Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered question first ministerially corrected answering member label attachment file name title previous answer version answering member constituency answering member printed answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

222480

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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 he has made of the Rate of Return on Equity for each of the Distribution Network Operators under Distribution Price Control Review 5.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	224816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Ofgem are responsible for regulating the electricity Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) and the setting of the price control review. Ofgem’s latest estimate for the Rate of Return on Equity for each of the DNOs is in the attached table which covers the years 2010-11 to 2013-14. The last year of Distribution Price Control Review 5 (2014-15) is still on-going.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:09:44 question first ministerially corrected 03/03/2015 09:58:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Copy of RORE DNOs Excel.xlsx title Rate of Return on Equity for DNOs 2010-1 to 2013-4 previous answer version 46378 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

176759

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
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: 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 average cost to domestic consumers per GWh of (a) gas and (b) electricity in each month of 2014.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	222720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>DECC do not produce monthly estimates of gas and electricity costs. A monthly index of the price of domestic gas and electricity is published by the Office for National Statistics as part of their Consumer Price Index. This series is an index with 2005 prices = 100.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>Electricity</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Gas</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Jan-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>199.9</p></td><td><p>250.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Feb-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>200.4</p></td><td><p>251.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Mar-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>199.8</p></td><td><p>250.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Apr-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>May-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Jun-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Jul-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Aug-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Sep-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Oct-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Nov-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Dec-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In 2014 DECC estimates that the average price of electricity was 15.57 pence/kWh based on annual consumption of 3,800 kWh/year, with the average price of gas 5.02 pence/kWh based on consumption of 15,000 kWh / year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/02/2015 14:39:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 42703 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

175699

registered interest
date	26/01/2015
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: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will amend the Social and Environment Statutory Guidance to the Gas and Electric Market Authority to include families with children as a vulnerable group.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	222108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2015 answer text <p>The Ofgem Review of 2010-11 recommended that the Social and Environmental Statutory Guidance to the Gas and Electricity Market Authority should be replaced with a new Strategy and Policy Statement. The guidance will be repealed once the statement is designated. The draft statement, which Government consulted on last year, makes it clear that helping vulnerable households is one of the Government’s strategic priorities to which Ofgem should have regard to when carrying out its regulatory functions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 02/02/2015 15:01:41 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 41830 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

168575

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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, if he will discuss with his counterparts in the devolved administrations the effect of the number of energy suppliers on the consumer price across the UK; and where that price is (a) highest and (b) lowest.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	217636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>Competition in the energy markets is crucial to keeping prices as low as possible and to raising consumer confidence in the energy market. Since 2010 we have seen 12 new companies enter the British domestic market challenging the existing companies. Despite this there are concerns about the level of competition therefore Ofgem has referred the market to the Competition and Markets Authority for a full Market Investigation.</p><p>Energy policy is devolved to the Northern Irish Assembly.</p><p>DECC publish regional electricity and gas bills information in Quarterly Energy Prices. Differences between regions are due to several factors including regional variation in pricing and the proportion of consumers who have switched supplier onto cheaper tariffs. DECC estimate that in 2013 the average retail electricity bill was highest in the North Scotland and lowest in the East Midlands and that the average retail gas bill is highest in London and lowest in North Scotland.</p><p> </p><p><em>Source: DECC Quarterly Energy Prices, table 2.2.3 for electricity and 2.3.3 for gas <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics</a>. Provisional estimates for regional bills for 2014 will be published Thursday 18th December 2014. Northern Ireland data is included in the electricity comparison but DECC do not publish gas bills for Northern Ireland.)</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/12/2014 17:53:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 33058 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

167729

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2014 to Question 215252, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's estimate of retail (a) electricity and (b) gas prices in each month between January 2007 and November 2014.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	216963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Copies of the data requested in Question 215252 have now been placed in the Libraries of the House.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">DECC do not produce monthly estimates of retail energy prices.</ins><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/12/2014 13:47:00 question first ministerially corrected 08/01/2015 17:00:29 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 32666 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

100157

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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 likely total allocation from the levy control framework for (a) feed in tariffs, (b) renewables obligations and (c) projects agreed under the final investment decision-enabling process in each year from 2015 to 2021.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	211400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The projected allocation from the levy control framework for feed in tariffs, the renewables obligation and projects agreed under the final investment decision-enabling process in financial years from 2015/16 to 2020/21 <del class="ministerial">will be</del> <ins class="ministerial">is expected to be</ins> published in an annex (‘DECC’s Consumer Funded Policies – a report to Parliament’) to the Annual Energy Statement.</p><p>Publication of the Annual Energy Statement is expected in Autumn 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/10/2014 13:35:38 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2014 16:37:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 24144 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

99812

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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 schemes in the Levy Control Framework on average annual household energy bills in each of the years from 2015 to 2021.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The projected expenditure from schemes under the Levy Control Framework for the financial years from 2015/16 to 2020/21 <del class="ministerial">will be</del> <ins class="ministerial">is expected to be</ins> published as an annex (‘DECC’s Consumer Funded Policies – a report to Parliament’) to the Annual Energy Statement. Publication of the Annual Energy Statement is expected in Autumn 2014.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/10/2014 13:32:43 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2014 16:33:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 24105 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

91005

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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, pursuant to the statement by the Minister of State at his Department on 2 September 2014 in the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, that in winter 2013-14 average bills being paid by British Gas customers were £90 lower, what the evidential basis was for that statement.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	208471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>Centrica has stated that they expect the average bill of British Gas customers to be £90 lower in 2014 compared to 2013 in their 2014 H1 Interim Results (available at this link.) <a href="http://www.centrica.com/files/results/interim14/2014_interim_results.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.centrica.com/files/results/interim14/2014_interim_results.pdf </a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/09/2014 11:34:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 19592 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

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