Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label previous answer version answering member constituency answering member printed answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

418429

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, what assessment she has made of the effect of reductions in funding to the nuclear decommissioning sector on the supply chain in that sector.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	9985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>As part of its request for future funding as part of the Spending Review announced by HM Treasury on 21 July, DECC’s departmental return contains details of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s estimates of expenditure in the next Spending Review period. The potential impact on the supply chain of any settlement will be considered as part of the Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/09/2015 13:10:48 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

418235

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
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 Power: Decommissioning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, by what date the decommissioning of (a) Sellafield and (b) Magnox sites is planned to be complete.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	9948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The latest forecast for completion of decommissioning at the Sellafield site is 2120. The Magnox decommissioning programme is currently scheduled to be completed by 2105.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/09/2015 16:53:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

418234

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
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 Power: 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 provide additional research and development tax relief to companies developing innovative technologies to help accelerate the decommissioning process.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	9947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>There is a continuing need for research and development to support the safe, secure and cost effective decommissioning of energy installations in the UK. The Government already has in place a number of measures, including R&amp;D tax credits for SMEs and large companies, to support research and development across the economy. Therefore, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has no plans to raise with my rt. hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer the issue of providing further specific tax relief in this area.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/09/2015 16:52:26 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

418305

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
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 Power: Finance
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 take steps to ensure that the strike price per megawatt hour of production from Hinkley Point C nuclear power station (a) reflects the market rate and (b) is not subsidised from public funds.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	9920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government and EDF are working together to finalise the documentation for the Hinkley Point C project. The deal is subject to approval by Ministers and must represent value for money.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/09/2015 16:48:06 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

418304

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
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 Power: Finance
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 take steps to ensure that the strike price per megawatt hour of production at the proposed Sizewell and Bradwell nuclear power stations (a) reflects the market rate and (b) is not subsidised from public funds.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	9919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>Our electricity market reforms have set the right conditions for necessary investment in our energy market, and support low-carbon generation in nuclear as well as in other generating sectors. No applications for development consent to build new nuclear power stations at Sizewell and Bradwell have been made and it is too soon to say what the funding arrangements might be for these projects.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/09/2015 16:48:49 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

418303

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station: Construction
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 ensure that cost overruns similar to those incurred in the building of the Flamanville nuclear power station do not occur in EDF's construction of Hinkley Point C.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	9918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The UK Government and EDF are working together to finalise the documentation for the Hinkley Point C project. The deal is subject to approval by Ministers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is for the developer to ensure that construction is delivered within budget and to schedule. Should construction costs overrun beyond the maximum cost provided for in any Contracts for Difference (CfD) that is offered, the costs of those overruns would not be remunerated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/09/2015 16:48:29 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

418248

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
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: Competition
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 increase competition in the energy supply market.
tabling member constituency	Brecon and Radnorshire
tabling member printed	Chris Davies
uin	9839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>There are now 25 independent suppliers in the domestic retail market providing more competition and choice for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has made it quicker and easier for consumers to switch supplier. We are now working with Ofgem towards next day switching.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have supported Ofgem’s reforms to make the retail market simpler, clearer and fairer and to increase liquidity in the wholesale electricity market.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the Government has backed Ofgem’s referral of the energy market for investigation by the Competition and Market Authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/09/2015 17:03:58 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4376 label Biography information for Chris Davies

418287

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
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	Environment Protection: China
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 discussions she has had with her Chinese counterpart on areas of cooperation on green growth.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff North
tabling member printed	Craig Williams
uin	9838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change met the Chinese Special Representative on Climate Change Xie Zhenhua at the Major Economies Forum in Luxembourg in July and when she visited Beijing at the end of July. They agreed on the importance of getting an effective climate change agreement at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties in December in Paris and agreed to work together for an ambitious outcome.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>During her recent trip, the Secretary of State also met with Minister Bekri who leads China’s National Energy Administration and a number of other Chinese stakeholders from business and government where we discussed low carbon cooperation. The Secretary of State hopes to meet with Minister Bekri again shortly for further discussions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/09/2015 17:06:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4438 label Biography information for Craig Williams

418036

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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, what assessment she has made of the effects of the proposal to reduce the feed-in tariff payments for solar energy on (a) the UK solar power industry, (b) employment in the sector and (c) the cost and accessibility of solar power.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Julie Cooper
uin	9822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>The current Feed-in Tariff Review consultation and accompanying Impact Assessment set out DECC’s assessment of the effect of scheme changes on solar PV deployment and expectations of future changes in technology costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment does not quantify the impact of changes on employment levels either in the sector or in the wider economy. This is due to the lack of robust evidence on the number of jobs that FITs as a specific scheme has directly supported so far. We have asked a question in the consultation about the wider impact of changes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/09/2015 16:39:37 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 21298 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4405 label Biography information for Julie Cooper

417975

registered interest
date	09/09/2015
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 Power Stations: Security
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 has taken to protect nuclear power stations from attacks carried out using unmanned drones.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	9821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>Civil nuclear safety and security are priorities for the Government. The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) regulates safety and security at UK licenced nuclear sites and site licensees are required to demonstrate appropriate security plans against a range of relevant threats, which are updated on an on-going basis. The details of these threats are not released on grounds of National Security.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/09/2015 16:53:25 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 21297 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn