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142183

registered interest
date	06/11/2014
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	Fracking
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 representations he has received on the safety concerns relating to fracking; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	213684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department regularly receives representations regarding safety, or other concerns, relating to shale gas development and exploration and we have produced a range of guidance material which set out how these concerns are addressed. These can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/providing-regulation-and-licensing-of-energy-industries-and-infrastructure/supporting-pages/developing-shale-gas-and-oil-in-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/providing-regulation-and-licensing-of-energy-industries-and-infrastructure/supporting-pages/developing-shale-gas-and-oil-in-the-uk</a></p><p>We have a strong regulatory framework in place to ensure a comprehensive regime for exploratory activities, and the UK has over 50 years of experience in oil and gas drilling. All of the right regulations are in place to ensure on-site safety, prevent water contamination, air pollution and mitigate seismic activity.</p><p>In June 2012 the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering published an independent review of the scientific and engineering evidence on risks associated with UK shale gas development. Their report concluded that environmental (and health and safety) risks can be managed effectively in the UK, when operational best practices are implemented and enforced through regulation.</p><p>In June 2014, Public Health England published a report that evaluated available evidence on issues including air quality, radon gas, naturally occurring radioactive materials, water contamination and waste water. They concluded that “the risks to public health from exposure to emissions from shale gas extraction are low if operations are properly run and regulated.”</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/11/2014 13:59:17 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

114703

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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	Nuclear Power
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 his Department’s Nuclear Emergency Planning and Response Programme made of the Ministry of Defence nuclear accident exercise Senator 2011; and what the recommendations and conclusions arising from that assessment are.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	213649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>National level lessons identified from Senator 2011 related specifically to the provision of scientific advice and the role of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE).</p><p>The learning from Senator 2011 and other exercises has informed work, being undertaken as part of DECC’s National Nuclear Emergency Planning and Response Programme, to continuously strengthen the mechanisms to provide scientific advice in a nuclear emergency.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/11/2014 14:01:16 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

114705

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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	Nuclear Power
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 his Department has taken to respond to concerns raised by non-governmental organisations (NGOs) at the NGO stakeholder forum meetings on new build nuclear reactors and nuclear waste management in (a) February and (b) June 2014.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	213494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Officials from the Department meet regularly with Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to discuss a range of issues on developing nuclear policy that the DECC nuclear NGO Forum decides are germane to its task.</p><p>A record of concerns raised, agreed actions and progress against actions for the DECC nuclear NGO Forum meetings are set out in the minutes of meetings which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/non-governmental-organisation-forum" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/non-governmental-organisation-forum</a>.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/11/2014 14:02:07 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

105909

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Mobile Phones
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 his Department spent on iPhones in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change has spent £400 in 2011, £800 in 2012, and £400 in 2013 on iPhones for testing purposes.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 10/11/2014 14:05:50 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105910

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions his Department has made appointments by exception since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>Under the Civil Service Recruitment Principles, DECC has only utilised the exceptions of short term/temporary appointments, secondments and transfers of organisations into the Civil Service – TUPE. Please note DECC only holds data from November 2010. Since this date we have made 150 exception appointments under these categories. The names of those appointed at grade 6 and below (or equivalent) are withheld under the Data Protection Act 1998. Additionally, DECC’s systems do not always record the equivalent grade for those seconded from industry and therefore we are unable to release these names under the Data Protection Act 1998. Our records confirm that we have appointed four members of the SCS as an exception – Peter Boyd, Miles Bradbury, Gordon Dunfield-Prayero and David MacKay.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 07/11/2014 12:48:29 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105911

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Secondment
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 employees of energy companies have been seconded to jobs in his Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	213126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>There have been 9 people from energy companies who have had periods of secondment in the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in the period May 2010 to date.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 05/11/2014 15:57:31 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

105912

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Freedom of Information
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 Freedom of Information requests his Department has declined to answer in full since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2014 answer text <p>Between January 2010 and September 2014 DECC withheld information on 1250 occasions.</p><p>Statistics on the Freedom of Information performance of Government Departments since January 2010 are published by the Ministry of Justice. They are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics#2010-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics#2010-2012</a>.</p><p>The published statistics include the numbers of requests received by each Department, the numbers answered in full and where information was partly or fully withheld.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 07/11/2014 12:49:42 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105913

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Climate Change
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 respective remits are of his Department and the Prime Minister's Envoy on Climate Change; and what the relationship between them is.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	212999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister has appointed advisors and envoys on a number of issues, and determines their remit. This role is entirely separate from the responsibilities of my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 05/11/2014 15:56:38 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

105915

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Freedom of Information
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 his Department has spent on legal fees over prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>Legal advice is not routinely sought on requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Where it is, the Department does not calculate the cost of internal legal advice as opposed to the cost of such advice on other matters. The Department obtains external litigation services from the Treasury Solicitor’s Department, including in relation to appeals under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. In 2013/14, the Department paid the Treasury Solicitor’s Department £18,812 for services concerning appeals under the Act. Figures for other periods since 2010 could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 10/11/2014 16:06:12 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105916

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions his Department has had requests for appointments by exception to the Senior Civil Service turned down by the Civil Service Commission since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given today by my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Cabinet Office to Questions 213040 and 213053.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 10/11/2014 14:07:42 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney