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524951

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2016
	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	Nuclear Power: Safety
	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 potential effect of a vote to leave the EU on the involvement of UK organisations in (a) the European Safeguards Research and Development Association and (b) the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	40602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">At the February European Council, the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government's position, as set out by the Prime Minister to the House on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">I refer the hon. Gentleman to the statement given by the Prime Minister on 24 June:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/eu-referendum-outcome-pm-statement-24-june-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/eu-referendum-outcome-pm-statement-24-june-2016</a>.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 27/06/2016 09:07:45 question first ministerially corrected 27/06/2016 12:21:41 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 4383 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

529253

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2016
	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	Coal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to her speech of 18 November 2015 on a new direction for UK energy policy, when the terms of reference of the review into coal will be published; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	41414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>We remain committed to consulting on how we will we fulfil the Government’s commitment to phase out unabated coal and will be launching the consultation shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 16:20:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

529254

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2016
	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	Energy: Exports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assistance her Department provides to UK-based companies seeking to export energy and fuel; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	41415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>For electricity, the Government supports the development of interconnectors to other markets. These allow cross-border trade in electricity, determined by market prices. The GB system currently has 4GW of capacity, and in the Budget the Chancellor set out that it is in British consumers interests that this increases by at least 9GW. This will improve our security of supply, deliver significant benefits to consumers, and help integrate more low carbon generation into the system.</p><p> </p><p>On oil products, DECC policy is to secure a competitive market for suppliers by ensuring smarter regulation and addressing market distortions meaning UK companies - well established in the global oil markets - are freely able to export and import the fuels we need.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 05/07/2016 16:27:32 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 5796 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

529255

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2016
	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	Electricity Generation
	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 progress has been made on her Department's market stabilisation Contract for Difference policy; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	41416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>A number of stakeholders have suggested the concept of a market stabilising Contracts for Difference (CFD) for Pot 1 technologies. We have not yet decided whether to pursue any of the proposed options at this time.</p><p> </p><p>Our focus has been on delivering the next CFD Allocation Round by the end of 2016 which we announced at the Budget, with £290m for less established technologies. We will be making announcements in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 05/07/2016 16:27:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 5797 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

533582

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2016
	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	Energy: Exports
	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 28 June 2016 to Question 41415, what assistance the Government provides for UK coal and gas producers seeking to export their fuels overseas to the (a) EU and (b) rest of the world.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	42143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>In the case of gas, UK Trade and Investment is active in helping the UK oil and gas sector do more business internationally. In addition the remit of the new Oil &amp; Gas Authority, established in 2015, is to work with government and industry to make sure that maximum economic benefit is derived from the UK’s oil and gas reserves.</p><p> </p><p>UK companies are freely able to export and import coal as part of normal market operators.</p><p> </p><p>UK demand for both coal and gas outweighs domestic supply, therefore the UK imports the vast majority of its coal needs and around half of its gas supply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 12/07/2016 16:33:40 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

533364

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2016
	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	Renewable Energy
	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 implement the Competition and Markets Authority's recommendations in making all future auctions for renewable support contracts technology neutral.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	42090
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The CMA recommendations are another step towards ensuring we have a competitive and effective energy market for consumers. We will now take action, along with Ofgem and other delivery bodies, to implement these recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority did not recommend making all future auctions for renewable support technology neutral.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/07/2016 08:56:25 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

529817

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2016
	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	Coal: Mining
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on ensuring that the Government's policy on unabated coal is reflected adequately in the National Planning Policy Framework guidelines.
	tabling member constituency	Brent North
	tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
	uin	41497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>The Energy National Policy Statements (EN1 – Overarching and EN2- Fossil Fuel Electricity Generating Infrastructure) set out the current position with respect to new unabated coal-fired generating stations. We will be launching a consultation on how we will we fulfil the Government’s commitment to phase out existing unabated coal generation shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 16:25:57 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

528581

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2016
	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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
	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 estimate her Department has made of the whole-life (a) cost and (b) carbon footprint of the proposed Hinkley C nuclear power station.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	41224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>Payments under the Contract for Difference for Hinkley Point C, like all other CfDs, would be funded through the Supplier Obligation and therefore by electricity consumers. Our current estimates of these costs are in the range of £4bn to £19bn depending on the level of future wholesale prices and operating costs.</p><p> </p><p>EDF commissioned a report in 2011 which concluded that, from a full lifecycle perspective, the greenhouse gas emissions associated with 1 kWh of electricity generated from Hinkley Point C would be 4.75 g CO<sub>2</sub>e/kWh.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 15:52:15 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

528582

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2016
	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	Electricity: 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 forecast her Department has made of wholesale electricity prices in each of the next 35 years.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	41225
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>Projections of wholesale electricity prices up to 2035 are available in Annex M of the 2015 Energy and Emissions Projections, published online by DECC at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/477625/Annex-m-price-growth-assumptions.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/477625/Annex-m-price-growth-assumptions.xls</a> and reproduced below.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Projected wholesale electricity price (p/kwh, 2015 prices)</em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reference scenario</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Low fossil fuel price scenario</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>High fossil fuel price scenario</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.7</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2023</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.5</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2024</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2025</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2026</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2027</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.9</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2028</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2029</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2030</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2031</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2032</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.6</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8.3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2033</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.3</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2034</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7.8</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2035</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6.8</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 15:51:46 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

528583

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2016
	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	Radioactive Waste
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress her Department has made on identifying a site for the geological disposal facility for nuclear waste.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	41226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>In the 2014 Implementing Geological Disposal White Paper [1] Government set out three initial actions which will provide greater clarity on issues such as geology, development impacts and community representation.</p><p> </p><p>Government and Radioactive Waste Management (the developer of a Geological Disposal Facility) are making good progress delivering these initial actions in the short term, with a clear long term goal of delivering safe and secure final disposal of all our radioactive waste.</p><p> </p><p>Formal engagement between the developer and potential host communities will start in due course once the Government and Radioactive Waste Management have delivered these initial actions.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Further information about the initial actions is in the 2014 Geological Disposal White paper: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332890/GDF_White_Paper_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/332890/GDF_White_Paper_FINAL.pdf</a></em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 16:04:39 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig