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227122

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	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: Meters
	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 homes in (a) York Central constituency and (b) City of York local authority area have a prepayment electricity meter.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
	uin	227378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>DECC do not collect or hold data at this level of disaggregation.</p><p>From DECC’s domestic meter point data, there were 77,000 domestic standard electricity meters and an additional 10,000 economy 7 meters in the York Unitary Authority in 2013. Data is not published for the York Central constituency:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sub-national-electricity-consumption-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/sub-national-electricity-consumption-data</a></p><p>DECC estimate that 17% of standard electricity customers in Yorkshire, used prepayment meters in the latest quarter. This data is only available at the public electricity supply (PES) region level. Data is not available for the York central constituency or the York Unitary Authority Area:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-price-stastics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-price-stastics.</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 19/03/2015 11:37:15 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

349931

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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	Energy: York Central
	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 the Government has taken to reduce energy use in York Central constituency by the (a) public and (b) private sector.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	2178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>We have a wide range of complementary policies in place to support public and private sector organisations of all sizes in reducing their energy use – including in the York Central constituency. For instance, the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme is estimated to help large private sector organisations save over £250m per year through identifying cost-effective energy efficiency opportunities.</p><p>Across the domestic and non-domestic sector, UK energy consumption has fallen in nine of the last ten years and our energy efficiency policies have contributed to the UK having the least energy intensive economy in the G7 – 33% below the G7 average in 2012.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/06/2015 15:48:01 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

349932

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	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	Housing: Energy
	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 homes have been retrofitted to reduce energy use in the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	2179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Since April 2008, 5.8 million properties have received loft insulation, 3.1 million properties have received cavity wall insulation and 229,000 properties have received solid wall insulation through Government schemes. Figures prior to April 2008 are not held centrally.</p><p>Updated figures covering retrofit installations up to end March 2015 will be published on 18 June 2015 at 9:30am.</p><p><em>Source: Insulation levels in Great Britain, Quarterly report (Table 2.2a):</em></p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-energy-company-obligation-eco-and-insulation-levels-in-great-britainquarterly-report-to-december-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-energy-company-obligation-eco-and-insulation-levels-in-great-britainquarterly-report-to-december-2014</a>.</em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/06/2015 15:46:44 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

385638

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	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	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, what steps she is taking to maximise renewable energy generation through public procurement.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	900551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The scale of investment required in large renewable generation projects needs private sector leadership. However, the department is keen to work in partnership with industry for example, to suppport the development of new and innovative technologies. We're currently using procurement to drive innovation and are working with more than 100 companies on energy innovation projects.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/06/2015 14:59:34 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

418416

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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 for Energy and Climate Change: Damages
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much the Government has paid in damages in connection with the judgment in Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change v Friends of the Earth and Others, [2012], EWCA Civ 28 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	10067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2015 answer text <p>To date there has been no award of damages and litigation is ongoing.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 24/09/2015 10:34:24 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

418417

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Coal Fired Power Stations: Decommissioning
	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 publish a plan to phase out all unabated coal power.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	10068
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>Coal accounted for 40% of total UK electricity generation in 2012, falling to 29% in 2014. We expect the role of unabated coal generation to decline further as a result of deployment of low carbon alternatives, the cost of generation and the investment needed to meet new pollution abatement standards. The Department’s analysis (central scenario) shows that unabated coal is expected to account for around 1% of total UK generation by 2025.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s planning policy prevents the building of new coal power plants without carbon capture and storage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source: DECC Updated energy and emissions projections 2014 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368021/Updated_energy_and_emissions_projections2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368021/Updated_energy_and_emissions_projections2014.pdf</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/09/2015 13:09:32 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

418418

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the findings of the Committee on Climate Change's 2014-15 Annual Report, what steps she is taking to achieve the necessary strengthening of policies identified to meet future carbon budgets.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	10069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>We will respond to the Committee on Climate Change’s Annual Progress Report by the 15<sup>th</sup> October. This will set out our response to each of the Committee’s recommendations.</p><p>In addition to this Government response, we will bring forward further proposals on how we plan to meet carbon budgets over the course of next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/09/2015 12:28:34 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

418419

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Solar Power: 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 estimate she has made of the likely annual saving on average household energy bills from the proposed early closure of the solar renewables obligation.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	10076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>As stated in the impact assessment accompanying the consultation paper, the likely annual saving on average household electricity bills from the proposed early closure of the renewables obligation to solar PV at 5MW and below is £0.80 in 2020/21 on the medium deployment scenario, with a range from £0.50 to £1.20. These bill impact figures are in 2014 prices.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/10/2015 13:50:31 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

418420

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	Fracking
	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 effect of shale gas extraction on delivery of the (a) second and (b) third Carbon Budget.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	10074
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s independent advisory body on climate change, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), has considered the role of shale gas in previous reports about carbon budgets to 2027<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>; this included the second and third carbon budgets. They concluded that UK shale gas production can be consistent with meeting our carbon targets.</p><p>The Infrastructure Act 2015 places a new requirement on the Secretary of State to seek advice from the CCC on the likely impact of onshore oil and gas production (including shale gas) on meeting our carbon budgets and our 2050 80% emission reduction target. The first CCC report is due by 1 April 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] For an overview of the CCC work on shale gas please see also <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/environmental-audit/EAC-Shale-gas-letter.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/environmental-audit/EAC-Shale-gas-letter.pdf</a> .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/09/2015 12:26:29 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

418421

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent by 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Wrexham
	tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
	uin	10070
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is committed to meeting its targets for carbon emission reductions. The steps we are taking to achieve these targets include:</p><p>• helping consumers and businesses to save money on their energy bills;</p><p>• making buildings more energy efficient;</p><p>• helping consumers to take control of their energy use with smart meters, and</p><p>• decarbonising the power sector in the most cost effective way.</p><p>We will shortly be publishing our response on the Committee on Climate Change’s Annual Progress Report. This will outline in more detail the steps we are taking. In addition, we will bring forward further proposals on how we plan to meet our carbon targets over the course of next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/09/2015 13:05:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas