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	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	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	Energy: Prices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why detailed estimates of the impacts of energy and climate policies on the retail prices (pounds per megawatt hour) of gas and electricity are omitted from the 2014 edition of the annual <i>Estimated Impacts of Energy and Climate Change Policies on Energy Prices and Bills </i>when they have been present in all previous editions.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
	uin	HL2833
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The layout of the 2014 Estimated Impacts of Energy and Climate Change Policies on Energy Prices and Bills report1 was reviewed to focus on overall bill impacts following feedback on the length of Annexes and confusion between the prices and bills tables in previous reports.</p><p>The price and consumption effects of each policy on domestic consumers, medium-sized businesses, and energy intensive users are converted into £ impacts and set out in a single set of tables in Annex D.</p><p>The results of fossil fuel price sensitivity analysis are summarised in Chapter 6.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills-2014</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma grouped question UIN HL2834 question first answered 27/11/2014 13:03:10 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma attachment 1 file name prices_and_bills_report_2014.pdf title Est. impact of policies on energy prices & bills
	tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

155376

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	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	Energy: Prices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the impacts in pounds per megawatt hour of each energy and climate change policy on (1) retail gas prices, and (2) retail electricity prices, for (a) domestic consumers, (b) medium-sized businesses, and (c) energy-intensive users in their low, central, and high fossil-fuel price scenarios.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Ridley
	uin	HL2834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The layout of the 2014 Estimated Impacts of Energy and Climate Change Policies on Energy Prices and Bills report1 was reviewed to focus on overall bill impacts following feedback on the length of Annexes and confusion between the prices and bills tables in previous reports.</p><p>The price and consumption effects of each policy on domestic consumers, medium-sized businesses, and energy intensive users are converted into £ impacts and set out in a single set of tables in Annex D.</p><p>The results of fossil fuel price sensitivity analysis are summarised in Chapter 6.</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills-2014</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma grouped question UIN HL2833 question first answered 27/11/2014 13:03:10 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma attachment 1 file name prices_and_bills_report_2014.pdf title Est. impact of policies on energy prices & bills
	tabling member	4272 label Biography information for Viscount Ridley

155456

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	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	Coal Gasification: Wales
	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 research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) undertaken on the amount of coal resources in Wales available using gasification technology.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	214376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department has not commissioned any recent research on coal resources in Wales available using gasification technology. There are currently two conditional underground coal gasification licences in Wales, one in the Dee Estuary, the other in the Loughor Estuary and both issued to Cluff Natural Resources plc by one of DECC’s non-departmental public bodies, the Coal Authority.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/11/2014 15:53:51 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

155458

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	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	Energy: Competition
	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 he has made of changes in competitiveness in the gas and electricity market for consumers in (a) Pendle constituency, (b) the North West and (c) England.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	214181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>Great Britain operates as a single energy market and therefore competitiveness is assessed on that basis.</p><p>There are 25 energy suppliers currently operating in the domestic supply market, consisting of 6 major and 19 independent supply companies. Since May 2010, 12 new suppliers have entered the market and they have more than trebled their customer base. Independent suppliers now account for around 9% of the domestic retail market up from 1% in 2010.</p><p>The best way to keep everyone’s bills down is to help people to save energy, ensure fair tariffs and encourage competition. Ofgem’s measures to reform the retail energy market are making it simpler for consumers to understand. While the Government has ensured that everyone is on the cheapest tariff that their supplier offers (that meets their preference).</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 18/11/2014 15:50:25 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

155455

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	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	Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how often his Department reviews its processes regarding the logging of emails, letters and other correspondence received; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
	uin	214249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>DECC is committed to ensuring that correspondence is logged efficiently and in a timely manner. When correspondence to the Department is sent in via DECC’s official channels, it is processed by DECC’s central Correspondence Unit.</p><p>The DECC Correspondence Unit conducts regular reviews of its correspondence handling processes (including logging of all correspondence) as part of its ongoing work on continuous improvement, with weekly opportunities for feedback from staff. The DECC Correspondence Unit also meets with Fivium, (the database provider) at least once a year to review enhancements or upgrades, and whether current processes are fit for purpose.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 17/11/2014 15:54:56 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

155457

	registered interest
	date	11/11/2014
	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	Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what total amount his Department spent on ministerial travel by (a) the Government Car and Despatch Agency and (b) other car hire in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	214273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>(a) I refer my hon. Friend to the following:</p><p> </p><ul><li>The Written Ministerial Statement given by the then Secretary of State for Transport on 22 July 2008, <em>Official Report, Column</em> <em>116-118WS</em>.</li><li>The Written Ministerial Statement by then then Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport on 16 July 2009, <em>Official Report, Column 79-80WS</em>.</li><li>The Written Minsterial Statement given by my rt. hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Transport on 28 October 2010, <em>Official Report, Column 23WS</em>.</li></ul><p> </p><p>(b) Information on other car hire is as follows:</p><ul><li>The Department was established in October 2008 as a result it does not hold any data for the period of 2007 to September 2008.</li><li>Data for the period of October 2008 to March 2009 is not readily available as this is not centrally held by the department.</li><li>£303.74 was spent on other car hire during 2009/10.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The high costs to the Government Car and Despatch Agency between 2008 and 2010 were as a result of the Department managing 3 to 4 cars. The Department now manages only one car, which has contributed to bringing down overall costs to travel.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 18/11/2014 15:48:46 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen