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155845

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date	17/11/2014
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	Fuel Poverty
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 Oral Answer of 6 November 2014, Official Report, column 959, on energy bills, what the evidential basis was for the statement that fuel poverty increased massively between 1997 and 2010.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	214552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The Official Report of 6 November 2014, (<em>Official Report, Column 959</em>) records my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State as saying that “fuel poverty increased massively under the previous Government.”</p><p>As shown by National Statistics, fuel poverty, measured using the 10% indicator in use under the previous Government, affected 3.5 million households in England in 2010. This was lower than the peak of 4 million households affected in 2009, but still more than twice as many households as had been affected in 2005</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 20/11/2014 16:30:34 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

155846

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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	Fuel Poverty
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 Oral Answer of 6 November 2014, Official Report, column 959, on energy bills, what the evidential basis was for the statement that fuel poverty is falling.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	214553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The latest National Statistics on fuel poverty, published in June 2014, are for 2012. They show that between 2010 and 2012, fuel poverty fell by nearly 8%. The report is available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 20/11/2014 16:31:10 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd attachment 1 file name Annual fuel poverty Statistics 2014.pdf title Annual fuel poverty statistics 2014
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

155849

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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	Fuel Poverty
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 Annual Energy Statement of 6 November 2014, Official Report, column 982, what the evidential basis was for the statement that fuel poverty in England has fallen by 100,000 since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	214555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2014 answer text <p>The latest National Statistics on fuel poverty, published in June 2014, showed that, under the official Low Income High Costs indicator, fuel poverty affected 2.28 million households in England. In 2010, this figure stood at 2.47 million households. This is, in fact, a reduction of nearly 200,000 households.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 20/11/2014 16:02:50 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

91621

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
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	UK Coal
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 contribution of the Minister of State in his Department of 4 September 2014, Official Report, column 425, what recent progress he has made on the provision of a commercial loan to UK Coal; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	209111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>On Friday 26 September 2014 the Government agreed to provide a £4m loan to UK Coal as part of a package of support measures secured by the Company to avoid an imminent insolvency and closure of its Kellingley and Thoresby collieries. The loan has been made on commercial terms and is due to be fully repaid with interest by December 2015.</p><p>The support package was requested by UK Coal to deliver its plan for the safe and orderly wind down of its deep mining businesses by the end of 2015. However the loan is structured to ensure that the door remains open for the Company to seek further private investment to prolong the life of the mines beyond this date. I have also made it clear that I remain open-minded about any plan which UK Coal may wish to put forward involving further public sector support provided that the plan represents acceptable value for money for the taxpayer. However, we must be aware that without further support from Government alone, without commercial partnership to extend the deep mining business beyond 2015 is likely to be regarded as state aid by the European Commission and therefore require the closure of the mines. Any case for further support would need to come from the Company, but DECC officials will be ready to help.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 209113 209114 question first answered 13/10/2014 12:51:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

91622

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
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 Supply
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 his contribution of 4 September 2014, Official Report, column 411, on energy security, what the evidential basis is for the statement that the possible closure of Thoresby and Kellingley coal mines would not affect UK energy security.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	209112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Coal is a globally abundant resource with UK consumption of steam coal representing less than 1% of total global production and less than 5% of global trade1.</p><p>In 2013, the Thoresby and Kellingley coal mines produced less than 5% of the total amount of coal consumed in the UK2. The package of measures announced by UK Coal on 26 September 2014, including the £4m loan from Government, is intended to enable production at these deep mines to continue until 2015 .</p><p>Our efforts to decarbonise our electricity system, increase the diversity of the generation mix and reduce our reliance on unabated coal, also help to ensure secure electricity supplies.</p><p>The independent US Chamber of Commerce rates Britain the most energy secure country in the EU and the fourth most energy secure in the world above the US, Japan and Canada amongst others3.</p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Based on company production returns to the Coal Authority in 2013 and estimates of world coal production and trade (2013 Edition of the IEA Coal Information, 2013 Edition of the BP Statistical Review of World Energy)</em></p><p> </p><p><em>2</em><em> Based on company production returns to the Coal Authority in 2013 and estimates of UK coal consumption (DUKES, Chapter 2, 2013)</em></p><p> </p><p><em>3</em><em> International Index of Energy Security Risk, 2013 Edition, US Chamber of Commerce</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 13/10/2014 13:17:26 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

91623

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
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	UK Coal
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 his contribution of 4 September 2014, Official Report, column 425, on UK Coal, what assistance his Department has made available to UK Coal for the preparation of an application for state aid.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	209113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>On Friday 26 September 2014 the Government agreed to provide a £4m loan to UK Coal as part of a package of support measures secured by the Company to avoid an imminent insolvency and closure of its Kellingley and Thoresby collieries. The loan has been made on commercial terms and is due to be fully repaid with interest by December 2015.</p><p>The support package was requested by UK Coal to deliver its plan for the safe and orderly wind down of its deep mining businesses by the end of 2015. However the loan is structured to ensure that the door remains open for the Company to seek further private investment to prolong the life of the mines beyond this date. I have also made it clear that I remain open-minded about any plan which UK Coal may wish to put forward involving further public sector support provided that the plan represents acceptable value for money for the taxpayer. However, we must be aware that without further support from Government alone, without commercial partnership to extend the deep mining business beyond 2015 is likely to be regarded as state aid by the European Commission and therefore require the closure of the mines. Any case for further support would need to come from the Company, but DECC officials will be ready to help.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 209111 209114 question first answered 13/10/2014 12:51:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

91624

registered interest
date	11/09/2014
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	UK Coal
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 his contribution of 4 September 2014, Official Report, column 411, on energy security, what his Department's policy is on the provision of state aid to UK Coal in respect of Thoresby and Kellingley coal mines.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	209114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>On Friday 26 September 2014 the Government agreed to provide a £4m loan to UK Coal as part of a package of support measures secured by the Company to avoid an imminent insolvency and closure of its Kellingley and Thoresby collieries. The loan has been made on commercial terms and is due to be fully repaid with interest by December 2015.</p><p>The support package was requested by UK Coal to deliver its plan for the safe and orderly wind down of its deep mining businesses by the end of 2015. However the loan is structured to ensure that the door remains open for the Company to seek further private investment to prolong the life of the mines beyond this date. I have also made it clear that I remain open-minded about any plan which UK Coal may wish to put forward involving further public sector support provided that the plan represents acceptable value for money for the taxpayer. However, we must be aware that without further support from Government alone, without commercial partnership to extend the deep mining business beyond 2015 is likely to be regarded as state aid by the European Commission and therefore require the closure of the mines. Any case for further support would need to come from the Company, but DECC officials will be ready to help.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 209111 209113 question first answered 13/10/2014 12:51:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

91421

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether a Minister from his Department will be representing the Government at the UN Climate Summit 2014.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	209045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government strongly welcomed the UN Secretary General’s leadership in convening a Climate Summit in September in New York. It provided added momentum to international action on tackling climate change and showcased significant actions to address the issue. From the Department of Energy and Climate Change, I attended the Summit alongside my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 13/10/2014 12:50:15 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

91422

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Climate Change
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 the Government is taking to ensure progress on international climate change negotiations is made at the Lima conference of the parties.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	209043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>If we are to meet the objective of the Convention and avoid dangerous climate change, it is imperative that we secure an international, legally binding agreement with mitigation commitments for all in Paris in December 2015. We want Lima to pave the way for countries to bring forward their mitigation contributions for the new agreement in early 2015, and to agree the draft elements of a negotiating text - these are important milestones for the 2015 agreement.</p><p>In order to facilitate this, I have pressed our case at a number of international ministerial climate change meetings this year, as well as bilaterally with my counterparts in governments and with other key actors across the globe – including China, the US and India – at incoming and outgoing visits. I also attended the UN Secretary General’s climate summit in September; the first meeting of leaders focused solely on climate change since 2009.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 13/10/2014 12:49:09 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

91423

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Climate Change
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 discussions he has had with the Foreign Secretary on progress towards securing a global legally-binding treaty on carbon emissions reductions and international climate change.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	209046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>I hold regular discussions with Ministerial counterparts, including my rt. hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary, on the UN climate negotiations. The Department, as Whitehall lead, is working closely with the Foreign Office and its global network of climate attaches, to support the Government’s aim of securing an international, legally binding agreement with mitigation commitments for all through the UN in Paris in December 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 13/10/2014 12:50:52 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint