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432774

	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	Energy: Tax Allowances
	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 she has received from community energy companies on removal of their entitlement to social investment tax relief.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	17806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has not received any direct representations from community energy companies on removal of their entitlement to social investment tax relief, however this is an HM Treasury policy lead.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Further to my previous answer, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has now received a small number of representations from community energy companies on removal of their entitlement to social investment tax relief. These have been transferred to HM Treasury as the policy lead on this matter.</ins></p><p><br /></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 10:09:04 question first ministerially corrected 08/12/2015 16:37:58 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 33172 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

432771

	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	Department of Energy and Climate Change: Research
	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 of her Department's funding allocated in the Spending Review 2015 will be for research and development expenditure up to 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Nicola Blackwood
	uin	17763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>The Spending Review 2015 set out settlements for departments and showed how the government will deliver on its priorities, eliminate the deficit, and deliver security and opportunity for working people.</p><br /><p>For the Department of Energy and Climate Change this means doubling DECC’s innovation programme to £505 million over 5 years, which will strengthen the future security of supply, reduce the costs of decarbonisation and boost industrial and research capabilities.</p><br /><p>Final decisions on internal departmental funding allocations for future years, including for other research and development, have not yet been made.</p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 16:59:11 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford

432776

	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	Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
	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 households in Preston constituency have gained income under the feed-in tariff in the last four years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Mr Mark Hendrick
	uin	17815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>The table below provides the cumulative total number of domestic installations in the Preston Constituency that are confirmed on the Central Feed-in Tariff Register and marked as being domestic installations. The latest figures for 2015 go up to the end of September, with previous years’ data provided to the end of each calendar year.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><em>Photovoltaics</em></p></td><td><p><em>Micro Combined Heat and Power (CHP)</em></p></td><td><p><em>Total</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2012</em></strong></p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p>249</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2014</em></strong></p></td><td><p>327</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2015 (Jan – Sept)</em></strong></p></td><td><p>387</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>388</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Data taken from Sub-regional Feed-in Tariffs statistics, with the latest figures published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 09:39:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

432777

	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	Department of Energy and Climate Change: Families
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what training her Department has provided to staff on the family test; what other steps she has taken to raise awareness of the family test among staff of her Department; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
	uin	17925
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>The Family Test was announced by my rt. hon. Friendthe Prime Minister in August 2014 and introduced in October 2014. The Department for Work and Pensions published guidance on how the test should be applied when formulating policy and the Department follows that guidance.1 In order to augment this guidance, the Department is preparing specific guidance on how to apply the Family Test within DECC, which will form part of the Department’s refresh of our approach to collecting and using evidence on the impacts of policies.</p><br /><p>The Department is focused on understanding consumers when developing policies, and have implemented an internal project which has delivered a number of consumer-focused tools which will enhance our understanding of consumers. This includes a Consumer Panel and training for senior officials on open policy making where the Family Test will specifically be referenced. Analytical tools have also been developed to analyse the impacts of policies on energy bills for different types of households and also the implications for fuel poverty.</p><br /><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Available online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/368894/family-test-guidance.pdf</a></em>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 17:03:55 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

432778

	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	Housing: 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 assessment she has made of the benefits to the construction industry of rectifying the six calculation errors made in the home energy efficiency calculation software known as SAP referred to in the letter to the Prime Minister from BDP Limited, dated 12 November 2015.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
	uin	17931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>When proposals are made to change the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP), the revised draft specification is accompanied by a draft Impact Assessment during public consultation. Any future proposals would therefore include an assessment of the impact on business.</p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 17:00:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

432779

	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	Housing: Energy
	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 take action to correct the six calculation errors made in the home energy efficiency calculation software known as SAP referred to in the letter to the Prime Minister from BDP Limited, dated 12 November 2015.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
	uin	17932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>We are reviewing the energy efficiency standards which underpin the national calculation methodology for assessing fuel use in dwellings, the Standard Assessment Procedure or SAP.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 17:01:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

432780

	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	Housing: 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 discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues on the six calculation errors made in the home energy efficiency calculation software known as SAP referred to in the letter to the Prime Minister from BDP Limited, dated 12 November 2015.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
	uin	17933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>I regularly discuss building standards with other Ministerial colleagues but have not had discussions on the specific six issues raised in the letter cited.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 17:04:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

432926

	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	Renewable Energy: Subsidies
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how her Department took into account the planned Chinese government involvement in the construction of new nuclear energy facilities in its impact assessment on removal of market support mechanisms for wind and solar energy.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	18032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>Chinese investment in new nuclear power stations was not a factor in our assessment of the impact of changes to government support for renewables.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 10:10:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

432928

	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	Housing: Energy
	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 take steps to develop and fund a new home energy efficiency programme.
	tabling member constituency	Blaydon
	tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
	uin	18034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>A reformed domestic supplier obligation (ECO) from April 2017 will upgrade the energy efficiency of well over 200,000 homes per year. This will help to tackle the root cause of fuel poverty and continue to deliver on our commitment to help 1 million more homes this Parliament.</p><br /><p>We are providing support for households to improve their energy efficiency through the new supplier obligation, which will run for 5 years.</p><br /><p>Our extension of the Warm Home Discount to 2020/21 at current levels of £320m pa will alsohelp households who are at most risk of fuel poverty with their energy bills.</p><p><br> <br></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 17:03:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson