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522082

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
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: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what financial and other support her Department plans to provide to help non-domestic landlords meet the requirements of the Private Rented Sector Energy Efficiency Regulations (Non-domestic) (England and Wales) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	38723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2016 answer text <p>Under the <em>Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property)(England and Wales) Regulations 2015</em>, landlords of privately rented non-domestic property will need to ensure that, from 1 April 2018, their properties reach at least an energy performance rating of E before granting a tenancy to new or existing tenants. Non-domestic landlords cannot rely on subsidy to pay for any energy efficiency improvements which may be necessary, and no targeted financial assistance is planned. However, the Regulations incorporate a cost effectiveness test, and landlords may be eligible for an exemption where the recommended measure(s) do not meet a seven year simple payback. The method of calculating the payback period is set out in the regulations.</p><p> </p><p>Government is currently working with industry stakeholders to finalise a comprehensive guidance document for non-domestic landlords on meeting the requirements of the Regulations, including further details on calculating payback. This guidance document will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/06/2016 11:44:20 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 2058 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

519089

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Environment Protection: Taxation
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 make it her policy to support French proposals for an EU-wide carbon floor price.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	37483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government supports the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) as a market-based approach to cap emissions and achieve least-cost decarbonisation. Negotiations to reform and strengthen the EU ETS for the next phase of the system starting in 2021 are still in the early stages. Proposals to set thresholds for the EU carbon price are one of many options open for discussion. The Government believes that the implementation of the Market Stability Reserve, as agreed in 2015, is essential to strengthening the EU ETS carbon price in the long-term and to providing a strong, stable low-carbon investment signal.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/05/2016 15:02:06 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 212 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

519090

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Environment Protection: Taxation
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 join the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	37482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>The UK has joined the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition as a government partner.</p><p>The UK supports carbon pricing and carbon markets as a means of driving cost effective decarbonisation to help reach the long-term goal agreed in Paris: to keep global temperature rise to well below 2 degrees and make efforts to deliver 1.5 degrees.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/05/2016 15:02:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 211 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

519091

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Oil: Exploration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons it has not been practicable for her Department to lay the Committee on Climate Change report on Compatibility of Onshore Petroleum with meeting UK carbon budgets before Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	37533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department has received the Committee on Climate Change report. We are considering the report and will lay it before Parliament with our response in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/05/2016 15:01:44 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 216 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

519102

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Water Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if her Department will maintain the 2014 commitment to ring-fence spending through the Contracts for Difference (CfD) for 100MW of marine energy in the UK and make the full 100MW available to developers during the 2016 CfD auction process.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	37477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>In July 2014 the Government announced a 100MW minimum for wave and tidal stream technologies, including capacity from both the Renewables Obligation and Contracts for Difference, to the end of the first Delivery Plan period in 2019.</p><p> </p><p>During the Budget on 16 March 2016, the Government announced the budget for CfD auctions this Parliament and that the Contract for Difference allocation round, planned to open later in 2016 will be available for projects with a Target Commissioning Window starting in the 2021/22 delivery year. We will be publishing further details in relation to the next allocation round, including on strike prices and whether there will be any minimum allocation later for wave and tidal stream technologies in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/05/2016 10:31:22 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 209 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

519138

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Offshore Industry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that (a) there is a strategy for decommissioning offshore oil and gas rigs around the UK and (b) that decommissioning work is carried out in UK yards.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	37118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The UKCS Decommissioning Strategy has been prepared and will be published by the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) shortly. The OGA is working through the Decommissioning, Supply Chain and Exports, and Technology Boards to ensure that the UK industry is ready and capable to undertake and safely deliver decommissioning of the UKCS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/05/2016 10:31:43 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 208 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

513627

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
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	Coal Fired 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, when she plans to open her Department's consultation on the timetable for closing all coal-fired power stations in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	34471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced in her speech on 18 November that the Department will be launching a consultation to close all coal fired power stations. A consultation will be launched shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/04/2016 11:34:30 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 56733 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

513630

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
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	Climate Change Convention: Paris
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress the Government has made on its commitment to enshrine the Paris climate deal into UK law.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	34423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>The UK is already playing its part in delivering the Paris climate deal, through its contribution to meeting EU climate and energy targets and through its domestic climate framework set out in the Climate Change Act. In addition, the Government believes we need to take the step of enshrining the global goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions into UK law. As a first step, our independent advisors, the Committee on Climate Change, are looking at the implications of the Paris commitments. The Committee has said that it will report in the autumn, and we will consider carefully the recommendations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/04/2016 11:34:55 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 56732 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

513631

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
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 potential merits of raising the level of support offered through the Contract for Difference for Hinkley Point C as a result of low wholesale energy prices.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	34362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>The Contract for Difference mechanism provides increased price certainty to generators regardless of wholesale electricity sale prices, thereby incentivising investment in low carbon generation. It does this by paying the generator the difference between the strike price and the market reference price (a composite of wholesale price indices) for electricity sold into the market for the duration of the contract. The generator will make difference payments back to the Low Carbon Contracts Company should the market reference price rise above the strike price.</p><p> </p><p>The strike price for the Hinkley Point C project was agreed in October 2013 and is £92.50/MWh. If EDF take a Final Investment Decision in relation to Sizewell C, the strike price for Hinkley Point C will be reduced to £89.50/MWh.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/04/2016 11:33:26 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 56731 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

513632

registered interest
date	18/04/2016
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, when her Department will publish its most recent assessment of the effect of energy and climate change policies on energy prices and bills.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	34361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to making energy more affordable, supporting a more competitive, innovative, and smarter energy system that drives down bills. At the last Autumn Statement, the government also set out action to reduce the projected impact of policies on average household energy bills by around £30 a year from 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Department intends to publish, in due course, an update on the projected costs of policies funded through supplier levies and obligations that impact consumer energy bills. In addition, the department continues to assess the impact of individual policy proposals on the energy bills of various consumers (including households and businesses), which it sets out in relevant policy impact assessments, available online at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/04/2016 11:34:01 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 56730 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce