Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label previous answer version answering member constituency answering member printed answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

226594

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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
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 onshore wind capacity for repowering farms (a) received planning approval and (b) was rejected in each year since 2009; and how many planning applications for repowering onshore wind farms were (i) approved and (ii) rejected in each year since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	227174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) does not routinely capture information on planning applications from renewable electricity projects seeking to repower. The table below sets out the number and capacity of onshore wind projects that received or were refused planning permission in each year since 2009 and whose operator site names quoted in the REPD indicate that they are repower projects:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>Approved</em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>Refused</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>No</em></p></td><td><p><em>Cap MW)</em></p></td><td><p><em>No</em></p></td><td><p><em>Cap (MW)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2009</em></strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2010</em></strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2011</em></strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2012</em></strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2014</em></strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2015</em></strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Totals</em></strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 19/03/2015 11:33:23 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50533 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

226667

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Macquarie Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings his Department has had with Macquarie Bank since May 2010; and who was present at such meetings.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Details of meetings between Ministers and external organisations are published quarterly on the Departmental website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-energy-climate-change/series/ministers-meeting-with-external-organisations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-of-energy-climate-change/series/ministers-meeting-with-external-organisations</a>.</p><p>Details of meetings involving DECC officials with Macquarie Bank during the period requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 18/03/2015 17:57:41 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

226668

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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 estimate he has made of the effect of (a) onshore wind, (b) offshore wind, (c) solar, (d) biomass, (e) wave and (f) tidal energy generation on the average domestic energy bill in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	227255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>In November 2014, the Government published estimates of the impact of energy and climate change policies on energy prices and bills:</p><p><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>.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 17/03/2015 17:25:53 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50536 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

226669

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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: Seas and Oceans
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 a comparative assessment of the cost of new offshore wind capacity in Denmark and the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Lilley
uin	227256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Both the UK and Denmark have recently announced auction outcomes for offshore wind projects.</p><p>Information on the UK auction outcome is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cfd-auction-allocation-round-one-a-breakdown-of-the-outcome-by-technology-year-and-clearing-price" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cfd-auction-allocation-round-one-a-breakdown-of-the-outcome-by-technology-year-and-clearing-price</a>.</p><p>Information on the Danish tender outcome, as well as Kriegers Flak, is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.ens.dk/en/supply/renewable-energy/wind-power/offshore-wind-power/large-scale-offshore-wind-tenders" target="_blank">http://www.ens.dk/en/supply/renewable-energy/wind-power/offshore-wind-power/large-scale-offshore-wind-tenders</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 19/03/2015 11:31:53 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50537 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	68 label Biography information for Lord Lilley

226670

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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: Finance
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 23 of his Department's grant confirmation letter of 11 January 2010 to the MOZES community energy co-operative, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that eligible third sector organisations and local authorities will be allowed to receive grant funding from the Low Carbon Communities Challenge and feed-in tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	227267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department wrote to recipients of the Low Carbon Communities Challenge (LCCC) grant in 2010 when it became clear that the European Commission considered the feed-in tariff scheme (FIT) to be state aid, and therefore not permissible to be combined with the LCCC grant, as originally intended. Officials offered advice to the projects at that time.</p><p>The LCCC award letter made it clear that any income from FIT payments could only be spent on additional carbon reduction initiatives and therefore not to fund the maintenance costs of renewable energy systems installed under the LCCC grant. Some projects may have received grant funding for activities that are not associated with purchasing and installing renewable energy technologies. Such costs are not covered by the FIT and so can be supported by public grants without affecting eligibility for the FIT under the current rules. We will be issuing guidance that gives more clarity on this issue.</p><p>We will also be issuing guidance for new community groups covering: the treatment of different community ownership models under the FIT scheme; and reaching agreement with a commercial developer over sharing FIT payments.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 227364 question first answered 17/03/2015 17:24:07 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50539 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

226671

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Macquarie Bank
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which of his Department's projects Macquarie Bank has invested in since May 2010; and how much it has invested in each such project.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	227245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department’s financial records show that no payments were received through the Department’s financial system from Macquarie Bank from 1 January 2010 to 12 March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 17/03/2015 17:23:26 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

226672

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Fracking: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 (a) applications have been received for licences and (b) licences have been issued for fracking in (i) York, (ii) North Yorkshire and (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	227313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>A Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence (PEDL) is a pre-requisite before any oil and gas operations, including fracking, can take place. No new PEDLs have been issued since 2008. DECC cannot comment on applications made in the current, 14<sup>th</sup>, Onshore Oil &amp; Gas Licensing Round, the results of which we expect to announce later this year.</p><p>All operations require planning permission, access agreement with relevant landowner(s), Environment Agency permits, HSE scrutiny, and DECC consent before they can commence. Within an existing PEDL, an application which included plans to frac in North Yorkshire was consented to by DECC in 2012 but, due to changes to the operator’s plans, the activity was not carried out.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/03/2015 14:58:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

226673

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Advertising
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 his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	227342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Total advertising spend, excluding VAT, is set out in the table below. The figures include associated costs such as the production of creative services. A breakdown by category is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Advertising</strong></p><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>£118k</p></td><td><p>£137k</p></td><td><p>£3.112M</p></td><td><p>£2.138M</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Spend in FY 12-13, 13-14 &amp; 14-15 includes advertising for the Green Deal. The Green Deal helps you make energy-saving improvements to your home and find the best way to pay for them.</p><p>During FY 14-15 we have allocated an advertising budget for the ‘Power to Switch Campaign’ as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>£620,000 to develop, produce and supply advertisements. This includes budgets agreed with the agency to produce each of the TV and Radio advertisements;</li><li>£4,100,000 to buy advertising space (including agency media buying and communications planning fees).</li></ul><p>The FY 14-15 figure includes £335k spent on the ‘Power to Switch Campaign’. Actual final spends are not yet available.</p><p>The 'Power to Switch' campaign will run for 5 weeks and will include national, regional and online advertising, encouraging people to switch and save.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 18/03/2015 17:57:20 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

226674

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	MOZES
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what date his Department received the report from Ray Noble on the MOZES community energy cooperative in Nottingham.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	227365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>At the Department’s request, Mr Noble agreed to offer the MOZES community energy co-operative free advice on the maintenance costs for their renewable energy installations. The Department did not commission a report from him.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 227366 question first answered 17/03/2015 17:24:53 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50541 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

226675

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	MOZES
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 the options available to restructure the 2010 grant to the MOZES community energy cooperative in Nottingham in order to make it State Aid compliant.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	227364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department wrote to recipients of the Low Carbon Communities Challenge (LCCC) grant in 2010 when it became clear that the European Commission considered the feed-in tariff scheme (FIT) to be state aid, and therefore not permissible to be combined with the LCCC grant, as originally intended. Officials offered advice to the projects at that time.</p><p>The LCCC award letter made it clear that any income from FIT payments could only be spent on additional carbon reduction initiatives and therefore not to fund the maintenance costs of renewable energy systems installed under the LCCC grant. Some projects may have received grant funding for activities that are not associated with purchasing and installing renewable energy technologies. Such costs are not covered by the FIT and so can be supported by public grants without affecting eligibility for the FIT under the current rules. We will be issuing guidance that gives more clarity on this issue.</p><p>We will also be issuing guidance for new community groups covering: the treatment of different community ownership models under the FIT scheme; and reaching agreement with a commercial developer over sharing FIT payments.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 227267 question first answered 17/03/2015 17:24:07 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50540 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood