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386882

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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 Emissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of their 2020 carbon emissions reduction target they intend to achieve through energy efficiency measures.
	tabling member printed	Lord Judd
	uin	HL991
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The Climate Change Act (2008) requires the Government to set legally binding ‘carbon budgets’ to meet the objective of reducing emissions by at least 80% in 2050 from 1990 levels. The Act requires that the UK’s emissions in the third carbon budget period, which covers 2020, are at least 34% below the 1990 baseline for emissions.</p><p>The Government has not set specific targets for how much of the emissions reductions required for each carbon budget should come from different emissions sources, for example heat, electricity or transport. This is to provide sufficient flexibility to ensure carbon savings are delivered across the economy in the most cost effective way.</p><p>However, DECC does produce projections of UK emissions that account for the impact of Government policies. The last projections published in September 2014 [1] showed that the UK was on track to meet the second (2013-17) and third (2018-22) budgets having already met the first carbon budget (2008-12).</p><p>In 2020, policies [2] which drive improvements in energy efficiency (across all sectors) are projected to contribute 61% of the total reduction in emissions and policies influencing the uptake of low-carbon heat technologies are projected to contribute 5%. Other policies such as Building Regulations also support the reduction of heat emissions from buildings for example through the requirement to install a condensing boiler in most cases when a boiler needs to be replaced.</p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Updated Energy and Emissions Projections: 2014 (DECC)</em></p><p><strong><em> [</em></strong><strong><em>2]</em></strong><em> Source: Annex D of the Updated Energy and Emissions Projections (EEP): 2014 (DECC). Based on all policies listed in EEP, including those introduced before as well as after the publication of the Low Carbon Transition Plan (LCTP) 2009</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL992 question first answered 07/07/2015 16:31:57 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

386883

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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 Emissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of their 2020 carbon emissions reduction target they intend to achieve through the development of thermal heating capacity in the United Kingdom.
	tabling member printed	Lord Judd
	uin	HL992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The Climate Change Act (2008) requires the Government to set legally binding ‘carbon budgets’ to meet the objective of reducing emissions by at least 80% in 2050 from 1990 levels. The Act requires that the UK’s emissions in the third carbon budget period, which covers 2020, are at least 34% below the 1990 baseline for emissions.</p><p>The Government has not set specific targets for how much of the emissions reductions required for each carbon budget should come from different emissions sources, for example heat, electricity or transport. This is to provide sufficient flexibility to ensure carbon savings are delivered across the economy in the most cost effective way.</p><p>However, DECC does produce projections of UK emissions that account for the impact of Government policies. The last projections published in September 2014 [1] showed that the UK was on track to meet the second (2013-17) and third (2018-22) budgets having already met the first carbon budget (2008-12).</p><p>In 2020, policies [2] which drive improvements in energy efficiency (across all sectors) are projected to contribute 61% of the total reduction in emissions and policies influencing the uptake of low-carbon heat technologies are projected to contribute 5%. Other policies such as Building Regulations also support the reduction of heat emissions from buildings for example through the requirement to install a condensing boiler in most cases when a boiler needs to be replaced.</p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Updated Energy and Emissions Projections: 2014 (DECC)</em></p><p><strong><em> [</em></strong><strong><em>2]</em></strong><em> Source: Annex D of the Updated Energy and Emissions Projections (EEP): 2014 (DECC). Based on all policies listed in EEP, including those introduced before as well as after the publication of the Low Carbon Transition Plan (LCTP) 2009</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL991 question first answered 07/07/2015 16:31:57 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

386955

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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	Fossil Fuels
	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 initiate an inquiry into the relationship between the price of petrol and the cost of oil.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	5045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>Movements in pump prices are primarily driven by the underlying price of crude oil, though are also influenced by a range of other supply and demand factors, including refining capacity, stock levels, distribution costs, retail margins and seasonal demand variations.</p><p>DECC analysis suggests that on average, at a national level, crude price changes are fully passed through into pump prices within 6-7 weeks; though much of the change is passed through earlier.</p><p>The Government is absolutely clear that it expects changes in crude prices to be passed on fairly to consumers. DECC continuously monitors pump prices, and publish average prices of petrol and diesel every Monday, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/oil-and-petroleum-products-weekly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/oil-and-petroleum-products-weekly-statistics</a>.</p><p>Movements in pump prices are primarily driven by the underlying price of crude oil, though are also influenced by a range of other supply and demand factors, including refining capacity, stock levels, distribution costs, retail margins and seasonal demand variations.</p><p>DECC analysis suggests that on average, at a national level, crude price changes are fully passed through into pump prices within 6-7 weeks; though much of the change is passed through earlier.</p><p>The Government is absolutely clear that it expects changes in crude prices to be passed on fairly to consumers. DECC continuously monitors pump prices, and publish average prices of petrol and diesel every Monday, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/oil-and-petroleum-products-weekly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/oil-and-petroleum-products-weekly-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/07/2015 13:00:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 11562 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

387021

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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	Heat Pumps: Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
	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 installations of (a) solar thermal, (b) ground source heat pumps, (c) biomass and (d) air source heat pumps took place under the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive in 2014-15; and what forecasts her Department had made of the number of such installations in that period.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	5117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department publishes monthly statistics for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), which are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/renewable-heat-incentive-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/renewable-heat-incentive-statistics</a>. Table 2.9 has figures relevant to this question.</p><p>The following figures are from April 2014 to May 2015, and show the number of installations accredited under the domestic RHI:</p><p>a) Solar thermal - 6,372</p><p>b) Ground-source heat pumps - 4,684</p><p>c) Biomass - 8,547</p><p>d) Air-source heat pumps - 15,021</p><p>In December 2013, DECC published an assessment of the total installations of renewable heating measures in 2015/16. Deployment was expected to be between 21,350 and 44,930.</p><p>Further details are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263581/Impact_Assessment_RHI_Tariff_Review_Extensions_and_Budget_Management_Dec_2013.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263581/Impact_Assessment_RHI_Tariff_Review_Extensions_and_Budget_Management_Dec_2013.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/07/2015 13:10:30 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

387022

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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	Wind Power: Scotland
	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 develop the offshore wind industry in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	5158
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The UK is open for business.</p><p>The UK is a leading destination for investment in offshore wind.</p><p>We have put in place a long term policy framework that gives certainty to developers to invest in offshore windfarms. Neart na Gaoithe, a project off the coast of Scotland, was awarded a Contract for Difference (CFD) in the first allocation round.</p><p>Officials are working with this Developer on the implementation of their Supply Chain Plan and to boost UK content.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/07/2015 13:11:31 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

387023

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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	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 estimate she has made of the level of subsidy which the proposed new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point is projected to require over its lifetime.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	5159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The level of top-up payments depends on many variables including the wholesale price and load factors.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/07/2015 12:01:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

387024

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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	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, whether she plans to hold the next round of Contract for Difference auctions before the end of 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	5160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>We will be confirming our plans for future CFD allocation rounds in due course. The CFD scheme will be the primary instrument for ensuring cost effective decarbonisation of the power sector and we recognise the need to give industry more visibility of our approach.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/07/2015 13:12:19 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

387025

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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	Wind Power: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consultation the UK Government has conducted with the Scottish Government on changes to UK-wide subsidy for onshore wind and onshore wind investment in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	5128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my rt. hon. Friends the Secretary of State’s statement to the House on onshore wind subsidies on 22 June 2015, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 618:</p><p>“In advance of this announcement, I and other Ministers and officials discussed the proposals with the devolved Administrations in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. We want to hear the further views of the devolved administrations, as well as of industry and other stakeholders. This is just the beginning of the process, and we will continue to consult them as we move towards implementation.” <strong>[1] </strong></p><p><em> [</em><em>1]</em><em> <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm150622/debtext/150622-0001.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm150622/debtext/150622-0001.htm</a></em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/07/2015 12:08:43 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

387026

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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	Department of Energy and Climate Change: Press
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, to which periodicals and newspapers her Department subscribes; how many copies of each such periodical her Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing to such periodicals was in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	5248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change purchases the following newspapers each week:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Title</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Quantity</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Mail (M-F)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Express (M-F)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Mirror (M-F)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Star (M-F)</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Telegraph (M-F)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Times (M-F)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Guardian (M-F)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Independent (M-F)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Sun (M-F)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Times (M-F)</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Mail (Sat)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Express (Sat)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Mirror (Sat)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Star (Sat)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daily Telegraph (Sat)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Guardian (Sat)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Sun (Sat)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Independent (Sat)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Times (Sat)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FT Weekend</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunday Mirror</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Observer</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Sun on Sunday</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunday People</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunday Express</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Independent on Sunday</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Mail on Sunday</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Sunday Times</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Weekly Total</strong></p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The total amount spent on newspapers for Financial Year 2014-15 was £10,664.25 (including VAT).</p><p>There are no central records of periodical subscriptions and associated spend.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/07/2015 09:16:24 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

387027

	registered interest
	date	01/07/2015
	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	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, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on jobs and the supply chain of the closure of the Renewables Obligation for onshore wind.
	tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
	tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
	uin	5242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>There were an estimated 19,000 people employed in the onshore wind sector in 2013, including in the supply chain.[1] We currently have enough projects in the pipeline to meet our 2020 renewable electricity objective of between 11-13GW of onshore wind capacity while remaining within the limits of what is affordable. This pipeline of projects will deliver new jobs across the UK.</p><p>[1] <em>The Size and Performance of the UK Low Carbon Economy: Report for 2010 to 2013</em> (March 2013): <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416240/bis-15-206-size-and-performance-of-uk-low-carbon-economy.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416240/bis-15-206-size-and-performance-of-uk-low-carbon-economy.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/07/2015 13:14:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig