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77940

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	21/07/2014
	date	15/07/2014
	date tabled	15/07/2014
	ddp created	15/07/2014 22:31:27
	ddp modified	01/02/2016 16:03:28
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
	house id	1
	identifier	205820
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/09/2014 10:20:07
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of whether support levels for accredited solar PV plants will be maintained for the 20 year duration specified in the Renewables Obligation order; and what the Government's policy is on (a) Renewables Obligation scheme and (b) solar PV.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 205820
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	205820
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government has no plans to change the 20 year duration of support under the Renewables Obligation (RO) for accredited solar PV stations. DECC has recently consulted on proposals to control the deployment of new solar PV capacity above 5MW under the RO. A copy of the consultation document is available on DECC’s web page:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv</a></p><p>With regard to our policy on the RO scheme, DECC has laid draft Regulations before Parliament which will bring about the closure of the RO to new capacity on 31 March 2017 as planned, subject to Parliamentary approval. The Government has proposed closing the RO to new solar capacity above 5MW two years earlier, from 31 March 2015. We consider this to be necessary because large-scale solar PV is deploying more rapidly than expected. This poses a substantial risk to our ability to manage the levy control framework budget, and therefore our ability to minimise costs of renewables deployment for consumers. The consultation closed on 7 July and consultation responses are being considered. We will publish a Government Response setting out our decision as soon as possible.</p><p>The UK has seen a remarkable transformation in solar PV deployment under the Coalition Government: solar capacity stood at 3.5GW at the end of the first quarter of 2014, increasing its share to 17 per cent of all renewables capacity. The Government remains committed to solar PV, and the measures that we set out in our UK Solar PV Strategy will ensure that solar PV continues to be a vital part of the UK’s renewable energy mix for many years to come. A copy of the Strategy is available on DECC’s web page:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-solar-pv-strategy-part-1-roadmap-to-a-brighter-future" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-solar-pv-strategy-part-1-roadmap-to-a-brighter-future</a>.</p> question first answered 01/09/2014 10:20:07
	creator	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

79345

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/09/2014
	date	22/07/2014
	date tabled	22/07/2014
	ddp created	22/07/2014 20:50:36
	ddp modified	22/12/2015 16:33:23
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
	house id	1
	identifier	206960
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	02/09/2014 15:26:59
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had on the maintenance of the current 20-year duration support level for accredited solar PV plants and the Renewables Obligation order; what his policy is on this matter; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206960
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206960
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 1 September 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 113-114W.</p><p> </p> question first answered 02/09/2014 15:26:59
	creator	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

78451

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	22/07/2014
	date	16/07/2014
	date tabled	16/07/2014
	ddp created	16/07/2014 22:11:20
	ddp modified	22/12/2015 16:31:01
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
	house id	1
	identifier	206116
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	22/07/2014 12:11:07
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received from Ofgem and other regulatory bodies on the decision to consult on a large-scale solar PV Renewables Obligation closure grace period deadline of 13 May 2014; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206116
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206116
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>DECC works closely with Ofgem and other regulatory bodies on all matters relating to, or affecting, the Renewables Obligation (RO).</p><p> </p> question first answered 22/07/2014 12:11:07
	creator	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

77952

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/07/2014
	date	15/07/2014
	date tabled	15/07/2014
	ddp created	15/07/2014 22:31:30
	ddp modified	22/12/2015 16:30:15
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
	house id	1
	identifier	205849
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	01/09/2014 10:21:14
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the annual saving to the Levy Control Framework budget from closure of the Renewables Obligation to large-scale solar from April 2015; what that saving is as a proportion of that budget in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 205849
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	205849
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>In its consultation issued on 13<sup>th</sup> May 2014, DECC has proposed closing the Renewables Obligation (RO) to new solar PV capacity above 5MW from 31 March 2015. We consider this to be necessary because large-scale solar PV is deploying more rapidly than expected. This poses a substantial risk to our ability to manage the levy control framework budget, and therefore our ability to minimise costs of renewables deployment for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment published alongside the consultation set out the projected impact of proposed intervention on deployment and spend. Option 1 below assumes no action; option 2 is the proposed intervention:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 01/09/2014 10:21:14
	creator	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

77589

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	17/07/2014
	date	14/07/2014
	date tabled	14/07/2014
	ddp created	14/07/2014 21:30:51
	ddp modified	22/12/2015 16:29:46
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
	house id	1
	identifier	205703
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	17/07/2014 16:04:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the Levy Control Framework saving per year delivered by closing the Renewables Obligation to large-scale solar PV in 2015.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 205703
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	205703
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Our estimate of the cost of closing the Renewables Obligation (RO) to large-scale solar PV in 2015 is set out in the consultation Impact Assessment (IA). The relevant tables from the IA are reproduced below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Table 5: Solar deployment from 2016/17 onwards and associated annual spend (£2011/12) in 2020 under the RO based on updated pipeline projections under option one</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>Central</p></td><td><p>High</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Option 1 – (‘do nothing' option)</p></td><td><p>Deployment (GW)</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spend (£m)</p></td><td><p>£170m</p></td><td><p>£270m</p></td><td><p>£370m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change in spend compared to delivery plan scenario one (£m )</p></td><td><p>£0m</p></td><td><p>+£100m</p></td><td><p>+£200m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Table 6: Solar deployment from 2016/17 onwards and associated annual spend (£2011/12) in 2020 under the RO based on updated pipeline projections under option two</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>Central</p></td><td><p>High</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>Option 2 (recommended option)</p></td><td><p>Deployment (GW)</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spend (£m)</p></td><td><p>£140m</p></td><td><p>£200m</p></td><td><p>£270m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change in spend (£m) compared to final delivery plan scenario one</p></td><td><p>-£30m</p></td><td><p>+£30m</p></td><td><p>+£100m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change in spend (£m) compared to do-nothing option</p></td><td><p>-£30m</p></td><td><p>-£70m</p></td><td><p>-£100m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> question first answered 17/07/2014 16:04:05
	creator	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

63842

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/07/2014
	date	25/06/2014
	date tabled	25/06/2014
	ddp created	25/06/2014 20:50:25
	ddp modified	22/12/2015 16:21:00
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Solar Power: Subsidies
	house id	1
	identifier	202360
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	03/07/2014 15:17:36
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on future public subsidies to onshore solar energy projects; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Peterborough
	tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 202360
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	202360
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The UK has seen a remarkable transformation in solar PV deployment under the Coalition Government; we now have over 3GW of installed capacity. The measures that we set out in our Solar Strategy will ensure that solar PV continues to be a vital part of the UK's renewable energy mix for many years to come.</p><p>Alongside those measures, we are consulting on proposals to change the small-scale feed-in tariff scheme to enable more communities to benefit from ownership of renewable electricity generation, as well as proposals to encourage more deployment of solar PV on buildings.</p><p>We are also consulting on changes to the renewables obligation in relation to support for large-scale solar projects, and are working closely with industry to ensure that transition to the new contracts for difference mechanism supports the on-going development of the solar sector in the UK.</p><p> </p> question first answered 03/07/2014 15:17:36
	creator	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

79525

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	05/08/2014
	date	22/07/2014
	date tabled	22/07/2014
	ddp created	22/07/2014 22:31:58
	ddp modified	17/12/2015 16:58:09
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Statutory Instruments
	house id	2
	identifier	HL1424
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	30/07/2014 16:06:12
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many statutory instruments from the Department of Energy and Climate Change have been laid this calendar year; of those, what percentage corrected errors in a previous instrument (including drafts of affirmative instruments that had to be superseded by correcting drafts); and what steps that Department is taking to reduce the need for correcting instruments.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
	title	House of Lords Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 HL1424
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL1424
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Since 1 January 2014, the Department of Energy and Climate Change has laid 31 statutory instruments. Two draft affirmative procedure instruments were re-laid in draft in order to correct errors, being 6% of all instruments laid. In the course of making two other instruments, the Department took the opportunity to correct errors in previous instruments; such correction was not the main purpose of the instrument which was made. The Department has endeavoured to prevent errors occurring in statutory instruments and it regrets that errors have occurred. The Department is committed to continuous improvement of the quality of drafting, in particular by means of training and quality assurance procedures and seeks to learn the lessons when errors do occur.</p> question first answered 30/07/2014 16:06:12
	creator	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad
	publisher	25277 pref label House of Lords
	tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

89574

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/09/2014
	date	29/08/2014
	date tabled	29/08/2014
	ddp created	29/08/2014 17:41:51
	ddp modified	17/12/2015 12:10:39
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Television
	house id	1
	identifier	207213
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	09/09/2014 15:46:23
	question first ministerially corrected	12/09/2014 11:15:57
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Exeter
	tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 207213
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	207213
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department has no recorded expenditure on the purchase of televisions in either year. </del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><ins class="ministerial">The Department of Energy &amp; Climate Change did not purchase any televisions in 2013. In 2014 three televisions were purchased at a cost of £851.82. In addition, two televisions were purchased as part of a new video-conferencing kit (for which they are exclusively used) but these were not priced separately.</ins></p><p> </p> question first answered 09/09/2014 15:46:23
	creator	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

79342

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/09/2014
	date	22/07/2014
	date tabled	22/07/2014
	ddp created	22/07/2014 20:50:36
	ddp modified	01/06/2015 12:19:22
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
	house id	1
	identifier	206908
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	02/09/2014 15:27:44
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he has made an assessment of the potential effect of automatic energy imports from the US to the EU arising from the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations on EU carbon emission targets.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
	tabling member printed	Jim Sheridan
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 206908
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	206908
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Concluding an ambitious and comprehensive EU-US trade deal that benefits UK consumers and business, especially small and medium sized enterprises, is a priority for the Government. Improved access to US exports of energy would form part of a successful Transatlantic Trade &amp; Investment Partnership agreement, helping to diversify the EU’s energy sources, and is therefore an EU priority in the negotiations. Internal EU negotiations on carbon emissions targets are at an advanced stage and involve consideration of the energy profiles of the EU as a whole and of individual EU Member States across the full range of options. These options include the potential role of increased imports of gas, from the US and elsewhere, to help to reduce EU emissions levels in future decades.</p><p>Factors such as the time needed to build new export terminals in the US and costs of liquefaction and transport mean that it is likely to be some years before EU Member States could import US gas in significant quantities. Recent events in Ukraine further underline the need for the EU to diversify its energy sources. Making full use of indigenous energy resources is also important for energy security. Here in the UK, the Government continues to work closely with industry to encourage further investment in domestic energy production, including oil, gas, nuclear and renewables.</p><p> </p> question first answered 02/09/2014 15:27:44
	creator	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	1464 label Biography information for Jim Sheridan

57845

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/06/2014
	date	04/06/2014
	date tabled	04/06/2014
	ddp created	05/06/2014 00:20:34
	ddp modified	01/04/2015 12:19:39
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	question status	Tabled
	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
	identifier	198927
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	11/06/2014 15:06:40
	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.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 198927
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	198927
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction 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> question first answered 11/06/2014 15:06:40
	creator	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson