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92863

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Hunterston B Power Station
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 an assessment of the danger to the public as a result of cracks in the graphite of a reactor at Hunterston B nuclear power station, North Ayrshire; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	210076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2014 answer text <p>Assessing the safety of nuclear stations is a matter for nuclear sites and the independent nuclear regulator, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR).</p><p>Under the terms of its licence, a licensee is required to produce a safety case to demonstrate the continued safe operation of its reactors to the satisfaction of ONR. The licensee at Hunterston B, EDF Energy Nuclear Generation Ltd, notified ONR of the cracking of two graphite bricks in the core of Hunterston B (Reactor 4) on 21 August 2014. The type of cracking identified is termed ‘keyway root cracking’ and it has been considered by the licensee in its safety case. ONR’s technical experts confirmed that the cracks identified were well within the safe limits of operation set within the safety case and that they do not pose an increased risk to the public. On this basis, ONR was satisfied with the licensee’s justification for the return to service of Reactor 4 at Hunterston B and issued a Consent to restart Reactor 4 on the 29<sup>th </sup>September 2014.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/11/2014 12:11:58 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 22367 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

92921

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Private Finance Initiative
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 total private finance initiative liabilities of his Department are for the next 20 years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	210087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change has no private financial initiative liabilities.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 20/10/2014 13:59:04 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

92938

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	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 many wind turbines were erected in each of the last five years; and how many of those turbines have had to be repaired.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	210256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on when individual wind turbines were constructed and installed, nor on repair and maintenance of wind farm developments.</p><p>It does however hold records of wind farm developments becoming fully operational and the number of turbines associated with those developments. This information is found on the Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/renewable-energy-planning-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/renewable-energy-planning-data</a></p><p>For reference, the following shows the number of wind turbines generating in wind farm developments that have become fully operational in the 5 years to the end of 2013:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>Onshore Wind</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Offshore Wind</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>292</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>274</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>683</p></td><td><p>279</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: REPD, August 2014</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 23/10/2014 13:18:44 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

92974

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Oil: Prices
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 steps he has taken to ensure that oil price reductions are passed onto the motorist.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	210246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2014 answer text <p>The downstream oil market is subject to UK competition law; where it is not the role for Government to set the price of petroleum products in an open competitive market.</p><p>In January 2013, the Office for Fair Trading published the results of a Call for Information to investigate whether or not competition problems existed in the road fuels market. This included investigating concerns that pump prices rise quickly when the wholesale price goes up but fall more slowly when it drops. Their analysis found very limited evidence of this, and in general found that at a national level competition in the market is working well.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/11/2014 12:11:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

92975

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	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, how much energy was generated from renewable sources in (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	210114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>DECC does not hold information on how much energy was generated from renewable sources by nation. The table below shows how much electricity was generated, by nation, for each of the last ten years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p><em>Renewable electricity generation by UK country (GWh)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>England</em></p></td><td><p><em>Northern Ireland</em></p></td><td><p><em>Scotland</em></p></td><td><p><em>Wales</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2004</em></strong></p></td><td><p>7,120</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>5,832</p></td><td><p>1,029</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2005</em></strong></p></td><td><p>8,963</p></td><td><p>271</p></td><td><p>6,486</p></td><td><p>1,196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2006</em></strong></p></td><td><p>9,362</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>6,956</p></td><td><p>1,411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2007</em></strong></p></td><td><p>9,690</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>8,003</p></td><td><p>1,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2008</em></strong></p></td><td><p>10,429</p></td><td><p>606</p></td><td><p>9,058</p></td><td><p>1,711</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2009</em></strong></p></td><td><p>12,008</p></td><td><p>818</p></td><td><p>10,582</p></td><td><p>1,761</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2010</em></strong></p></td><td><p>13,835</p></td><td><p>761</p></td><td><p>9,419</p></td><td><p>1,731</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2011</em></strong></p></td><td><p>17,573</p></td><td><p>996</p></td><td><p>13,539</p></td><td><p>2,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2012</em></strong></p></td><td><p>22,951</p></td><td><p>1,179</p></td><td><p>14,584</p></td><td><p>2,434</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p>32,417</p></td><td><p>1,531</p></td><td><p>16,967</p></td><td><p>2,664</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: DECC Regional Renewable Statistics, Generation, 2003-2013, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/regional-renewable-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/regional-renewable-statistics</a></em></p><p><em>Note: Figures may not add up to the totals presented in the Digest of UK Energy Statistics for the UK as a whole, as a result of a small amount of generation from sites for which there are no location details.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/10/2014 13:55:57 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

92976

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Carbon Capture and Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress he has made on development and use of carbon capture and storage systems since 2010; and when he expects the first use of such a system in a UK power station.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	210115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2014 answer text <p>The first commercial scale Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) plants in the UK are being brought forward through the Government’s CCS Commercialisation Programme, which was launched in 2012. The Government has set aside £1 billion to support the first CCS projects in the UK, and is investing around £100m now to take two innovative projects forward into the detailed engineering and design stage known as FEED (Front End Engineering and Design).</p><p>FEED studies for the White Rose project in Yorkshire and Peterhead project in Aberdeenshire are progressing well. The companies involved are anticipated to take investment decisions in late 2015, with Government taking decisions shortly after. We expect projects to begin construction and then operation as soon as possible after investment decisions have been taken, and the necessary consents and financing are in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 21/10/2014 16:32:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

92983

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Energy Company Obligation
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 installations under the Rural Safeguard Scheme there have been to date; and what proportion such installations form of (a) Energy Company Obligation measures and (b) Carbon Saving Communities Obligation measures.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	210284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>I believe that the “Rural Safeguard Scheme” to which the Hon. Member refers may be the rural sub-obligation which forms part of the Carbon Saving Communities (CSCO) strand of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and I am answering on that basis.</p><p>The latest statistics have been published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change on 23 September:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-and-energy-company-obligation-eco-monthly-statistics-september-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-and-energy-company-obligation-eco-monthly-statistics-september-2014</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 16/10/2014 15:15:00 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

92984

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Energy Company Obligation
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 households in rural areas have participated in Carbon Saving Communities Obligation measures; and what proportion of the funding of such measures is contributed by such households through their fuel bills.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	210283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The monthly Green Deal/Energy Company Obligation (ECO) statistical release published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change presents the number of measures installed under the rural sub-obligation of the Carbon Saving Communities Obligation (CSCO) strand of ECO. The latest release was published on 23 September:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-and-energy-company-obligation-eco-monthly-statistics-september-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-and-energy-company-obligation-eco-monthly-statistics-september-2014</a>.</p><p>A further 13,068 rural sub-obligation measures up to July 2014 were reported by energy companies in anticipation of amendments to the ECO Order, giving a total of 14,341. Please note that these are provisional figures for measures not yet notified but installed since 1 April.</p><p>We do not collect information as to what proportion of total households in rural areas have benefitted from CSCO measures as we do not have data on the total populations in those areas. Nor do we have information on the proportion of funding contributed by households in rural areas via their fuel bills.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 16/10/2014 15:17:59 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

92520

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Offshore Industry: North Sea
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which companies have been granted field allowances for oil and gas production in the North Sea in the last 12 months; and what estimate he has made of the value of each such allowance to each such company over a five-year period.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	210036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Oil fields can qualify for field allowances when they receive initial or revised development consent. They are not granted to companies. The participators in each field that qualifies for a field allowance will hold a share of the total allowance for the field which may be activated by production income from that field. We do not track field allowances by company.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 20/10/2014 11:00:48 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

92521

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State of 2 September 2014 in the Second Delegated Legislation Committee on the Draft Renewables Obligation Closure Order 2014, Official Report, column 8, when the Minister plans to write to the hon. Member for Sunderland Central.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	210027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>A letter was issued to the Hon. Member for Sunderland Central on 10 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 20/10/2014 13:20:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott