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77511

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	UK Export Finance: Northern Ireland
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 export finance advisers are employed by UK Export Finance in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	205565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>UK Export Finance employs 21 export finance advisers, based across the English regions and devolved administrations. There is one export finance adviser based in Northern Ireland, who is part of a team of seven advisers which covers North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 15:51:13 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

77512

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	New Businesses: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of the monies made available for the Government's Start-Up Loans scheme has been allocated to businesses in Northern Ireland since the scheme began.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	205566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/08/2014 answer text <p>The funding government has allocated to the Start-Up Loan scheme is not segregated by region therefore when a Start-Up Loan delivery partner approves a Start-Up Loan for a business in Northern Ireland the funds are derived from the overall Start-Up Loan budget. The scheme was extended to Northern Ireland June 13 and there have been 126 loans with a value of £591,610.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 28/08/2014 15:20:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

77514

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Business: Northern Ireland
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 businesses located in Northern Ireland have contacted UK Export Finance to enquire about loans from the Direct Lending Facility since June 2013.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	205597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>UK Export Finance has received approximately 10 enquiries from businesses located in Northern Ireland on its Direct Lending Facility since June 2013.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 15:47:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

77592

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: 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 recent steps he has taken to make switching energy supplier quicker.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	205501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Since our challenge to industry in the Annual Energy Statement to cut switching times, the Department has worked with Ofgem and the industry to bring forward changes to industry rules to enable and secured industry commitment to a halving switching time from 5 weeks to 2 weeks and 3 days by the end of this year.</p><p> </p><p>My ambition is to see switching times reduced to 24 hours and Ofgem has now brought forward a consultation on how this can be achieved. The Department will continue to work with Ofgem and industry to deliver this in a reliable and cost effective way as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 15:11:34 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

77599

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: 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 estimate he has made of the total cost to consumers over the next 25 years of contract for difference and renewables obligation levy payments for (a) new nuclear, (b) offshore wind, (c) onshore wind, (d) hydro and (e) large-scale solar PV.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	205511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Contract for Difference and Renewables Obligation levy payments over 25 years will depend on a number of factors for example the post-2020 deployment pathway, strike price degression, long term electricity prices and the timing of moves to a competitive price discovery process). For a detailed assessment of EMR, including cost-benefit analysis and consumer bill impacts, please refer to the Delivery Plan Impact Assessment1.</p><p>The Electricity Market Reform Delivery Plan2 set out strike prices for renewable technologies for the period 2014/15 to 2018/19. They provide a basis for renewable electricity to achieve at least 30 per cent of generation by 2020, in line with the EU renewables target. The generation mix beyond the period of the first Delivery Plan, from 1st April 2019, will be influenced by how individual technologies develop in the coming decade. We are committed to maximising value for money for consumers.</p><p>Chapter 6 of the Delivery Plan describes potential deployment requirements beyond 2020. It explores three levels of carbon intensity and three technology deployment scenarios as an illustration of a range of alternative pathways to meeting our post-2020 objective to reduce carbon emissions by at least 80% of 1990 levels by 2050. These scenarios are indicative: the electricity generation mix through the 2020s is unlikely to match any one of these scenarios exactly.</p><p>As an indicative estimate, the ranges of costs in the six scenarios set out in Chapter 6 of the Delivery Plan are shown in the table below3. Costs are aggregated over the next 25 years from 2015 to 2040, discounted to 2012 and in 2012 prices.</p><p><strong>Indicative range of levy payments from 2015-2040 (£bn, real 2012)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>RO payments</p></td><td><p>CfD payments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1-47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore wind</p></td><td><p>12-13</p></td><td><p>17-79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onshore wind</p></td><td><p>11-12</p></td><td><p>&lt;2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydro</p></td><td><p>&lt;1</p></td><td><p>&lt;1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Large-scale solar PV</p></td><td><p>&lt;2</p></td><td><p>&lt;2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: DECC Modelling</em></p><p>The Levy Control framework, already agreed to 2020/21, is in place to control future costs to consumers and ensure these policies achieve their objectives cost effectively and affordably.</p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/288463/final_delivery_plan_ia.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/288463/final_delivery_plan_ia.pdf</a></em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>2 </em><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/268221/181213_2013_EMR_Delivery_Plan_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/268221/181213_2013_EMR_Delivery_Plan_FINAL.pdf</a></em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>3</em><em> Scenario with 100g CO2/kWh in 2030; Deployment Mix with Lower Grid Carbon Intensity in 2030 (50g CO2/kWh); Deployment Mix with Higher Grid Carbon Intensity in 2030 (200g CO2/kWh); Scenario showing higher deployment rates of CCS; Scenario showing higher deployment rates of nuclear generation; Scenario showing higher deployment rates of offshore wind</em></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 13:24:01 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 11103 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

77606

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Air Conditioning
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 monthly electricity demand deriving from air conditioning in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland in each month since June 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	205567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>DECC publishes estimates of annual consumption from air-conditioning in Energy Consumption in the UK, 2013, Table 5.15.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Air-conditioning total, TWh</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>18.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>18.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>19.06</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-consumption-in-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-consumption-in-the-uk</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 13:19:46 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

77607

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: 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 proportion of energy costs paid by the consumer will be attributable to the capacity market in each year between 2016 and 2026.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	205568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government published its latest Impact Assessment on the Capacity Market in June 20141. This shows that the impact of the capacity market is estimated to be an increase in the average annual domestic electricity bill of £2 (or 0.3%) over the period 2016-2030 (in 2012 prices). In percentage terms, the impacts on non-domestic bills are of similar magnitude. The impacts on electricity bills for individual years are uncertain but Table 7 of the Impact Assessment sets out the impact for each five-year period from 2011 to 2030.</p><p>We will shortly be publishing updated Capacity Market analysis, including revised household bill impacts, to take account of my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State’s decision on the amount of capacity to procure in the first delivery year (2018/19). We do not expect this change to have a material impact on the costs to consumers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324430/Final_Capacity_Market_Impact_Assessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/324430/Final_Capacity_Market_Impact_Assessment.pdf</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 15:13:59 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

77608

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department will next review the 2.4-4GWp range for large-scale deployment of solar PV to 2020-21 indicated in the Electricity Market Reform delivery plan: solar PV and other technology feed-in tariffs up to 50 kWp; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	205560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>We plan to re-assess the likely deployment ranges for all low carbon technologies, including that for large scale solar PV, in the 2015 update to the electricity market reform delivery plan. We will consider the amount of small-scale solar deployed to-date as part of the feed-in tariff scheme review planned for 2015.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 13:20:50 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 11107 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

77609

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether charity and community organisations in Northern Ireland can apply for grants to the Big Energy Saving Network.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	205564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Big Energy Saving Network provides grant funding to charity, community and other third sector organisations to provide help and advice to electricity and gas consumers in the energy markets of England, Scotland and Wales. The Network is not operational in Northern Ireland as domestic gas and electricity policy and regulation are transferred to the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p>The Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation (the Regulator) is proposing to introduce a new Consumer Protection Strategy which will coordinate the approach to further protection of electricity, gas and water consumers, particularly those deemed vulnerable consumers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 15:12:42 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

77388

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
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: Prices
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 carbon dioxide is saved per pound of CfD strike price offered for (a) advanced conversion technologies, (b) anaerobic digestion, (c) biomass conversion, (d) dedicated biomass (with chp), (e) energy from waste (with chp), (f) geothermal, (g) hydro, (h) landfill gas, (i) offshore wind, (j) onshore wind, (k) sewage gas, (l) large solar photo-voltaic (m) tidal stream and (n) wave.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Dan Byles
uin	205381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The amount of carbon saved per MWh of renewable generation will depend upon what is assumed about the mix of technologies displaced, which is uncertain. In order to determine the carbon saved per pound of support, CfD strike prices should also be adjusted for wholesale electricity prices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/07/2014 15:23:20 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4112 label Biography information for Dan Byles