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 grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

416178

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Nuclear Installations: Decommissioning
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 Box 3, page 81, of her Department's Annual Report and Account 2014-15, what assessment she has made of the implications for her Department's policies of the increase in the estimated costs of nuclear decommissioning.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	8545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon Friend the Secretary of State keeps the costs of all DECC’s policies under review. Decisions on departmental budgets will be made as part of the current Spending Review, due to report in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/09/2015 13:53:47 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416302

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Fuel Poverty: Greenwich and Woolwich
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 she has made of the number of people in Greenwich and Woolwich constituency affected by fuel poverty in each year since 2007.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	8557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>Fuel poverty is measured at a household rather than an individual level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Low Income High Costs (LIHC) indicator is used to measure fuel poverty in England, following recommendations from Professor Hills’ independent review of fuel poverty.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Sub-regional fuel poverty levels are modelled using a combination of national data taken from the English Housing Survey and nationally available small area datasets such as the census. The 2013 sub-regional figures, and the full methodology behind them, can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number and proportion of households that are fuel poor under the Low Income High Costs indicator in the Greenwich and Woolwich constituency since 2011 (the first year to record sub-regional fuel poverty under the LIHC indicator).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Year</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Estimated number of </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>households</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Estimated number of </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>fuel poor households</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Proportion of </em></strong></p><p><strong><em>fuel poor households (%)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013*</strong></p></td><td><p>47,280</p></td><td><p>4,125</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>44,143</p></td><td><p>3,442</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>43,482</p></td><td><p>2,976</p></td><td><p>6.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>*Note: 2013 estimates use an updated energy consumption model</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prior to the LIHC indicator, the 10 per cent measure of fuel poverty was used – under this measure, households are deemed to be in fuel poverty if they need to spend more than 10 per cent of their income on fuel in order to achieve an adequate level of warmth.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2010, the number of households estimated to be in fuel poverty in the Greenwich and Woolwich constituency under the 10 per cent measure was 4,525, around 10.6% of all households. Estimates prior to 2010 are available from the <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130109092117/http:/decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/fuelpov_stats/archive/archive.aspx" target="_blank">fuel poverty statistics archive</a> page.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are fully committed to tackling fuel poverty in England and to meeting our fuel poverty targets. A successful approach to keeping homes warmer for less needs to be long-term, stable, coherent, and affordable, and targeted at those who need it most. The fuel poverty strategy published in March 2015 sets out a clear policy of working towards improving energy efficiency standards in the homes of the fuel poor. Alongside Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments, millions of low income and vulnerable households receive support through the Warm Home Discount and Energy Company Obligation which support installation of heating and insulation measures as well as direct reductions in consumers’ energy bills.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/09/2015 15:41:30 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

416410

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Radioactive Waste: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what contingency plans her Department has in place to ensure that coastal communities are protected in the case of a breach in the transportation of highly radioactive high level waste from Sellafield to Switzerland across the Irish Sea.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	8964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The safety and security of nuclear material is a Government priority. Shipments of high level waste are subject to stringent regulation concerning safety and security.</p><p>For reasons of national security, we do not comment on the transport of nuclear materials. However, in the event of a breach the transport will be undertaken by International Nuclear Services (INS), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. The transport ship to be used is dedicated to the transport of nuclear materials that is classified by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) of the United Nations at its highest level of Class INF 3. It has many extra safety features that would not be found on conventional cargo vessels.</p><p>This transport complies with the requirements of all government regulators and all relevant international obligations and recommendations on the physical protection of nuclear material.</p><p>As the carrier of nuclear cargoes, INS has direct responsibilities placed on it for emergency planning, preparedness and response by the transport regulations set by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and (IMO). INS top level emergency plans are approved by the Maritime Coastguard Agency (MCA) in the UK. INS vessels are monitored by a 24-hour report centre in the UK, allowing unforeseen events to be evaluated and responded to quickly.</p><p>Nuclear materials have been transported since the advent of nuclear power over 50 years ago. There has never been an accident in which a container of highly radioactive material has been breached or has leaked. In the highly unlikely case of an accident having any nuclear consequences, the Paris and Brussels Conventions would enable a person who suffered injury or damage from the nuclear characteristics of the cargo to recover compensation without having to prove that anyone was at fault.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/09/2015 15:32:22 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

416789

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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: Meters
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 average cost to a consumer is of the (a) installation and (b) removal of a pre-payment meter.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	8865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p><p>In June this year Ofgem published a report of its Prepayment Review: 'Understanding Supplier Charging Practice and Barriers to Switching' - <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/sites/default/files/docs/2015/06/prepayment_report_june_2015_finalforpublication.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/sites/default/files/docs/2015/06/prepayment_report_june_2015_finalforpublication.pdf</a>.</p><p>Ten of the 19 suppliers who offer prepayment meter tariffs do not charge for the installation of prepayment meters. Of the companies that charge for home visit and the cost of physical prepayment meter installation Ofgem found the cost ranged from £46.84 - £160.00 for customers who gave consent and £69.00 - £179.96 installed under warrant.</p><p>Nine of the 19 suppliers do not charge for the removal of prepayment meters. Of the companies that charge Ofgem found the cost ranged from £46.84 - £160.00.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/09/2015 13:52:11 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

416790

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how her Department plans to feed into the upcoming OFGEM consultation on the costs of pre-payment meters.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	8888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2015 answer text <p>Ofgem’s prepayment meter review into understanding supplier charging practices found around half of the suppliers who offer prepayment meter tariffs choose not charge for the installation and/or removal of prepayment meters. We welcome Ofgem’s plans to consult further on how this good practice could be extended it to all suppliers. DECC officials continue to work with Ofgem to achieve this aim.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/09/2015 13:52:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

391756

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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 assessment she has made of the potential economic benefits of investment in renewable energy resources in the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	8181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change published <em>Delivering UK Investment: Low Carbon Energy </em>in March 2015 which estimates investment in renewable electricity generation capacity between 2015 and 2020 of up to £45bn. We estimate that the low carbon sector has the potential to support up to 250,000 jobs by 2020, of which 200,000 would be in renewables. [1]</p><p><em>[1]</em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/419024/DECC_LowCarbonEnergyReport.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/419024/DECC_LowCarbonEnergyReport.pdf</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/09/2015 15:43:35 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

391757

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Peatlands: 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 assessment her Department has made of the effect of carbon emissions from England's upland and lowland peatlands.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	8152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Governments annual publication of the UK’s greenhouse gas inventory (ref) reports that emissions from management and use of lowland and horticultural soils such as peat was 2.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide [1]. This contributes less than 1% to the estimated 359 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emitted in England in 20131. We do not currently estimate emissions from upland peat due to a lack of suitable input data.</p><p>In 2014 DECC commissioned the Natural Environment Research Council’s Centre for Ecology and Hydrology to propose approaches for the incorporation of emissions from wetland rewetting and drainage from both lowland and upland peatlands in the greenhouse gas emissions inventory. They will report their recommendations by 2017, which will improve our understanding of emissions in this sector.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em> <em>Greenhouse Gas Inventories for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland: 1990-2013, Salisbury, G. Thistlethwaite, K. Young, L. Cardenas, A. Thomson., Ricardo-AEA/R/3452, (2015). <a href="http://naei.defra.gov.uk/reports/reports?report_id=810" target="_blank">http://naei.defra.gov.uk/reports/reports?report_id=810</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/09/2015 16:09:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

391758

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Fossil Fuels
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 plans to take to ensure the UK stays on course to meet its targets to reduce the use of coal and other fossil fuels.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Clegg
uin	8182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government has put in place reforms designed to deliver a secure transition to an affordable, low-carbon electricity system.</p><p>Our projections show that, based on current policies, we expect to see around a 50% reduction in total electricity generation from fossil fuels by 2030 compared to 2014*.</p><p><em>*Source: DECC 2014 Updated Annual Energy &amp; Emissions Projections, Annex J <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2014</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/09/2015 15:42:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1563 label Biography information for Mr Nick Clegg

391759

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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, what proportion of the electricity produced in the UK derives from each principal method of electricity production.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	8218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows electricity supplied in the UK by fuel type for the calendar year 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong><em>UK electricity generation by fuel type</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>TWh</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% share</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coal</p></td><td><p>100.7</p></td><td><p>29.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>100.9</p></td><td><p>29.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear</p></td><td><p>63.7</p></td><td><p>18.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydro (natural flow)</p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wind and Solar</p></td><td><p>36.1</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>- of which, Offshore</em></p></td><td><p><em>13.4</em></p></td><td><p><em>4.0</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bioenergy</p></td><td><p>23.2</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pumped Storage</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other fuels</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>338.9</p></td><td><p> </p><p>100</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Renewables are made up of hydro (natural flow), wind and solar (which includes wave tidal) and bioenergy. This makes up 65.2 TWh (a 19.2% share) of total generation.</p><p><em>Source: Energy Trends, table 5.1. Available at:</em></p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends</a>.</em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 8214 question first answered 07/09/2015 08:46:15 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

391760

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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 proportion of the UK's electricity was derived from renewable sources in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	8214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows electricity supplied in the UK by fuel type for the calendar year 2014.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong><em>UK electricity generation by fuel type</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>2014</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>TWh</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% share</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coal</p></td><td><p>100.7</p></td><td><p>29.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oil</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>0.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>100.9</p></td><td><p>29.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear</p></td><td><p>63.7</p></td><td><p>18.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hydro (natural flow)</p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td><td><p>1.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wind and Solar</p></td><td><p>36.1</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>- of which, Offshore</em></p></td><td><p><em>13.4</em></p></td><td><p><em>4.0</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bioenergy</p></td><td><p>23.2</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pumped Storage</p></td><td><p>2.9</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other fuels</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>338.9</p></td><td><p> </p><p>100</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Renewables are made up of hydro (natural flow), wind and solar (which includes wave tidal) and bioenergy. This makes up 65.2 TWh (a 19.2% share) of total generation.</p><p><em>Source: Energy Trends, table 5.1. Available at:</em></p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends</a>.</em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 8218 question first answered 07/09/2015 08:46:15 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies