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170087

registered interest
date	12/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	NHS: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from the Scottish Government on a possible exemption for the NHS in Scotland negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	218548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The Transatlantic Trade and Investment partnership (TTIP) and the NHS have been discussed with the Scottish Government at official and Ministerial level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Both the European Commission and US negotiators have explicitly ruled out public services from the scope of any market liberalisation in TTIP, and it has therefore not been necessary to discuss any exclusions related to specific public services. The Scottish Government’s ability to determine how publically funded health services in Scotland are provided will not be affected. It will be completely up to the Scottish Government to take decisions on which providers deliver health care services in the best interests of their patients.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/12/2014 16:18:24 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

169723

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from small and medium-sized businesses about companies that require a supplier company to make a payment in order to join or to remain on a list of suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Simon Hart
uin	218269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has received a number of representations about this issue both from small business representative organisations and from small- and medium-sized businesses themselves. The recent media coverage relating to Premier Foods has prompted an increase in such representations. However, there is not a consensus amongst correspondents: some are in favour of company investment and/ or discount schemes and have explained how they have helped them thrive as a supplier; others are against such schemes and have highlighted the negative impact of their imposition.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/12/2014 16:20:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart

169749

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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	Fuels: Prices
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 recent changes in the global price of oil on domestic fuel prices.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	218366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>Movements in pump prices are largely driven by crude oil prices and reduction in fuel duty. In January 2013, the Office for Fair Trading published the results of a Call for Information to investigate whether or not competition problems existed in the road fuels market.</p><p>The Government believes that it is important that consumers get a fair deal and that falls in oil prices materialise into lower prices for motorists. We wrote to major fuel retailers on 7 November seeking reassurance that they were fully passing on changes in the oil price to UK consumers at pumps in full and as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/12/2014 15:56:09 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

169816

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
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	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, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of prepayment meter customers who self-disconnected at least once in each year since 2010 and (b) total number of prepayment meter customers in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	218286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of pre-payment meter customers who self-disconnected.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/12/2014 16:02:45 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

169364

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	EU Trade: Trade Agreements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many trade negotiations are being conducted by the EU on behalf of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	218050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>The European Commission is conducting, on behalf of the UK, nine bilateral trade negotiations, and a number of negotiations at the World Trade Organisation where the EU negotiates on behalf of the UK and the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/12/2014 16:21:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	318 label Biography information for Lord Spellar

169468

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Fracking: Scotland
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 the Scottish Government on (a) its policy on the extraction of shale gas and (b) the recommendation in the Smith Commission Report to devolve shale gas mineral access rights to the Scottish Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	218208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>DECC Ministers meet regularly with the Scottish Government to discuss a range of issues. As has been the case with successive administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/12/2014 15:37:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 33753 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

169469

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Power Failures
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 press release published by his Department on 8 January 2014, customer communications at heart of review into dealing with widespread power cuts, when he plans that the emergency telephone number which households can call if they experience a power cut will be operational.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	218238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Energy Networks Association leads on the establishment of a Single Emergency Number (SEN) for use during a power cut. The project is due for completion in April 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/12/2014 17:56:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

169470

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Power Failures
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 press release published by his Department on 8 January 2014, customer communications at heart of review into dealing with widespread power cuts, what steps his Department has taken to establish an emergency telephone number which households can call if they experience a power cut.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	218239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Energy Networks Association (ENA) leads on the project to establish a Single Emergency Number (SEN). DECC officials are represented at both Project Board and task group level to oversee implementation. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State met with the CEO of ENA recently and underlined the importance he attaches to the project.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/12/2014 17:55:48 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

169472

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Power Stations
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 his Department has made of the dispatch period required to increase capacity at (a) nuclear, (b) combined cycle gas turbine, (c) open cycle gas turbine and (d) coal-fired power stations.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	218065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>A report by independent energy consultants Parsons Brinckerhoff commissioned by this Department considers the flexibility of coal and gas power technologies:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technical-assessment-of-the-operation-of-coal-gas-fired-plants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technical-assessment-of-the-operation-of-coal-gas-fired-plants</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The table below contains information from the report and shows indicative start up times for coal, existing and modern gas combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT) and large and aero-derivative open cycle gas turbines (OCGT):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Technology</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Notice to Synch* (mins)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Synch to Full Load (mins)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hot Start</strong></p></td><td><p>Coal</p><p>Existing Gas CCGT</p><p>Modern Gas CCGT</p><p>Gas Large OCGT</p></td><td><p>80-90</p><p>15</p><p>15</p><p>2-5</p></td><td><p>50-100</p><p>35-80</p><p>25</p><p>15-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Warm Start</strong></p></td><td><p>Coal</p><p>Existing Gas CCGT</p><p>Modern Gas CCGT</p><p>Gas Large OCGT</p></td><td><p>300</p><p>15</p><p>15</p><p>2-5</p></td><td><p>85</p><p>80</p><p>-</p><p>15-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cold Start</strong></p></td><td><p>Coal</p><p>Existing Gas CCGT</p><p>Modern Gas CCGT</p><p>Gas Large OCGT</p></td><td><p>360-420</p><p>15</p><p>15</p><p>2-5</p></td><td><p>80-250</p><p>190-240</p><p>190</p><p>15-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Starts</strong></p></td><td><p>Gas (Aero) OCGT</p></td><td><p>2-5</p></td><td><p>4-8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>*‘Notice to Synch’ is the period of prior notice that a power plant requires to be able to start up the plant to the point of synchronisation.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The current nuclear fleet is not specifically designed for load following and generally plants will operate at their full nominal load. Plants that are offline for maintenance or refuelling will not usually be available to come back on line rapidly as there are a number of safety requirements that must be observed on re-start.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/12/2014 16:14:11 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 33756 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

169473

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Fossil Fuelled Power Stations
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 of the plant which has qualified for the first auction of the capacity market is fossil-fuel burning plant of less than 20MW capacity, given (a) in MW and (b) as a proportion of the total capacity qualifying for the auction.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	218063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Fossil fuelled fired plant which has prequalified and confirmed its participation in the capacity auction and which is less than 20MW (on a de-rated capacity basis), totals around 1,950MW of de-rated capacity. This is about 3% of the total of 64,969MW of de-rated capacity which will participate in the auction.</p><p>The full list of capacity that has pre-qualified can be found on the National Grid website:</p><p><a href="https://www.emrdeliverybody.com/pages/Home.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f_layouts%2f15%2fAuthenticate.aspx%3fSource%3d%252F&amp;Source=%2F" target="_blank">https://www.emrdeliverybody.com/pages/Home.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f_layouts%2f15%2fAuthenticate.aspx%3fSource%3d%252F&amp;Source=%2F</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/12/2014 17:56:40 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex