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348132

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
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: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she expects the Smartmeter rollout to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Energy suppliers are required under licence conditions to take all reasonable steps to roll-out smart meters to all their domestic and smaller non-domestic customers by 31 December 2020.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/06/2015 14:46:33 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

347631

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	National Grid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what her Department's policy is on the potential sell-off by National Grid of its (a) gas distribution networks and (b) metering business.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Harry Harpham
uin	597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Any sale of this kind would be a commercial matter. Any owner would need to be fully compliant with all relevant regulatory requirements.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 598 question first answered 04/06/2015 15:34:01 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4477 label Biography information for Harry Harpham

347632

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	National Grid
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 (a) local economies, (b) customer service and (c) safety of any sell-off of National Grid (i) gas distribution networks and (ii) metering business.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Harry Harpham
uin	598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Any sale of this kind would be a commercial matter. Any owner would need to be fully compliant with all relevant regulatory requirements.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 597 question first answered 04/06/2015 15:34:01 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4477 label Biography information for Harry Harpham

347633

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	National Grid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings have taken place between representatives of her Department and National Grid about any sale of National Grid assets or businesses.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Harry Harpham
uin	599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place under this Government.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/06/2015 15:34:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4477 label Biography information for Harry Harpham

347635

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 jobs will be created by investment in the planned Rampion wind farm; and what steps she is taking to ensure that UK supply chains benefit from such investment.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Harry Harpham
uin	601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not estimated how many jobs will be created by investment in the planned Rampion wind farm.</p><p>The EON press release on Rampion states that during the planned 3 year offshore construction period up to 300 jobs will be created and local vessels utilised, with 40 roles being based at the project management facility in Newhaven Port. The press release also states that a workforce of up to 100 is expected to be needed for the onshore cable route and around a further 40 to 60 people at the onshore substation during onshore construction. Once the wind farm is commissioned and fully operational, it is envisaged that up to 65 full time permanent jobs will be created at the operations and maintenance base.</p><p>The Department, together with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, are working closely with EON to maximise UK benefit and ensure that UK supply chain companies have the opportunity to compete for contracts that have yet to be awarded.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/06/2015 15:34:59 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4477 label Biography information for Harry Harpham

347636

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Carbon Capture and Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what level of investment her Department plans to make in the development of carbon capture and storage.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Harry Harpham
uin	608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government is investing in the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the UK. We are in negotiations to support up to two commercial scale CCS projects in the UK by making up to £1 billion available, together with operational support through a project specific Contract for Difference.</p><p>Together with the Scottish Government, we have recently committed, in principle, to provide £4.2 million to support Summit Power to undertake industrial research and development at their proposed CCS Caledonia Clean Energy Plant in Grangemouth Scotland. This is in addition to over £30 million of Government investment in CCS research and development since 2011.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/06/2015 15:35:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4477 label Biography information for Harry Harpham

347643

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Fuel Poverty
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 people are classed as living in fuel poverty in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Harry Harpham
uin	606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The estimated number and proportion of households which are fuel poor in 2013 under the Low Income High Costs indicator in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber (c) Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough constituency are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>Number of households in fuel poverty (thousands)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Proportion of households in fuel poverty within the area (%)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>2,347</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/06/2015 16:01:30 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4477 label Biography information for Harry Harpham

347644

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Fuel Poverty: Children
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 children live in households that are classed as being in fuel poverty in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Harry Harpham
uin	607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Fuel poverty is measured at the household level rather than the individual level and detailed data on the age of household occupants is not available at the sub-regional level. The table below shows the number and proportion of fuel poor households which contain at least one child under the age of 16 in (a) England and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber, in 2013.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>Fuel poor households with at least one child under 16 (000s)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Proportion of fuel poor households with at least one child under 16 (%)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>1,064</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humberside</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough the total number of households in fuel poverty was estimated to be six thousand, representing 14 per cent of all households in the region.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/06/2015 09:18:47 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4477 label Biography information for Harry Harpham

347707

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	Plutonium
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 merits of (a) the Prism reactor, (b) Areva Mox, (c) Canmox, and (d) immobilisation for the disposition of plutonium; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>We expect the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to submit a report to DECC to support us in our considerations on the policy options in due course. Informed by the advice from NDA, ministers will then make an assessment of the options and decide on the appropriate next steps.</p><p>The NDA intend to publish a public position paper in due course summarising the outcomes of the latest phase of work.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/06/2015 08:12:08 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

347769

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
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	MOZES
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether her Department has received a report from Ray Noble relating to the Mozes community energy co-operative.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not received a report from Mr Noble relating to the Mozes community energy co-operative. But I understand that he was able to suggest to Mozes ways in which they could considerably reduce the life-time maintenance cost for their solar panels compared to the figure that they had originally estimated.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/06/2015 08:11:12 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood