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523941

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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	Carbon Emissions
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 publish a plan setting out how all government departments plan to contribute to reducing the UK's carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	39977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>In preparation for our new emissions reduction plan we are working with colleagues across government to identify action that will cut emissions cost effectively. Our new plan will set out our proposals for meeting our carbon budgets and decarbonising through the 2020s. It will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/06/2016 15:24:16 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

520740

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Carbon Emissions
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 the Energy Technologies Institute report, published on 12 May 2016, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policy of carbon capture and storage technology contributing to meeting the UK's commitments to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	37854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government views Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as having a potentially important role in the long-term decarbonisation of the UK’s economy. The Government will set out its approach to CCS in due course, and the recent Energy Technologies Institute report, funded by DECC, will inform the Government’s thinking.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/06/2016 14:33:17 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

520741

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Carbon Emissions
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 assessment she has made of the financial viability of (a) carbon capture and storage and (b) alternative options in helping to reduce the UK's carbon dioxide emissions.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	37853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government views Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) as having a potentially important role in the long-term decarbonisation of the UK’s economy. However, CCS is currently too expensive and costs must come down. Government will set out its approach to CCS in due course, informed by the findings from Lord Oxburgh’s CCS Advisory Group.</p><p> </p><p>In comparing the costs of other low-carbon technologies in the future, DECC typically use the levelised costs of electricity generation. Levelised costs include capital and operating costs over the lifetime of a plant, as well as DECC estimates of projected fuel and carbon costs.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently undertaking a comprehensive review of our evidence on levelised costs of electricity generation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/06/2016 14:34:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

520745

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the National Emissions Target Board met to discuss setting the fifth carbon budget; and who attended those meetings of that board.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	37844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>Some of the governance arrangements related to carbon budgets were amended last year. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster now chairs an Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) on Clean Growth, which considers issues relating to air quality and decarbonisation, where these have a cross-departmental aspect. The group meets as and when required. Its members include ministers and officials from the relevant departments, including Defra, DECC, DfT, DCLG and BIS.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 37845 question first answered 26/05/2016 14:17:38 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

520746

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Carbon Emissions
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 times the National Emissions Target Board has met since April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	37845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>Some of the governance arrangements related to carbon budgets were amended last year. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster now chairs an Inter-Ministerial Group (IMG) on Clean Growth, which considers issues relating to air quality and decarbonisation, where these have a cross-departmental aspect. The group meets as and when required. Its members include ministers and officials from the relevant departments, including Defra, DECC, DfT, DCLG and BIS.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 37844 question first answered 26/05/2016 14:17:38 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

519101

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	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether her Department will implement the recommendations made by the Committee on Climate Change in its report of November 2015, The fifth carbon budget - The next step towards a low-carbon economy.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
uin	37461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>This Government remains firmly committed to meeting our climate change target of an at least 80% emissions reduction by 2050. The fifth carbon budget, which covers the period 2028-2032, is an important step on the way to 2050.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions on this budget are continuing and we will make an announcement as soon as those discussions conclude.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/05/2016 14:59:21 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

519103

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	Carbon Emissions
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 set the emissions target recommended by the Independent Committee on Climate Change in the Fifth Carbon Budget.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	37405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>This Government remains firmly committed to meeting our climate change target of an at least 80% emissions reduction by 2050. The fifth carbon budget, which covers the period 2028-2032, is an important step on the way to 2050.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions on this budget are continuing and we will make an announcement as soon as those discussions conclude.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/05/2016 14:59:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

519116

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	Carbon Emissions
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 she is taking to work with other departments to formulate the Government's response to the recommendation of the Energy and Climate Change Committee in its Fifth Report of Session 2015-16, on Setting the fifth carbon budget, HC 659, that effective drivers need to be put in place by Government to encourage innovation and investment for transport, buildings and agriculture.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	37037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>We are currently working closely with other Government departments to determine the right approach to reducing emissions in the 2020s.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish the successor to 2011 Carbon Plan, in due course. The new plan will set out our policies and proposals for meeting the UK’s carbon budgets, and will cover all sectors of the economy, including transport, agriculture and buildings.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/05/2016 10:30:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

513513

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	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether her Department holds data on the amount of carbon dioxide emitted per one tonne of (a) biomass and (b) coal when burned; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	34263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>The 1990-2014 Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory provides estimates of the emissions from burning fuels. There is variation between different types of biomass and coal in their carbon dioxide emissions. The emissions of carbon dioxide from burning 1 tonne of wood in an average UK biomass fuelled power station is 1.055 tonnes. The emissions of carbon dioxide from burning 1 tonne of coal in an average UK coal fired power station is 2.248 tonnes</p><p> </p><p>Emissions of carbon dioxide from biomass combusted in the energy sector are not reported within the national totals in the GHG inventory as the change in carbon stock they represent is by convention reported in the land use change and forestry sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/04/2016 13:41:01 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

513225

registered interest
date	15/04/2016
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	Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals for the transition to a zero-carbon economy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	34198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes we will need to take the step of enshrining the global goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions, reached at the UN climate summit at the end of 2015, into UK law. The question is not whether but how we do it. As a first step, our independent advisors, the Committee on Climate Change, is looking at the implications of the commitments in Paris, including the zero carbon emissions goal. It has said that it will report in the autumn. We will consider carefully the recommendations of the Committee.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to the Climate Change Act and the target of at least an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Our priority this year is setting the fifth carbon budget (covering the period 2028-32) by the end of June and developing our plan on how we will meet our existing targets. We are clear that this must be done while keeping our energy supply safe and costs as low as possible for hardworking families and businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/04/2016 12:38:05 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff