cfm/Small-and-Medium-Wind-UK-Market-Report-2013</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

49251

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	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 the total cost was of support under the feed-in-tariff for (a) solar, (b) wind, (c) anaerobic digestion, (d) hydro and (e) the sub-15KW wind sector in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	197241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The total spending for the Feed-in-Tariffs (FITs) scheme is set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Year </em></p></td><td><p><em>Spending on FITs</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£14,435,324.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£150,756,063.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£506,328,139</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>All figures are nominal, and are published in Ofgem's annual report; 2013/14 figures will be published at the end of 2014:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/feed-tariff-fit-scheme/feed-tariff-reports/annual-reports" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/feed-tariff-fit-scheme/feed-tariff-reports/annual-reports</a>.</p><p> </p><p>We do not publish information on spending on individual technologies within the FITs scheme, nor on spending on individual bands for each technology. More information about deployment levels of the different technologies supported by FITs is available via the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/monthly-small-scale-renewable-deployment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/monthly-small-scale-renewable-deployment</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

49252

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	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 assessment he has made of the effect of changes to tariff levels and degression thresholds outlined in Phase 2B of the feed-in-tariff on manufacturing and employment in the sub-15KW wind sector.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	197242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>As the first degression for wind tariff bands was only introduced on 1 April 2014, it is too early to say what impact it has had on manufacturing and employment in the sub-15kW wind sector. Up to the end of 2013, over 5,150 wind installations had been accredited for FITs, and this pace of deployment has shown no signs of slowing since April 2013. The degression mechanism is very important for the cost control of the FITs scheme and for keeping the cost to the electricity consumer as low as possible.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

49253

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2014
	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, how many turbines of capacity of sub-15KW were installed in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	197244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The number of sub-15kW wind turbines accredited under the Feed-in Tariff scheme during 2012 and 2013, were 1,747 and 327 respectively.</p><p> </p><p>Installations are grouped into years based on their 'commissioning date' i.e. the date the technology was physically installed and deemed to be up and running.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

76325

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2014
	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	Combined Heat and Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consideration he has given to supporting the micro combined heat and power fuel cell industry; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	204582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government believes that micro combined heat and power (micro-CHP), including fuel cell technology, has a part to play in small scale low carbon power supply and heating. Micro-CHP, up to 2kW, is currently supported through the Feed-In Tariffs. Fuel cell technology, which has the potential to deliver increased power generation, should be well placed to benefit from that scheme. Manufacturers would need to complete the relevant testing and obtain MCS or equivalent certification for their products.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingston and Surbiton answering member printed Mr Edward Davey question first answered 15/07/2014 15:39:39 answering member 188 label Biography information for Ed Davey
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds