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172768

registered interest
date	08/01/2015
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 recent representations he has received on regulations relating to hydraulic fracturing; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	220147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department regularly receives representations regarding regulation relating to shale gas development and exploration and we have produced a range of guidance material which set out how these concerns are addressed. These can be found at the following link.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/providing-regulation-and-licensing-of-energy-industries-and-infrastructure/supporting-pages/developing-shale-gas-and-oil-in-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/providing-regulation-and-licensing-of-energy-industries-and-infrastructure/supporting-pages/developing-shale-gas-and-oil-in-the-uk</a></p><p>We have a strong regulatory framework in place to ensure a comprehensive regime for exploratory activities, and the UK has over 50 years of experience in oil and gas drilling. All of the right regulations are in place to ensure on-site safety, prevent water contamination, air pollution and mitigate seismic activity.</p><p>In June 2012 the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering published an independent review of the scientific and engineering evidence on risks associated with UK shale gas development. Their report concluded that environmental (and health and safety) risks can be managed effectively in the UK, when operational best practices are implemented and enforced through regulation.</p><p>In June 2014 Public Health England published a report that evaluated available evidence on issues including air quality, radon gas, naturally occurring radioactive materials, water contamination and waste water. They concluded that “the risks to public health from exposure to emissions from shale gas extraction are low if operations are properly run and regulated.”</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 13/01/2015 15:39:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

172180

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Natural Gas
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 his Department has made of the potential benefits to local economies in which there will be deep gas winning and underground coal gasification operations.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	219878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Gas produced by underground coal gasification has the potential to provide benefits to the UK including new jobs as well as decreasing our reliance on foreign energy imports. The Department has established a working group to examine, amongst other things, the research and feasibility work carried out to date in the UK related to underground coal gasification.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 219879 question first answered 13/01/2015 15:38:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

172181

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Natural Gas
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 his Department has made of the potential effect on the local environment of areas with deep gas winning and underground coal gasification.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	219879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>Gas produced by underground coal gasification has the potential to provide benefits to the UK including new jobs as well as decreasing our reliance on foreign energy imports. The Department has established a working group to examine, amongst other things, the research and feasibility work carried out to date in the UK related to underground coal gasification.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 219878 question first answered 13/01/2015 15:38:00 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

172182

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Green Climate Fund
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 his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCWS143, on Lima Climate Change Conference, what steps he has taken to ensure that the UK's contribution to the Green Climate Fund will deliver value for money.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	219963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>In order to ensure value for money for the UK’s contribution, we are actively engaging in developing and monitoring the performance of the policies that govern the Fund. Through our seat on the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board and the GCF Investment Committee, the UK is working with other Board members to agree:</p><p> </p><p>· A strong investment policy against which all funding proposals will be assessed;</p><p> </p><p>· A robust results management framework to ensure project results are accurately measured and evaluated; and</p><p> </p><p>· Stringent criteria (including fiduciary standards and environmental and social safeguards) that will apply to all entities accredited to deliver GCF projects.</p><p>Through regular monitoring and evaluation, the UK, along with other Board members, will ensure that the GCF delivers real world outcomes and good value for money in a broad range of countries.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 13/01/2015 17:48:02 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

172184

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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, what projections his Department has made of the scale-up of smart meter installations between now and the 2020 target end date.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	219915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>DECC obtains information from energy suppliers regarding their plans for rolling out smart meters, and publishes aggregated projections in its annual progress report. The latest report (third version) was issued on December 11th. It is available online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/third-annual-progress-report-on-the-roll-out-of-smart-meters" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/third-annual-progress-report-on-the-roll-out-of-smart-meters</a>.</p><p>The report includes a chart on page 16 which shows the latest annual projections for large energy suppliers until 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 13/01/2015 17:49:00 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

172185

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Public Expenditure
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 Part II: Subhead detail of his Department's Main Supply Estimates for 2014-15, what programmes are supported under subheading B; what the purpose and functions are of each such programme; and how much funding was allocated to each such programme in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	219852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>A detailed breakdown of the programmes supported under the sub-heading “B” and the Budgets for 2013-14 and 2014-15 at the time of the Main Estimate is held on the HM Treasury database OSCAR, and is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>2013-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2014-15</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2013-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2014-15</em></strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Programme</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Resource £k</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Capital £k</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose/function</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>81,814</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>132,753</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>50,725</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>254,875</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Carbon Capture and Storage</p></td><td><p>21,052</p></td><td><p>67,431</p></td><td><p>5,500</p></td><td><p>113,100</p></td><td><p>Carbon Capture and Storage Commercialisation Programme (including FEED studies)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deliver secure energy on the way to a low carbon energy future</p></td><td><p>29,912</p></td><td><p>30,204</p></td><td><p>43,225</p></td><td><p>100,775</p></td><td><p>Big Energy Savings Network; Science and Innovation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Energy Strategy &amp; Futures and Electricity Market Reform</p></td><td><p>11,296</p></td><td><p>12,698</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td><td><p>Electricity Market Reform including the design and delivery of Contracts for Difference, the Capacity Market and Electricity Demand Reduction Pilots</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Nuclear</p></td><td><p>2,266</p></td><td><p>232</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>New Nuclear</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil and Gas</p></td><td><p>2,798</p></td><td><p>4,601</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Oil and Gas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renewable Energy Deployment</p></td><td><p>14,490</p></td><td><p>17,587</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td><td><p>31,000</p></td><td><p>Renewable Heat Incentive; Renewable Energy- including the Offshore Wind Manufacturing Fund.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 13/01/2015 17:20:27 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

172186

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Public Expenditure
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 Part II: Subhead detail of his Department's Main Supply Estimates for 2014-15, what programmes are supported under subheading A; what the purpose and functions are of each such programme; and how much funding was allocated to each such programme in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	219851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>A detailed breakdown of the programmes supported under the sub-headings and the Budgets for 2013-14 and 2014-15 at the time of the Main Estimate is held on the HM Treasury database OSCAR, and is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>2013-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2014-15</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2013-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2014-15</em></strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Programme</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Resource £k</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Capital £k</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose/function</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>61,027</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>373,330</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>136,836</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>157,400</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Fuel Poverty</p></td><td><p>2,898</p></td><td><p>4,910</p></td><td><p>24,000</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td><td><p>Fuel Poverty measures</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Green Deal</p></td><td><p>23,968</p></td><td><p>24,700</p></td><td><p>148,247</p></td><td><p>166,000</p></td><td><p>Green Deal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heat Strategy, Policy &amp; Delivery</p></td><td><p>9,001</p></td><td><p>11,386</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Heat programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Carbon Markets</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td><td><p>1,115</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Climate Change Agreements and energy intensive industries</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Energy Efficiency</p></td><td><p>6,161</p></td><td><p>9,119</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Energy Using Products; Climate Change Economic Analysis; Community Energy Savings Programme and OFGEM costs for operation of the Feed-in-Tariff scheme.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Save energy with the Green Deal and support vulnerable consumers</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>310,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Government Electricity Rebate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Smart Meters</p></td><td><p>17,499</p></td><td><p>12,100</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Smart Meters</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carbon Trust &amp; Energy Saving Trust</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-35,411</p></td><td><p>-10,100</p></td><td><p>Energy Efficiency Loan repayments</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 13/01/2015 17:19:45 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

172187

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Public Expenditure
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 Part II: Subhead detail of his Department's Main Supply Estimates for 2014-15, what programmes are supported under subheading G; what the purpose and functions are of each such programme; and how much funding was allocated to each such programme in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	219857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>A detailed breakdown of the programmes supported under the sub-heading “G” and the Budgets for 2013-14 and 2014-15 at the time of the Main Estimate is held on the HM Treasury database OSCAR, and is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Programme</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Resource £k</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Capital £k</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose/function</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>26,835</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32,936</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,200</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,600</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Coal Authority</p></td><td><p>26,835</p></td><td><p>32,936</p></td><td><p>4,200</p></td><td><p>8,600</p></td><td><p>Departmental NDPB, managing the effects of past coal mining, that are not the responsibility of licensed coal mine operators. Dealing with mine water pollution, subsidence and other mining legacy issues, as well as licensing of current coal mining.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 13/01/2015 17:28:56 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

172188

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Public Expenditure
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 Part II: Subhead detail of his Department's Main Supply Estimates for 2014-15, what programmes are supported under subheading H; what the purpose and functions are of each such programme; and how much funding was allocated to each such programme in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	219858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>A detailed breakdown of the programmes supported under the sub-headings and the Budgets for 2013-14 and 2014-15 at the time of the Main Estimate is held on the HM Treasury database OSCAR, and is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Programme</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Resource £k</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Capital £k</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Purpose/function</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>3,103</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>270</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil Nuclear Police Authority</p></td><td><p>3,103</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Redundancy and other costs not recoverable from customers of the CNPA</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 13/01/2015 17:29:30 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

172189

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Public Expenditure
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 Part II: Subhead detail of his Department's Main Supply Estimates for 2014-15, what programmes are supported under subheading M; what the purpose and functions are of each such programme; and how much funding was allocated to each such programme in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	219859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>A detailed breakdown of the programmes supported under the sub-heading “M” and the Budgets for 2013-14 and 2014-15 at the time of the Main Estimate is held on the HM Treasury database OSCAR, and is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>2013-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2014-15</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2013-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2014-15</em></strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Programme</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Resource £k</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Capital £k</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>-45,682</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-200,999</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-478,914</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>-120,294</strong></p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>British Energy</p></td><td><p>-181,357</p></td><td><p>-174,600</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Net movement in provisions for British Energy liabilities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coal Health Liabilities</p></td><td><p>115,737</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Net movement in provisions for Coal Health liabilities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coal Pensions</p></td><td><p>2,298</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-478,914</p></td><td><p>-120,294</p></td><td><p>Net movement in valuation of Coal Pension surpluses (Resource); Surpluses receivable from Coal Pension schemes (Capital)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coal Privatisation Liabilities</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Net movement in provisions for Coal Privatisation liabilities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Concessionary Fuel</p></td><td><p>17,635</p></td><td><p>-29,399</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>Net movement in provisions for Concessionary Fuel liabilities</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 13/01/2015 17:34:37 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint