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432771

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Department of Energy and Climate Change: Research
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 her Department's funding allocated in the Spending Review 2015 will be for research and development expenditure up to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Nicola Blackwood
uin	17763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>The Spending Review 2015 set out settlements for departments and showed how the government will deliver on its priorities, eliminate the deficit, and deliver security and opportunity for working people.</p><br /><p>For the Department of Energy and Climate Change this means doubling DECC’s innovation programme to £505 million over 5 years, which will strengthen the future security of supply, reduce the costs of decarbonisation and boost industrial and research capabilities.</p><br /><p>Final decisions on internal departmental funding allocations for future years, including for other research and development, have not yet been made.</p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 16:59:11 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford

432774

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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: Tax Allowances
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 she has received from community energy companies on removal of their entitlement to social investment tax relief.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	17806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has not received any direct representations from community energy companies on removal of their entitlement to social investment tax relief, however this is an HM Treasury policy lead.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Further to my previous answer, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has now received a small number of representations from community energy companies on removal of their entitlement to social investment tax relief. These have been transferred to HM Treasury as the policy lead on this matter.</ins></p><p><br /></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 10:09:04 question first ministerially corrected 08/12/2015 16:37:58 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 33172 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

432776

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
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 households in Preston constituency have gained income under the feed-in tariff in the last four years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
uin	17815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>The table below provides the cumulative total number of domestic installations in the Preston Constituency that are confirmed on the Central Feed-in Tariff Register and marked as being domestic installations. The latest figures for 2015 go up to the end of September, with previous years’ data provided to the end of each calendar year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><em>Photovoltaics</em></p></td><td><p><em>Micro Combined Heat and Power (CHP)</em></p></td><td><p><em>Total</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2012</em></strong></p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2014</em></strong></p></td><td><p>327</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2015 (Jan – Sept)</em></strong></p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>388</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Data taken from Sub-regional Feed-in Tariffs statistics, with the latest figures published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 09:39:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

432777

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Department of Energy and Climate Change: Families
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what training her Department has provided to staff on the family test; what other steps she has taken to raise awareness of the family test among staff of her Department; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	17925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>The Family Test was announced by my rt. hon. Friendthe Prime Minister in August 2014 and introduced in October 2014. The Department for Work and Pensions published guidance on how the test should be applied when formulating policy and the Department follows that guidance.1 In order to augment this guidance, the Department is preparing specific guidance on how to apply the Family Test within DECC, which will form part of the Department’s refresh of our approach to collecting and using evidence on the impacts of policies.</p><br /><p>The Department is focused on understanding consumers when developing policies, and have implemented an internal project which has delivered a number of consumer-focused tools which will enhance our understanding of consumers. This includes a Consumer Panel and training for senior officials on open policy making where the Family Test will specifically be referenced. Analytical tools have also been developed to analyse the impacts of policies on energy bills for different types of households and also the implications for fuel poverty.</p><br /><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Available online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf</a></em>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 17:03:55 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

432778

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Housing: Energy
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 benefits to the construction industry of rectifying the six calculation errors made in the home energy efficiency calculation software known as SAP referred to in the letter to the Prime Minister from BDP Limited, dated 12 November 2015.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	17931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>When proposals are made to change the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP), the revised draft specification is accompanied by a draft Impact Assessment during public consultation. Any future proposals would therefore include an assessment of the impact on business.</p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 17:00:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

432779

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will take action to correct the six calculation errors made in the home energy efficiency calculation software known as SAP referred to in the letter to the Prime Minister from BDP Limited, dated 12 November 2015.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	17932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>We are reviewing the energy efficiency standards which underpin the national calculation methodology for assessing fuel use in dwellings, the Standard Assessment Procedure or SAP.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 17:01:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

432780

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues on the six calculation errors made in the home energy efficiency calculation software known as SAP referred to in the letter to the Prime Minister from BDP Limited, dated 12 November 2015.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	17933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>I regularly discuss building standards with other Ministerial colleagues but have not had discussions on the specific six issues raised in the letter cited.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 17:04:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan