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530749

registered interest
date	30/06/2016
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	Euratom
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to leave the European Atomic Energy Community.
tabling member printed	Lord Inglewood
uin	HL911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2016 answer text <p>The implications of the European referendum result for our membership of the European Atomic Energy Community have yet to be determined. It will be for the Government, under the new Prime Minister, to begin negotiations to exit the EU and determine our future relationship with the European Atomic Energy Community.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/07/2016 11:16:27 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1980 label Biography information for Lord Inglewood

528839

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
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	Tobacco: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether gas supplies to the UK are secure and will remain competitively priced following the vote to leave the EU, and what contingency plans they have in place; what percentage of UK gas supplies originate from Russia; and what assessment they have made of whether the devaluation of sterling against the rouble following the vote to leave the EU will adversely affect gas prices.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2016 answer text <p>Energy security is my top priority. The Department will take the steps needed to ensure hard working families and business have the energy they need, including from overseas where this adds to the diversity and cost effectiveness of our energy supplies.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has high levels of gas security from a diverse supply mix including storage facilities; pipelines from Norway, Netherlands and Belgium; and LNG terminals. This is in addition to domestic production which met over half our annual demand of 773TWh in 2014. Gas shippers in the UK purchase gas from hubs across Europe without HMG intervention in a competitive market.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 06/07/2016 14:48:44 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

528860

registered interest
date	27/06/2016
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	Prisoners
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the Secretary of State for Energy will respond to the Committee on Climate Change's report on the environmental impact of shale gas fracking submitted to the Department of Energy and Climate Change on 30 March.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government has received the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) report. We are carefully considering the report to ensure it is given the proper consideration it is due.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Infrastructure Act 2015, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change is required to lay the CCC report and our response before Parliament together. They will be published as soon as practicable once our response is complete.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 05/07/2016 13:09:31 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

523856

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	Welsh Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of world atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions China and India contributed in the latest period for which records are available.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>There are no official emissions estimates available for recent years for many developing countries, including India and China. One widely used 3<sup>rd</sup> party estimate is however available from the World Resources Institute CAIT dataset.</p><p> </p><p>This data suggests that in 2012, the latest available year, China’s domestic greenhouse gas emissions (including land use, land use change and forestry, but excluding international aviation and shipping ) accounted for around 22% of the global total (25% for CO<sub>2</sub> only).</p><p> </p><p>India’s domestic greenhouse gas emissions (including land use, land use change and forestry, but excluding international aviation and shipping) accounted for around 6% of the global total (5% for CO<sub>2</sub> only).</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/06/2016 16:21:32 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

523890

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	Brexit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what Capacity Market auctions have been held to date under the Energy Act 2013, and what were the price and terms of the successful bids at each auction.
tabling member printed	Lord Rowlands
uin	HL563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>Three Capacity Market auctions have been held so far. Two market-wide, four-year ahead (T4) auctions were held in December 2014 (for delivery in 2018/19) and December 2015 (for 2019/20), clearing at £19.40/kW and £18.00/kW respectively, and securing 49.3GW and 46.4GW of capacity for delivery in those years. A smaller-scale Transitional Arrangements auction, focused solely on the Demand Side Response (DSR) sector, was held in January 2016, securing 803MW of DSR for 2016/17 at a clearing price of £27.50/kW. Winning bidders obtain Capacity Market Agreements, whose terms are established in law by the Capacity Market regulations and rules. Winning bidders and the volume of their individual agreements are published on National Grid’s CM register.</p><p> </p><p>Results for the three auctions held so far are attached.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name T-4 2014 Final Auction Results Report.pdf title T4 2014 Final Auction results 2 file name T-4 Final Results 2015.pdf title T4 2015 Final Auction results 3 file name Transitional Auction 2016 - Final Results.pdf title Transitional auction 2016 - final results question first answered 20/06/2016 15:24:10 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	554 label Biography information for Lord Rowlands

523710

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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	Social Security Benefits: Dementia
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of how many new coal-fired plants are planned by China and India over the next decade.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>Table 7.2 of the International Energy Agency’s 2015 World Energy Outlook projects the following demand for coal under the Agency’s New Policy Scenario:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong><em>2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2025</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>China</p></td><td><p>2,932</p></td><td><p>2,957</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>India</p></td><td><p>488</p></td><td><p>812</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>World</p></td><td><p>5,613</p></td><td><p>5,874</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Figures in Mtce – million tonnes of coal equivalent.</em></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/06/2016 12:17:00 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

523711

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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	Ambulance Services: Emergency Calls
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent on the International Climate Fund in each financial year from 2011–12 to 2014–15.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>Spend under the International Climate Fund by the Department for International Development, the Department of Energy and Climate Change, and the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2011-12 - £427m</p><p>2012-13 - £548m</p><p>2013-14 - £788m</p><p>2014-15 - £911m</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/06/2016 12:17:16 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

523712

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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	Health Services: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Clean Technology Funds financial eligibility threshold of $200 per tonne of CO2 equivalent abated represents good value for UK taxpayers in the context of global mitigation effects.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>In order to ensure value for money, the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) Investment Criteria (2009) has six objectives, of which cost-effectiveness is one. The other objectives are Potential for GHG Emissions Savings, Demonstration Potential at Scale, Development Impact, Implementation Potential and Additional Costs and Risk Premium.</p><p> </p><p>The financial eligibility threshold of $200 per tonne of CO<sub>2</sub> equivalent is in place to safeguard value for money. This threshold was based on the International Energy Agency’s Energy Technology Perspectives 2008 Report, as the lower-end estimate of the marginal incentive needed to achieve a reduction of global GHG emissions to 50% by 2050. The average total investment cost per tonne achieved in the CTF is $39.60 (£26.40), which is significantly below this threshold.</p><p> </p><p>More information is available in the document <em>Climate Investment Funds (2009), Clean Technology Fund Investment Criteria for public sector operations. </em></p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/06/2016 12:17:54 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name CTF_Investment_Criteria_Public_Sector_final.pdf title Climate Investment Funds (2009), CTF
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

523713

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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	Mental Health Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much the Department of Energy and Climate Change plans to spend on the Green Climate Fund in each financial year from 2015–16 to 2017–18.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change contributed £80 million to the Green Climate Fund during the 2015-2016 financial year. DECC plans to contribute £80 million in FY 2016-2017 and £80 million in FY 2017-2018, dependent on the financial needs of the Green Climate Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/06/2016 12:18:11 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue

523714

registered interest
date	07/06/2016
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	Hepatitis: Drugs
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why the total investment costs per tonne of CO2 equivalent abated by the Clean Technology Fund has increased from £21.40 to £26.40 according to the Department of Energy and Climate Change's additional business case and intervention summary 2015; and what is being done to address rising costs.
tabling member printed	Lord Donoughue
uin	HL529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>Clean Technology Fund (CTF) approval decisions are based on six CTF Investment Criteria, of which cost-effectiveness is one. The total investment cost per tonne is estimated based on the portfolio of CTF projects that have been approved by the Trust Fund Committee. The original appraisal relied on the assessment of 30 individual projects approved by 2013, whereas the latest analysis is based on 57 projects approved by 2015. The total cost per tonne across the portfolio has changed as more projects have been approved, and will be expected to continue to change as the CTF portfolio increases, reflecting the range of projects included in the portfolio. As an example, sectors such as transport and energy efficiency typically have a higher cost per tonne than renewable energy projects. All projects deliver good value for money and wider benefits, such as private finance leveraged, jobs created, and increased numbers of people with access to energy.</p><p> </p><p>In order to guarantee the continued value for money of the CTF, there is a robust project approval process ensuring compliance with the standards set out in the CTF investment criteria. As a contributor country the UK approves the allocation of CTF resources for programmes, projects, and administrative budgets; assessing new proposals to ensure continued the value for money (see attachment with further detail on the CTF governance structure).</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/06/2016 15:23:19 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name CIF Committee Governance.pdf title CIF Committee Governance
tabling member	2709 label Biography information for Lord Donoughue