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522081

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
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	Department for Energy and Climate Change: UK Membership of EU
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 Answer of 25 May 2016 to Question 37198, how many of the leaflets entitled Why the Government believes that voting to remain in the European Union is the best decision for the UK have been returned to her Department; and what the postage cost to the Government has been of such returns.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	38770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the Prime Minister's response of 25th May 2016. This information is not collated centrally by the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 06/06/2016 13:44:31 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

521168

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Solar Power: Non-domestic Rates
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 effect on the solar industry of the Valuation Office Agency's proposals to increase business rates for solar PV FIT and RO installations dating back to 2010.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	38163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>Business rates are calculated based on a property’s ‘rateable value’. The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is responsible for determining the rateable values in line with existing legislation and case law.</p><p> </p><p>The VOA is currently consulting with the solar industry over how those rateable values will apply to solar installations from 1st April 2017.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/05/2016 14:33:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

521169

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Department for Energy and Climate Change: Pay
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 average hourly earnings were of her Department's (a) BME and (b) non-BME employees in (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	38219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The average hourly earnings for a) BME and (b) non-BME employees in (i) 2015 and (ii) 2016 are set out in the tables below*:</p><p> </p><p><strong>2015 – Hourly earnings</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average hourly earnings (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>AO</p></td><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>12.38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-BME</p></td><td><p>11.89</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>EO</p></td><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>14.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-BME</p></td><td><p>14.07</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>16.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-BME</p></td><td><p>16.71</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>19.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-BME</p></td><td><p>20.15</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>25.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-BME</p></td><td><p>26.22</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Grade 6</p></td><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>31.94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-BME</p></td><td><p>31.82</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>36.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-BME</p></td><td><p>42.28</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>2016 – Hourly earnings*</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Ethnicity</p></td><td><p>Average hourly earnings (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>AO</p></td><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>11.65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-BME</p></td><td><p>11.21</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>EO</p></td><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>13.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-BME</p></td><td><p>13.45</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>16.35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-BME</p></td><td><p>16.17</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>19.47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-BME</p></td><td><p>19.51</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>25.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-BME</p></td><td><p>26.02</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Grade 6</p></td><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>31.58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-BME</p></td><td><p>31.80</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>BME</p></td><td><p>36.87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non-BME</p></td><td><p>42.04</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>* Please note:</em></p><p><em>- Hourly earnings are calculated based on FTE salary, a 37 hour week, and include London and Aberdeen staff. </em></p><p><em>- Data is based on employees that have declared their ethnicity. Those who have not responded, or ‘prefer not to say’ are excluded from the data. </em></p><p><em>- The trend in lower average hourly earnings from 2015 to 2016 is likely to be due to the exit scheme in March 2016, which consisted of generally longer serving and higher paid staff leaving the organisation</em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/06/2016 13:59:31 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

521170

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Coal Fired Power Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which coal-fired power stations are either currently producing electricity or are on standby to do so if the need arises; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	38114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The following coal fired power stations currently retain Transmission Entry Capacity and are therefore capable of supplying electricity into the wholesale market when it is economic for them to do so: Aberthaw B, Cottam, Drax (units 1,4,5 &amp; 6), Fiddler’s Ferry (units 1,2 &amp; 3) Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Uskmouth, West Burton and Rugeley. The owner of Rugeley has announced its intention to close the station by the end of June 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Eggborough and Fiddler’s Ferry (unit 1) are currently part of National Grid’s Supplementary Balancing Reserve, and are capable of supplying electricity if the need arises.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/05/2016 14:33:50 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

521173

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Green Deal Scheme
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 performance of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	38176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>The uptake and implementation of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) has been assessed as part of the wider Green Deal evaluation programme. This information can be found via the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/green-deal-and-eco-evaluation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/green-deal-and-eco-evaluation</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/green-deal-assessments-research" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/green-deal-assessments-research</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-in-to-the-green-deal-and-eco-programme-supply-chain-follow-up-study" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/research-in-to-the-green-deal-and-eco-programme-supply-chain-follow-up-study</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/green-deal-household-tracker-survey-july-2014-dip-headline-findings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/green-deal-household-tracker-survey-july-2014-dip-headline-findings</a>.</p><p> </p><p>By the end of February 2016, 35,330 GDHIF vouchers had been paid, following the installation of 41,263 measures. Around three quarters of the measures installed were solid wall insulation (74 per cent of measures installed). These and other latest statistics which include those relating to GDHIF are to be found via this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-may-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-may-2016</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/06/2016 15:11:43 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

521174

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	National Grid
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what measures she is putting in place to minimise the number of Notifications of Inadequate System Margin issued by the National Grid; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	38276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>A Notice of Inadequate System Margin is one of the tools National Grid use to maintain margins in the system and can happen at any time for a variety of reasons. Issuing a NISM does not mean that demand is about to outstrip supply: it is a notice to the market to bring forward further capacity. National Grid issue NISMs ahead of dispatching capacity from its supplementary balancing reserve, which will include 3.5GW of dispatchable generating capacity next winter. This will give any remaining capacity in the market first opportunity to respond but does not signal any significant risk of shortages. National Grid’s objective is to secure supplies and the NISM is an important tool to achieve that objective with minimum distortion to the market.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/05/2016 14:25:17 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

521175

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	Coal Fired Power Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of coal burnt in UK coal-fired power stations in each of the last three years was mined in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	38277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2016 answer text <p>This can be estimated by subtracting the amount of steam coal imports (mainly used by coal-fired power stations) by the total amount of coal used in electricity generation. Please see the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Imports of steam coal (thousand tonnes)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Coal used in generation (thousand tonnes)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>UK produced coal used for generation * (thousand tonnes)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of UK produced coal used for generation %</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td><p>42,995</p></td><td><p>50,041</p></td><td><p>7,046</p></td><td><p>14.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2014</em></p></td><td><p>35,294</p></td><td><p>38,400</p></td><td><p>3,106</p></td><td><p>8.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2015 (provisional)</em></p></td><td><p>20,631</p></td><td><p>29,342</p></td><td><p>8,711</p></td><td><p>29.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>* This includes stocks from earlier years.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em></p><p><em>Energy Trends tables 2.1 and 2.4, available at:</em></p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/solid-fuels-and-derived-gases-section-2-energy-trends</a>.</em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/06/2016 14:32:29 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

521176

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
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	National Grid
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 cost to the public purse was of the Notifications of Inadequate System Margin issued on 9 May 2016 by the National Grid; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	38275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>There was no cost to the public purse resulting from the Notice of Inadequate System Margin issued on 9 May.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/05/2016 14:26:42 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

520730

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress her Department has made on working with major energy suppliers on the smart meter roll-out to ensure that it provides maximum benefit to consumers.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	37992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>We are working closely with all energy suppliers on the roll-out to ensure that the consumer benefits are delivered.</p><p> </p><p>Good progress has been made to date, with over 3 million meters having been installed. There is evidence that consumers are already saving energy. Recent British Gas research shows that smart meter customers have reduced energy consumption by around 3%, on average, for both gas and electricity.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/05/2016 17:39:08 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

520733

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
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	Green Deal Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what support her Department is providing to recipients of Green Deal funding whose vouchers expired before their home improvements were completed.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	37941
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 26 May 2016, Question number 37787.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/05/2016 14:52:39 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley