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99957

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	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	Local Government: Lighting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which local authorities have applied for funding for LED lighting under the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s Salix project.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
	uin	HL2172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>DECC funds the Salix energy efficiency loan scheme in England, with funding decisions on individual energy efficiency projects made by Salix Finance Ltd in accordance with objective criteria.</p><p>According to Salix Finance Ltd, Essex County Council has not made an application at any time to the scheme.</p><p>Salix publishes an annually updated list of organisations in receipt of funding on its website at:</p><p><a href="http://www.salixfinance.co.uk/about-us/successes" target="_blank">www.salixfinance.co.uk/about-us/successes</a></p><p> </p><p>Information provided by Salix Finance Ltd is that, from the start of the scheme in 2004 to 31 March 2014, 83 local authorities applied for and received funding for energy efficiency projects that include LED lighting.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma grouped question UIN HL2173 question first answered 30/10/2014 14:34:21 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

99958

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	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	Local Government: Lighting
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether Essex County Council has applied for funding for LED lighting under the Salix project from the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
	uin	HL2173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>DECC funds the Salix energy efficiency loan scheme in England, with funding decisions on individual energy efficiency projects made by Salix Finance Ltd in accordance with objective criteria.</p><p>According to Salix Finance Ltd, Essex County Council has not made an application at any time to the scheme.</p><p>Salix publishes an annually updated list of organisations in receipt of funding on its website at:</p><p><a href="http://www.salixfinance.co.uk/about-us/successes" target="_blank">www.salixfinance.co.uk/about-us/successes</a></p><p> </p><p>Information provided by Salix Finance Ltd is that, from the start of the scheme in 2004 to 31 March 2014, 83 local authorities applied for and received funding for energy efficiency projects that include LED lighting.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma grouped question UIN HL2172 question first answered 30/10/2014 14:34:22 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

91621

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2014
	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	UK Coal
	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 contribution of the Minister of State in his Department of 4 September 2014, Official Report, column 425, what recent progress he has made on the provision of a commercial loan to UK Coal; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	209111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>On Friday 26 September 2014 the Government agreed to provide a £4m loan to UK Coal as part of a package of support measures secured by the Company to avoid an imminent insolvency and closure of its Kellingley and Thoresby collieries. The loan has been made on commercial terms and is due to be fully repaid with interest by December 2015.</p><p>The support package was requested by UK Coal to deliver its plan for the safe and orderly wind down of its deep mining businesses by the end of 2015. However the loan is structured to ensure that the door remains open for the Company to seek further private investment to prolong the life of the mines beyond this date. I have also made it clear that I remain open-minded about any plan which UK Coal may wish to put forward involving further public sector support provided that the plan represents acceptable value for money for the taxpayer. However, we must be aware that without further support from Government alone, without commercial partnership to extend the deep mining business beyond 2015 is likely to be regarded as state aid by the European Commission and therefore require the closure of the mines. Any case for further support would need to come from the Company, but DECC officials will be ready to help.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 209113 209114 question first answered 13/10/2014 12:51:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

91623

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2014
	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	UK Coal
	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 his contribution of 4 September 2014, Official Report, column 425, on UK Coal, what assistance his Department has made available to UK Coal for the preparation of an application for state aid.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	209113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>On Friday 26 September 2014 the Government agreed to provide a £4m loan to UK Coal as part of a package of support measures secured by the Company to avoid an imminent insolvency and closure of its Kellingley and Thoresby collieries. The loan has been made on commercial terms and is due to be fully repaid with interest by December 2015.</p><p>The support package was requested by UK Coal to deliver its plan for the safe and orderly wind down of its deep mining businesses by the end of 2015. However the loan is structured to ensure that the door remains open for the Company to seek further private investment to prolong the life of the mines beyond this date. I have also made it clear that I remain open-minded about any plan which UK Coal may wish to put forward involving further public sector support provided that the plan represents acceptable value for money for the taxpayer. However, we must be aware that without further support from Government alone, without commercial partnership to extend the deep mining business beyond 2015 is likely to be regarded as state aid by the European Commission and therefore require the closure of the mines. Any case for further support would need to come from the Company, but DECC officials will be ready to help.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 209111 209114 question first answered 13/10/2014 12:51:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

91624

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2014
	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	UK Coal
	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 his contribution of 4 September 2014, Official Report, column 411, on energy security, what his Department's policy is on the provision of state aid to UK Coal in respect of Thoresby and Kellingley coal mines.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	209114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>On Friday 26 September 2014 the Government agreed to provide a £4m loan to UK Coal as part of a package of support measures secured by the Company to avoid an imminent insolvency and closure of its Kellingley and Thoresby collieries. The loan has been made on commercial terms and is due to be fully repaid with interest by December 2015.</p><p>The support package was requested by UK Coal to deliver its plan for the safe and orderly wind down of its deep mining businesses by the end of 2015. However the loan is structured to ensure that the door remains open for the Company to seek further private investment to prolong the life of the mines beyond this date. I have also made it clear that I remain open-minded about any plan which UK Coal may wish to put forward involving further public sector support provided that the plan represents acceptable value for money for the taxpayer. However, we must be aware that without further support from Government alone, without commercial partnership to extend the deep mining business beyond 2015 is likely to be regarded as state aid by the European Commission and therefore require the closure of the mines. Any case for further support would need to come from the Company, but DECC officials will be ready to help.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 209111 209113 question first answered 13/10/2014 12:51:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

91426

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	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: Conservation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will introduce a scheme to bring pre-1919 housing stock up to a national standard of energy efficiency.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham Jones
	uin	208906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has a target of improving the energy efficiency of 1 million homes by March 2015 and as of June we have improved over 750,000 homes through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO), Green Deal and other home energy efficiency incentives. We are also consulting on regulations to require more minimum energy performance standards in the private rented sector.</p><p>In addition, we have laid draft Regulations to create a new fuel poverty target that seeks to ensure that as many fuel poor homes as is reasonably practicable achieve a minimum energy efficiency standard of Band C by 2030. We are also proposing that interim milestones of as many fuel poor homes as is reasonably practicable reach Band E by 2020 and Band D by 2025 be laid out in the forthcoming Fuel Poverty Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 208903 208907 question first answered 13/10/2014 12:43:17 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

91429

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	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: Conservation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will introduce a scheme aimed at bring every house in England up to a national minimum standard for energy efficiency.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham Jones
	uin	208903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has a target of improving the energy efficiency of 1 million homes by March 2015 and as of June we have improved over 750,000 homes through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO), Green Deal and other home energy efficiency incentives. We are also consulting on regulations to require more minimum energy performance standards in the private rented sector.</p><p>In addition, we have laid draft Regulations to create a new fuel poverty target that seeks to ensure that as many fuel poor homes as is reasonably practicable achieve a minimum energy efficiency standard of Band C by 2030. We are also proposing that interim milestones of as many fuel poor homes as is reasonably practicable reach Band E by 2020 and Band D by 2025 be laid out in the forthcoming Fuel Poverty Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 208906 208907 question first answered 13/10/2014 12:43:17 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

91424

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	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: Conservation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will introduce a policy to bring homes in deprived local authority wards up to a national minimum standard for energy efficiency.
	tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
	tabling member printed	Graham Jones
	uin	208907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government has a target of improving the energy efficiency of 1 million homes by March 2015 and as of June we have improved over 750,000 homes through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO), Green Deal and other home energy efficiency incentives. We are also consulting on regulations to require more minimum energy performance standards in the private rented sector.</p><p>In addition, we have laid draft Regulations to create a new fuel poverty target that seeks to ensure that as many fuel poor homes as is reasonably practicable achieve a minimum energy efficiency standard of Band C by 2030. We are also proposing that interim milestones of as many fuel poor homes as is reasonably practicable reach Band E by 2020 and Band D by 2025 be laid out in the forthcoming Fuel Poverty Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 208903 208906 question first answered 13/10/2014 12:43:16 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

90679

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	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	Fuel Poverty
	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 his Department has made of the number of fuel poor households under the low-income high costs definition in (a) Wales and (b) Scotland with an energy performance certificate rating of (i) A, (ii) B, (iii) C, (iv) D, (v) E, (vi) F and (vii) G.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	208327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>Fuel poverty is a devolved matter. The 2014 fuel poverty statistics include a discussion of fuel poverty in the United Kingdom. They are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/319280/Fuel_Poverty_Report_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/319280/Fuel_Poverty_Report_Final.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 208328 question first answered 10/09/2014 15:44:51 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd attachment 1 file name Fuel_Poverty_Report_Final.pdf title Fuel Poverty Report 2014
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

90680

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2014
	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	Fuel Poverty
	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 his Department has made of the number of fuel poor households under the low-income high costs definition in (a) Wales and (b) Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	208328
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>Fuel poverty is a devolved matter. The 2014 fuel poverty statistics include a discussion of fuel poverty in the United Kingdom. They are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/319280/Fuel_Poverty_Report_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/319280/Fuel_Poverty_Report_Final.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 208327 question first answered 10/09/2014 15:44:49 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd attachment 1 file name Fuel_Poverty_Report_Final.pdf title Fuel Poverty Report 2014
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint