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524951

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
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	Nuclear Power: Safety
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 effect of a vote to leave the EU on the involvement of UK organisations in (a) the European Safeguards Research and Development Association and (b) the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	40602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">At the February European Council, the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government's position, as set out by the Prime Minister to the House on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">I refer the hon. Gentleman to the statement given by the Prime Minister on 24 June:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/eu-referendum-outcome-pm-statement-24-june-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/eu-referendum-outcome-pm-statement-24-june-2016</a>.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 27/06/2016 09:07:45 question first ministerially corrected 27/06/2016 12:21:41 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 4383 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

228302

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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: Conservation
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 (a) scope and (b) findings were of research commissioned by his Department into unintended consequences of energy efficiency refurbishments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	228189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>In March 2013, research into Solid Wall Insulation was commissioned, including understanding the unintended consequences of its installation. A guidance document is planned that will set out how Solid Wall Insulation should be assessed and monitored. The document is due to be published in Summer 2016 when the research concludes.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 24/03/2015 15:55:06 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 52125 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

227785

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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 estimate he has made of the change in levels of fuel usage in the last 10 years due to greater household energy efficiency.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	227865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Table 3.03 of the Energy Consumption in the UK publication, shows between 2003 and 2013, gas used by the domestic sector declined by 10.9 per cent whilst electricity declined by 7.8 per cent. These reductions include a range of .</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-consumption-in-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-consumption-in-the-uk</a></p><p>The National Energy Efficiency framework, published in June 2014 shows the savings experience in gas consumption for properties having cavity wall insulation and loft insulation installed in 2011.The full report can be accessed through this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/323939/National_Energy_Efficiency_Data-Framework_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/323939/National_Energy_Efficiency_Data-Framework_2014.pdf</a>.</p><p>Savings have been estimated by comparing the gas consumption in properties before and after an energy efficiency measure has been installed with the change in consumption over the same period for similar properties which have not had a measure installed.</p><p>Further details on the methodology used to estimate the savings can be found through this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/domestic-national-energy-efficiency-data-framework-need-methodology" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/domestic-national-energy-efficiency-data-framework-need-methodology</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 24/03/2015 15:54:09 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 51670 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

227791

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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, if he will make a comparative assessment of the total systems cost of meeting the 2020 target for emissions reduction from electricity generation using (a) conventional fuels and (b) non-conventional fuels.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Lilley
uin	227752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The UK does not have a 2020 target for emissions reduction from electricity generation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 24/03/2015 15:54:40 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 51669 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	68 label Biography information for Lord Lilley

226594

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Wind Power
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 onshore wind capacity for repowering farms (a) received planning approval and (b) was rejected in each year since 2009; and how many planning applications for repowering onshore wind farms were (i) approved and (ii) rejected in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	227174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) does not routinely capture information on planning applications from renewable electricity projects seeking to repower. The table below sets out the number and capacity of onshore wind projects that received or were refused planning permission in each year since 2009 and whose operator site names quoted in the REPD indicate that they are repower projects:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>Approved</em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>Refused</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>No</em></p></td><td><p><em>Cap MW)</em></p></td><td><p><em>No</em></p></td><td><p><em>Cap (MW)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2009</em></strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2010</em></strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2011</em></strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2012</em></strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2014</em></strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2015</em></strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Totals</em></strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 19/03/2015 11:33:23 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50533 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

226668

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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
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 effect of (a) onshore wind, (b) offshore wind, (c) solar, (d) biomass, (e) wave and (f) tidal energy generation on the average domestic energy bill in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	227255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>In November 2014, the Government published estimates of the impact of energy and climate change policies on energy prices and bills:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills-2014</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 17/03/2015 17:25:53 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50536 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

226669

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
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 make a comparative assessment of the cost of new offshore wind capacity in Denmark and the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Lilley
uin	227256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Both the UK and Denmark have recently announced auction outcomes for offshore wind projects.</p><p>Information on the UK auction outcome is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cfd-auction-allocation-round-one-a-breakdown-of-the-outcome-by-technology-year-and-clearing-price" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cfd-auction-allocation-round-one-a-breakdown-of-the-outcome-by-technology-year-and-clearing-price</a>.</p><p>Information on the Danish tender outcome, as well as Kriegers Flak, is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.ens.dk/en/supply/renewable-energy/wind-power/offshore-wind-power/large-scale-offshore-wind-tenders" target="_blank">http://www.ens.dk/en/supply/renewable-energy/wind-power/offshore-wind-power/large-scale-offshore-wind-tenders</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 19/03/2015 11:31:53 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50537 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	68 label Biography information for Lord Lilley

226670

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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: Finance
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 paragraph 23 of his Department's grant confirmation letter of 11 January 2010 to the MOZES community energy co-operative, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that eligible third sector organisations and local authorities will be allowed to receive grant funding from the Low Carbon Communities Challenge and feed-in tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	227267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department wrote to recipients of the Low Carbon Communities Challenge (LCCC) grant in 2010 when it became clear that the European Commission considered the feed-in tariff scheme (FIT) to be state aid, and therefore not permissible to be combined with the LCCC grant, as originally intended. Officials offered advice to the projects at that time.</p><p>The LCCC award letter made it clear that any income from FIT payments could only be spent on additional carbon reduction initiatives and therefore not to fund the maintenance costs of renewable energy systems installed under the LCCC grant. Some projects may have received grant funding for activities that are not associated with purchasing and installing renewable energy technologies. Such costs are not covered by the FIT and so can be supported by public grants without affecting eligibility for the FIT under the current rules. We will be issuing guidance that gives more clarity on this issue.</p><p>We will also be issuing guidance for new community groups covering: the treatment of different community ownership models under the FIT scheme; and reaching agreement with a commercial developer over sharing FIT payments.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 227364 question first answered 17/03/2015 17:24:07 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50539 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

226674

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	MOZES
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what date his Department received the report from Ray Noble on the MOZES community energy cooperative in Nottingham.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	227365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>At the Department’s request, Mr Noble agreed to offer the MOZES community energy co-operative free advice on the maintenance costs for their renewable energy installations. The Department did not commission a report from him.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 227366 question first answered 17/03/2015 17:24:53 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50541 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

226675

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	MOZES
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 he has made of the options available to restructure the 2010 grant to the MOZES community energy cooperative in Nottingham in order to make it State Aid compliant.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	227364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department wrote to recipients of the Low Carbon Communities Challenge (LCCC) grant in 2010 when it became clear that the European Commission considered the feed-in tariff scheme (FIT) to be state aid, and therefore not permissible to be combined with the LCCC grant, as originally intended. Officials offered advice to the projects at that time.</p><p>The LCCC award letter made it clear that any income from FIT payments could only be spent on additional carbon reduction initiatives and therefore not to fund the maintenance costs of renewable energy systems installed under the LCCC grant. Some projects may have received grant funding for activities that are not associated with purchasing and installing renewable energy technologies. Such costs are not covered by the FIT and so can be supported by public grants without affecting eligibility for the FIT under the current rules. We will be issuing guidance that gives more clarity on this issue.</p><p>We will also be issuing guidance for new community groups covering: the treatment of different community ownership models under the FIT scheme; and reaching agreement with a commercial developer over sharing FIT payments.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 227267 question first answered 17/03/2015 17:24:07 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50540 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood