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433793

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2015
	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: Foreign Companies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which energy companies have received public funding for renewable contracts and have contracted supply chain work to overseas companies.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	18517
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>Energy companies accredited under the Renewables Obligation are recorded in Ofgem’s Renewables and CHP register:</p><p><a href="https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/" target="_blank">https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/</a>.</p><br /><p>Whilst the award of supply chain contracts is a matter of commercial negotiation for the companies in question, UK content in the supply chain is important to this Government, and my Department takes steps to maximise it. For example, DECC, together with UKTI and BIS, works closely with each offshore wind farm developer to ensure that UK companies are able to bid for contracts in an open and fair competition process.</p><br /><p><ins class="ministerial">Offshore Wind Developers have committed to achieving their vision statement of providing over 50% UK content in UK offshore wind farms. There is an agreed industry standard methodology in place for the Industry to measure and record the UK content in each offshore wind farm. The industry publishes the anonymised and consolidated results to allow the sector and the public to track the sector’s progress towards fulfilling their vision.</ins></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/12/2015 15:50:47 question first ministerially corrected 14/12/2015 15:07:26 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 34622 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

454827

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2016
	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	Sellafield: Conditions of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what changes have been proposed to the existing terms and conditions of the Sellafield workforce under the workforce reform initiative.
	tabling member constituency	Copeland
	tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
	uin	28221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2016 answer text <p>The Sellafield Change Programme is being put into place to improve business performance and provide greater value for the public purse while maintaining the priority of safe and secure operations. In relation to terms and conditions of employment, there are two improvements being proposed by Sellafield Ltd: first, changes to the pay and grading structure of existing staff, to ensure that pay and grading is fair and equitable; and second, new terms for new starters that are more closely aligned to market practice. In both cases the business has and will continue to engage with its employees and their representatives on the proposed changes.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the change programme are available<ins class="ministerial"> in the attached.</ins> <del class="ministerial">at:</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial"><a href="http://www.nda.gov.uk/contracts-and-competition/sellafield-model-change-programme" target="_blank">http://www.nda.gov.uk/contracts-and-competition/sellafield-model-change-programme</a>.</del></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/03/2016 15:55:17 question first ministerially corrected 08/03/2016 13:52:35 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom attachment 1 file name New_Management_Arrangements_for_Sellafield_-_Stakeholder_Briefing.pdf title New Management Arrangements: Sellafield previous answer version 48819 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

524951

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2016
	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: Safety
	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 effect of a vote to leave the EU on the involvement of UK organisations in (a) the European Safeguards Research and Development Association and (b) the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	40602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">At the February European Council, the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Government's position, as set out by the Prime Minister to the House on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">I refer the hon. Gentleman to the statement given by the Prime Minister on 24 June:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/eu-referendum-outcome-pm-statement-24-june-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/eu-referendum-outcome-pm-statement-24-june-2016</a>.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 27/06/2016 09:07:45 question first ministerially corrected 27/06/2016 12:21:41 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 4383 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

432775

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	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 Fuelled Power Stations: Carbon Emissions and Nitrogen Oxides
	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 (a) CO2 (kg CO2e per kwh) and (b) NOx (mg/m3N) emissions are of power derived from (i) coal fired power stations, (ii) open cycle gas turbines, (iii) diesel reciprocating engines, (iv) gas reciprocating engines and (v) combined cycle gas turbines.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	17799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>The carbon dioxide and NOx emissions produced by fossil fuel power plants are dependent on a number of factors including, thermal efficiency, technology type and design, type and composition of fossil fuel, mode of operation and type of pollution abatement measures implemented.</p><br /><p>Using published data on the carbon intensity of different fuel types, combined with estimates for the efficiency of each plant type, the kg CO<sub>2</sub>e per kWh of electricity generated and per kWh of fuel is provided in the table below.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Technology / Fuel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>kg CO<sub>2</sub>e</strong> <strong>emitted per</strong> <strong>kWh fuel <sup>(1)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Efficiency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>kg CO<sub>2</sub>e</strong> <strong>emitted per</strong> <strong>kWh electricity generated</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coal</p></td><td><p>0.308</p></td><td><p>39% <sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td><p>0.790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Combined Cycle Turbine Natural Gas</p></td><td><p>0.184</p></td><td><p>52% <sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td><p>0.354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Open Cycle Turbine Natural Gas</p></td><td><p>0.184</p></td><td><p>40% <sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td><p>0.460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reciprocating Engine Natural Gas</p></td><td><p>0.184</p></td><td><p>37% <sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td><p>0.497</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reciprocating Engine Diesel (Gas oil)</p></td><td><p>0.271</p></td><td><p>45% <sup>(3)</sup></p></td><td><p>0.602</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Notes</em></p><p><em>(1) Source: <a href="http://www.ukconversionfactorscarbonsmart.co.uk/LandingPage.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ukconversionfactorscarbonsmart.co.uk/LandingPage.aspx</a> </em></p><p><em>(2) Source: Emissions Performance Standard Impact Assessments</em></p><p><em>(3) Source: STOR Carbon Intensity Report, National Grid</em></p><br /><p>Emissions data on NOx is not readily available but the table below provides the Emission Limit Values for NOx (mg/Nm<sup>3</sup>) for certain types of fossil fuel plant as set down in the Industrial Emissions Directive and Medium Combustion Plant Directive. NOx emissions from some fossil fuel plant will be higher than these limits currently – the timetable for achieving compliance with the limits and full detail of the conditions and exclusions relating to the limits is contained within the relevant Directives.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Technology / Fuel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>New plant (mg/Nm3)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Existing plant (mg/Nm<sup>3</sup>)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Source</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coal &gt; 300MWth</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>IED</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Combined Cycle Gas Turbine</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>IED</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Open Cycle Gas Turbine</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>IED</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reciprocating Engine Diesel</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>MCPD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reciprocating Engine Natural Gas</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>MCPD</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p><em>1. The limits for coal and gas turbines &amp; engines are not directly comparable as they are based on different O<sub>2</sub> contents.</em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/12/2015 14:46:36 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

432782

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	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	Climate Change Convention: Paris
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations she has received from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate on the Paris Climate Conference; and whether she has evaluated that Commission's list of 10 opportunities for economically beneficial climate action.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	17998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State is aware of the work from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, as the UK is one of its commissioning countries. The Secretary of State welcomed the Global Commission’s reports, which underlined that growth and tackling climate change can go hand in hand.</p><br /><p>We continue to reflect on the reports’ findings and contribution to the economic debate. It sets out how Governments of countries at different stages of economic development can achieve strong economic performance, improve standards of living, create jobs and reduce poverty, whilst simultaneously helping to reduce the risks of climate change. The reports’ evidence on the potential economic opportunities is a powerful contribution to the clear case for action. It is in this spirit that we strongly recommend all countries to consider its findings.</p><p><br></p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/12/2015 12:48:37 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

432927

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2015
	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 Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness
	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 paragraph 1.203 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, when the energy intensive industry exemption from the cost of Renewable Obligation and Feed-in Tariff will come into effect.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Margaret Ferrier
	uin	18035
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>Following consultation, state aid clearance and necessary amendments to Renewables Obligation and Feed in Tariff scheme legislation, we intend to switch from compensation to exemptions as soon as possible.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/12/2015 12:49:20 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4386 label Biography information for Margaret Ferrier

433195

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2015
	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	Coal
	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 ensure the UK's coal resources are used in the most effective manner.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	18213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>The UK’s coal mining sector continues to meet a significant proportion of UK demand - in 2014, this was around 20%. In recent years, a number of domestic mining companies have struggled to remain profitable as a result of changes in the global coal market, and the Government has provided substantial financial support to avert the insolvent and unmanaged closure of these mines.</p><br /><p>The Government continues to engage regularly with the coal sector to discuss the role of coal as we transition to a low carbon economy.</p><br /><p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced recently that we will look to limit our use of coal from 2023, with an end date of 2025 and we will consult on this in the New Year. However, security of supply remains non-negotiable and no decisions will be taken which puts this at risk.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/12/2015 12:50:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

433196

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2015
	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: 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 estimate she has made of the effect on the wholesale price of electricity of an increase in low carbon generation.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	18242
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2015 answer text <p>DECC estimates that wholesale electricity prices were around £1/MWh lower (equivalent to £5 lower for an average household energy bill) in 2014 than they would have been in the absence of policies to incentivise investment in low-carbon generation, and reduce electricity demand. In 2020, wholesale electricity prices are estimated to be around £4/MWh lower (or £12 lower for an average household energy bill) than they would be in the absence of the same policies.1</p><br /><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> All figures are real 2014 prices. Source: <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><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/12/2015 14:48:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

433197

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2015
	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: Costs
	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 her Department has made of the average per kwh cost of energy in each of the next five years; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	18231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>Energy price assumptions underpinning DECC’s 2015 Energy and Emissions Projections are available in Annex M of the supporting documentation available online.1 The table includes wholesale coal, crude oil, electricity, and natural gas price assumptions, and retail electricity, natural gas, and petroleum product price assumptions for a range of sectors. Assumptions are available out to 2035, and for a range of scenarios.</p><br /><p>The Government is implementing a package of measures to reduce the projected cost of policies on the average household dual fuel bill by £30 from 2017. The bulk of these savings will come from reforms to the current Energy Company Obligation, which will be replaced by a new cheaper supplier obligation from April 2017. The new scheme will deliver on the government’s commitment to help 1 million homes see lower energy bills through energy efficiency improvements by the end of this parliament. The government is committed to ensuring that energy is affordable for families and businesses.</p><br /><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Source: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2015</a>. </em></p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/12/2015 12:50:49 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 33680 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

433474

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2015
	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	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, how many Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change scenarios for keeping global temperatures below two degrees require (a) negative emissions technologies and (b) peaking of global emissions before (i) 2015 and (ii) 2020; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	18352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>Of the 204 emissions scenarios included in the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report database with climate model projections which are consistent with a more than 50% chance of keeping global warming below 2 °C by 2100:</p><p>(a)177 of these include negative emissions technologies; and</p><p>(b)noting that the scenarios do not consider emissions in 2015, but rather for each decade:</p><p>(i) 111 of the scenarios require emissions to peak by 2010; and</p><p>(ii) 46 additional scenarios require emissions to peak by 2020.</p><br /><p>The remainder either do not report total emissions (11) or peak after 2020. The general features of the scenarios in this database show that delaying strong action to reduce emissions would increase the risk of exceeding 2 °C of warming and associated impacts, and require deeper emissions cuts in the future and/or a heavier reliance on negative emissions technologies at scale. This is why the Department is seeking ambitious global action on climate change in Paris.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/12/2015 16:42:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas