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223604

registered interest
date	25/02/2015
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 Generation
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 electricity was generated from each type of source in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	225491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows electricity generation by fuel type for the year to 2014 Q3, as well as the calendar year 2013. Data for 2014 Q4 will be published on 26 March 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><br><p><strong>UK electricity generation by fuel (TWh)</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2013 calendar year</p></td><td><p>12 months to 2014 Q3</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p><strong>TWh</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coal</p></td><td><p>130.8</p></td><td><p>104.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>95.6</p></td><td><p>98.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear</p></td><td><p>70.6</p></td><td><p>67.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydro (natural flow)</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wind and Solar<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>30.5</p></td><td><p>35.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bioenergy</p></td><td><p>18.5</p></td><td><p>20.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pumped Storage</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other fuels</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total </strong></p></td><td><p>359.1</p></td><td><p>339.6</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><em><sup>1</sup></em><em> Includes wave and tidal.</em></p><p><em>Source: Energy Trends, table 5.1. Available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends</a>.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/03/2015 17:47:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

223196

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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: Esher
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 new businesses were created in Esher and Walton constituency in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	225268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The estimated number of business start-ups in Esher and Walton constituency between 2008 and 2014 are shown in the table below. Data is not available for earlier years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Business start-ups in Esher and Walton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>920</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>990</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Source: BankSearch: number of new business bank accounts opened. All figures rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 27/02/2015 13:38:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

223268

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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: 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 his Department has made of the wholesale cost of (a) electricity and (b) gas in each year since 2001.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	225172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>DECC does not itself estimate wholesale market prices for electricity and gas. These prices are provided to us on a commercial basis by Marex Spectron and ICIS Heren for electricity and gas respectively.</p><p>We have calculated yearly averages of the day-ahead wholesale electricity and gas prices (respectively) provided to DECC by Marex Spectron and ICIS Heren respectively on license. These are shown in the table below. Wholesale gas data provided to DECC is only available from 2007.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Wholesale gas (p/therm) price</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Electricity (£/MWh)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>(Source: NBP day-ahead price from ICIS Heren)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(Source: day-ahead price from Marex Spectron)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td> </td><td><p>18.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td> </td><td><p>16.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td> </td><td><p>21.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td> </td><td><p>22.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td> </td><td><p>39.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td> </td><td><p>42.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>31.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p>74.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>37.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>41.90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>48.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>45.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>50.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>42.40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/03/2015 17:49:16 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

223269

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the oral contribution by the hon. Member for Hastings and Rye of 14 January 2015, Official Report, column 931, on energy prices, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the market share of independent suppliers is 10.5 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	225177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Domestic Energy Market Snapshot 31 October 2014, published by Energy UK, notes that the aggregate major supplier share of the domestic dual fuel energy market had dropped to 89.5%.</p><p><a href="http://www.energy-uk.org.uk/publication.html?task=file.download&amp;id=5017" target="_blank">http://www.energy-uk.org.uk/publication.html?task=file.download&amp;id=5017</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/03/2015 17:48:03 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

222862

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	Exports: Government Assistance
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 commitments have been agreed under the Export Refinancing Facility Scheme to date.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Export Refinancing Facility (ERF) is a stand-by facility that is most relevant when there is a lack of medium term export finance liquidity in the banking market.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UK Export Finance has not been approached to issue any ERF commitments to date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/02/2015 16:34:42 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

222863

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	Exports: Government Assistance
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 potential commitments under the Export Refinancing Facility Scheme are under discussion.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>The Export Refinancing Facility (ERF) is a stand-by facility that is most relevant when there is a lack of medium term export finance liquidity in the banking market.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>UK Export Finance is currently considering three Export Refinancing Facility (ERF) enquires, although none have reached a stage where a bank/borrower has sought an ERF commitment to date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/02/2015 16:32:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

222903

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	World War II: Medals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will ensure that women who worked in munitions factories during World War Two receive a medal to mark their contribution to the war effort.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	224905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government fully appreciates the efforts and the often very dangerous conditions experienced by those who worked in munitions factories producing vital equipment for the armed forces that helped contribute to winning the Second World War.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has given careful consideration to possible formal recognition of the enormous contribution made by all those who manufactured munitions during the War. Given the disruption to employment in the War years and the time elapsed since, it would unfortunately be very difficult to identify all those involved. Many of companies no longer exist and the consequent lack of records for those they employed means that there would be difficulties in verifying any entitlement. It was concluded that it would not be practical to find a way to recognise the contributions of individual workers. However we are aware that an All Party Parliamentary Group on Recognition for Munitions Workers has been set up to explore ways to recognise the collective efforts of those who worked in munitions factories and we are open to working with them on any recommendations they bring forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 26/02/2015 16:36:16 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

222932

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority would have been of terminating its contract with Nuclear Management Partners at its break point.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	224897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>Contractual termination costs are determined based upon the terms of the contract with Nuclear Management Partners. The precise terms of the contract are commercially confidential but these costs equate to approximately one per cent of average annual fee.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/03/2015 11:23:15 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

222386

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Operational Programmes for 2014-20 have been (a) agreed with and (b) authorised by the European Commission for (i) England, (ii) Wales, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Northern Ireland; and when he expects ESIF for 2014-20 to be released to local enterprise partnerships in each of these areas.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	224798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The status of the ESIF Operational Programmes in the United Kingdom is as follows:-</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>i) England</p><p> </p><p>The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) programme for England was formally adopted by the Commission on 13 February 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>ii) Wales</p><p> </p><p>The Operational Programmes for West Wales &amp; the Valleys ERDF and East Wales ERDF were formally adopted by the Commission on 18 November 2014; the Operational Programmes for West Wales &amp; the Valleys ESF and East Wales ESF were formally adopted by the Commission on 4 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>iii) Scotland</p><p> </p><p>Scotland’s ERDF Operational Programme was formally adopted by the Commission on 11 December 2014 and the Scotland ESF Operational Programme was formally adopted on 12 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>iv) Northern Ireland</p><p> </p><p>The Northern Ireland ERDF and ESF Operational Programmes were formally adopted by the Commission on 12 December 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The UK-wide European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) Operational Programme is under negotiation with the Commission and is expected to be formally adopted during the summer 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 15:35:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

222387

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission about the capacity of local enterprise partnerships to deliver the European Structural and Investment Funds Operational Programmes for 2014-20 in England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	224801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The European Structural and Investment Funds programmes 2014-20 are an important part of the Government’s long-term economic plan to boost local growth and create jobs across England. Officials from the Managing Authorities for the various European Structural and Investment Funds Programmes and from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills are in close contact with the European Commission on an ongoing basis about the development and set up of the 2014-20 programmes in England. The partnership approach we are using for the programmes gives a strong and active advisory role to Local Enterprise Partnerships and to other local partners. At the same time, the Managing Authorities will shoulder the administrative burdens and financial risks involved in running the programmes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 15:36:24 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell