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223937

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2015
	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	Biofuels
	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 implications of his Department's report on the Life Cycle Impacts of Biomass Electricity published in July 2014, for the life cycle assessment of the Renewable Energy Directive; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Dame Anne McGuire
	uin	225629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department has recently tendered a research contract to assess the plausibility of scenarios in the report with the highest potential net greenhouse gas emissions occurring in the period to 2030 that result from increased demand from the UK biomass electricity sector.</p><p>DECC is committed to supporting sustainably produced biomass, that delivers real greenhouse gas savings, is cost effective, takes account of wider impacts across the economy and manages possible risks such as to food security and biodiversity. The Department is seeking to bring forward proposals for mandatory sustainability requirements this year. The UK has been at the forefront of developing criteria to ensure that biomass used in energy generation is sustainable and we will have some of the toughest sustainability criteria in the world.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 04/03/2015 17:51:15 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire

223944

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2015
	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	Biofuels
	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 has been made of the potential contribution of biomass to meeting the 2020 targets of the Climate Change Act 2008; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Dame Anne McGuire
	uin	225559
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>Biomass is an important part of the UK’s energy mix, playing a central, transitional role in decarbonising the electricity grid. Our support for biomass is part of our wider ambition for a mix of renewable energy sources. Our 2012 Bioenergy Strategy analysis indicated that sustainably-sourced bioenergy could contribute 8-11% to the UK’s total primary energy demand by 2020.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 04/03/2015 17:52:05 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire

47043

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2014
	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, when work will begin on the bioenergy strategy review; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne McGuire
	uin	195351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>As set out in the UK Bioenergy Strategy:</p><p> </p><p>&quot;it will be important to continue to monitor impacts and review policies and measures periodically in the light of information gained from monitoring policy impacts and the outputs of continuing research. .... We will review how the totality of UK bioenergy policies meets the direction and principles set out in this strategy in at least 5 year intervals.&quot;</p><p> </p><p>We will set out our intentions closer to the time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire

168642

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	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	Renewables Obligation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what role is played by Ofgem in the calculation and recovery of the renewable obligation certificate from customers.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne McGuire
	uin	217664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The Renewables Obligation (RO) places an obligation on UK electricity suppliers to source a specified proportion of the electricity they supply to customers from renewable sources. This proportion – called ‘the Obligation’ – is set each year by government in line with legislation. The scheme is administered by Ofgem, who issue Renewables Obligation Certificates (ROCs) to generators in relation to the renewable electricity they generate. Further details of how the scheme operates can be found on Ofgem’s website:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/renewables-obligation-ro?page=1#block-views-publications-and-updates-block" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/renewables-obligation-ro?page=1#block-views-publications-and-updates-block</a>.</p><p>It is assumed that the cost of the RO to suppliers is passed on to consumers through their energy bills. The total cost that can be levied on consumers through the RO is controlled through DECC’s Levy Control Framework.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/12/2014 16:12:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name control_framework_decc250311.pdf title Control framework for DECC levy-funded spending
	tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire

171126

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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	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, when he expects to publish the final recommendations from the consultation on the Electricity Intensive Industries - Relief from the Indirect Costs of Renewables.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne McGuire
	uin	219144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her in my capacity as Minister of State for Business, Enterprise and Energy on 7 January 2015 to Question 219138:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-12-17/219138/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-12-17/219138/</a>.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/01/2015 16:07:07 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	636 label Biography information for Dame Anne McGuire