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57815

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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: 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 assessment he has made of the effect of export of refuse-derived fuel and solid recovered fuel for use in energy from waste plants overseas has on the ability of the UK to meet renewable energy targets; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	198891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>DECC has not made an assessment of the effect of export of refuse-derived fuel and solid recovered fuel may have on the ability to meet renewable energy targets.</p><p>We are making good progress towards meeting our 2020 target. In 2012 4.2% of UK energy consumption was met by renewables, up from 3.8% in 2011. Our latest estimates suggest that the UK is currently on course to meet our next interim renewable target of 5.4% for 2013/2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 11/06/2014 15:48:02 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

50272

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2014
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 6 May (WA 368–70), what was the breakdown of departmental private office spending on Government Procurement Cards in the Department for Energy and Climate Change between 2008–09 and 2009–10.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Seccombe
	uin	HL6990
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>GPC spend above £500 by the Department are published on the GOV.UK website. Details for May 2012 to March 2014 are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gpc-departmental-spend-over-500" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/gpc-departmental-spend-over-500</a></p><p> </p><p>Details for April 2010 to April 2012 are archived at:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121025080026/http:/www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/accesstoinform/expenditure/spend_over_500/spend_over_500.aspx" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121025080026/http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/accesstoinform/expenditure/spend_over_500/spend_over_500.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold records of any details prior to April 2010. Those for 2008-09 and 2009-10 were held as a mixture of electronic and paper records by both BIS and Defra. Locating and retrieving these records would incur disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	2097 label Biography information for Baroness Seccombe

50342

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	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 recent assessment his Department has made of the competitiveness of green deal finance loans.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	198244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>Green Deal finance loans are one way that households can fund home energy efficiency improvements. The competitiveness of a Green Deal finance loan compared to other financing options will depend on the circumstances of each household. However, external research has shown that a Green Deal finance loan, available at 6.96% (plus administrative charges) for a period of 10 to 25 years, can often be a competitive option, compared with other forms of unsecured lending.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

50343

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	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 average value is of (a) new, (b) pending and (c) live green deal plans.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	198245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department publishes the number of Green Deal plans at each stage in its monthly Official Statistics release. The latest figures show that there were 2,000 Green Deal plans in the system at the end of April 2014. Of these, 532 were ‘new' (quote accepted), another 473 were ‘pending' (Plan signed) and 995 were ‘live' (all energy efficiency measures installed). These figures are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/green-deal-and-energy-company-obligation-eco-monthly-statistics-april-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/green-deal-and-energy-company-obligation-eco-monthly-statistics-april-2014</a>.</p><p> </p><p>It is only possible to calculate the average value of ‘live' Green Deal plans as this is the point, after the measures have been installed, at which the energy supplier has all the information required to bill Green Deal charges. However, this has not yet been calculated by the department and would take in excess of the resource limit for Parliamentary Questions to compile and quality assure from the underlying data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

57731

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Climate Change: Conferences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department will be attending the high-level Ministerial Dialogue on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action on 6 June 2014 in Bonn, Germany; what the Government's aims are in such talks; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	198587
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p>The UK is represented at senior official levels at Bonn. It is a mid-year meeting paving the way for the Lima Conference of Parties (COP) in December and ministers do not usually attend the Bonn meetings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 10/06/2014 15:29:50 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

57847

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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: Business
	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 list the energy companies which have agreed to (a) introduce arrangements before the end of 2014 to limit bad bills to businesses to one year where the supplier is at fault and (b) end automatic roll-overs for new customers.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	199028
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>British Gas, Edf Energy, E.ON, First Utility, Good Energy, Opus Energy, RWE nPower, Scottish Power and SSE publically announced that they plan to limit back bills where the company is at fault to one year by the end of 2013, or as soon as practically possible in 2014.</p><p>British Gas, Edf Energy, E,ON, First Utility, RWE nPower, Scottish Power and SSE announced their intention to end the use of automatic rollover contracts for new customers before the end of 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 15:07:39 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

57845

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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: Small Businesses
	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 he has had with (a) electricity generators and (b) representatives of small and medium-sized enterprises and consumer groups on proposals to assist small business energy consumers.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	198927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>DECC Ministers and officials meet industry representatives and consumer groups on a regular basis to discuss market issues.</p><p>In July last year, No.10 and DECC set up a joint working group with industry and consumer groups to look at ways for improving the transparency and fairness of the energy market for small businesses. At the end of 2013, the working group published the Small Business Energy Communique, an agreement with industry to make it easier for small businesses to get a better deal in the energy market.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/small-business-energy-working-group-communique" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/small-business-energy-working-group-communique</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 15:06:40 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

57609

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Wind Power: Electrical Substations
	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 onshore windfarms have been connected to sub-stations in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	198612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>According to Renewable-UK Wind Energy Database the following numbers of onshore wind projects have been connected in Great Britain over the past five years. The vast majority of these projects contained five or fewer turbines. The Department does not hold data on what, if any, connections to substations were required.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Year</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Number of Projects</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Further details of these onshore wind projects are available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.renewableuk.com/en/renewable-energy/wind-energy/uk-wind-energy-database/index.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.renewableuk.com/en/renewable-energy/wind-energy/uk-wind-energy-database/index.cfm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 14:52:14 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

57606

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Wind Power: Electrical Substations
	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 take steps to ensure that onshore windfarm developers take into account the costs of (a) overground cables and (b) underground cables between a windfarm and its sub-station when taking decisions on laying such cables.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	198614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>Onshore windfarm developers already take into account the costs of different connection options as part of their commercial decisions. In addition, developers submitting applications for nationally significant infrastructure proposals are required to consider alternative options for connections, including undergrounding and routes, as part of the planning consent process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 14:48:18 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

57611

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Wind Power: Electrical Substations
	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 his Department has made of potential health risks arising from (a) above-ground and (b) underground electricity cables which connect onshore windfarms to sub-stations.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	198609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) is advisor on potential health risks from above ground or underground electricity cables. Government policy, based on advice from PHE, is that the 1998 International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection guidelines on public exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) are applied in terms of the 1999 EU Council Recommendation on limiting exposure of the general public (1999/519/EC). PHE remains the focus of UK expertise in such matters and keeps the scientific evidence relevant to EMF exposures under review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/06/2014 15:04:25 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane