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387025

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date	01/07/2015
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	Wind Power: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consultation the UK Government has conducted with the Scottish Government on changes to UK-wide subsidy for onshore wind and onshore wind investment in Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	5128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my rt. hon. Friends the Secretary of State’s statement to the House on onshore wind subsidies on 22 June 2015, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 618:</p><p>“In advance of this announcement, I and other Ministers and officials discussed the proposals with the devolved Administrations in Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. We want to hear the further views of the devolved administrations, as well as of industry and other stakeholders. This is just the beginning of the process, and we will continue to consult them as we move towards implementation.” <strong>[1] </strong></p><p><em> [</em><em>1]</em><em> <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm150622/debtext/150622-0001.htm" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmhansrd/cm150622/debtext/150622-0001.htm</a></em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/07/2015 12:08:43 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

386612

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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	Department of Energy and Climate Change: 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, if she will place in the Library a list of all public appointments made by her Department between 1 January 2015 and 1 May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
uin	4963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Under the Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies April 2012, government departments are required to publicise successful appointments.</p><p>Public appointments made by the Department are either published on the Department or the relevant public bodies’ website. Between 1 January 2015 and 1 May 2015 appointments were published on the Departments website and on the Fuel Poverty Advisory Groups website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-energy-climate-change" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-energy-climate-change</a>;</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/the-fuel-poverty-advisory-group" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/the-fuel-poverty-advisory-group</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/07/2015 12:06:58 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

386614

registered interest
date	30/06/2015
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: Investment
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 make a comparative estimate of per capita investment in the renewable energy sector by the UK and (a) Germany, (b) China and (c) the EU average.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	4831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the UK has benefitted from over £53bn of private sector investment in the renewable energy market (Biomass &amp; Waste, Geothermal, Marine, Small Hydro, Solar and Wind) since 2004. This equates to an average of £79 per capita per year. In the same period, around £133bn was invested in Germany at an average of £148 per capita per year and £244bn was invested in China at an average of £16 per capita per year. The European average for the same period is £78 per capita per year.</p><p>In 2014 there was over £8bn of private sector investment in the UK equivalent to £132 per capita, compared to £97 for Germany and £36 for China. The European average was £60.</p><p><em>Source - Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Eurostat and UN </em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/07/2015 12:37:35 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

384933

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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 steps her Department is taking to incentivise greater use of renewable and non-fossil fuel forms of energy.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Poulter
uin	900543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/08/2015 answer text <p>Government has a range of measures in place to support deployment of low carbon energy sources. For electricity, these include Contracts for Difference, which will provide efficient long term support for all forms of low carbon electricity generation. <br> <br>For heat, the non-domestic and domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) schemes are designed to bridge the gap between the cost of fossil fuel heat sources and renewable alternatives through financial support for owners of participating installations in Great Britain.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 28/08/2015 13:55:42 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

381763

registered interest
date	17/06/2015
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
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 statement by the Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change of 17 June 2015, Official Report, columns 108-112WH, what the evidential basis is for the statements that (a) a geological disposal facility is internationally recognised as the safest means of managing radioactive waste and (b) that Sweden, Finland, Canada and the US are pursuing that type of facility.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	3035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2015 answer text <p>There is general agreement internationally that geological disposal provides the safest long-term management solution for higher activity radioactive waste. The evidence of this is set out in documents such as the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 2003 report <em>‘Scientific and Technical Basis for the Geological Disposal of Radioactive Wastes’</em> and the Nuclear Energy Agency’s Radioactive Waste Management Committee 2008 collective statement <em>‘Moving Forward with Geological Disposal</em>’.</p><p> </p><p>Having taken into account significant public and stakeholder involvement, many countries have adopted geological disposal as their long-term management solution for higher activity radioactive waste. With the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, the Safety Standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection, there is now a common framework that guides national regulatory oversight and implementation of geological disposal.</p><p> </p><p>While there are countries that have yet to decide or issue long-term waste management policies, no country has adopted a permanent solution other than geological disposal.</p><p> </p><p>Detailed evidence that Sweden, Finland, Canada and the US are among those implementing geological disposal is publicly available, but I have provided brief summaries of these programmes below, for your convenience.</p><p> </p><p>In Sweden, the Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company, SKB, is planning to construct a Spent Fuel Repository at Forsmark.</p><p> </p><p>In Finland, the Onkalo spent nuclear fuel repository is currently under construction. In February 2015, Finnish regulations produced a safety evaluation and issued a statement to the Finnish Government confirming that the facility designed by Posiva can be built to be safe.</p><p> </p><p>In Canada, the Nuclear Waste Management Organization is carrying out preliminary assessments with communities that have expressed interest in learning more about hosting a deep geological repository and an associated Centre of Expertise.</p><p> </p><p>In the US, the US Government endorsed the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future in January 2013. These included a call for prompt efforts to develop one or more GDFs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 05/08/2015 15:28:12 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn