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384615

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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: Expenditure
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 expenditure on new-build renewable electricity generation under (a) the Renewables Obligation and (b) Contracts for Difference in (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17, (iii) 2017-18, (iv) 2018-19, (v) 2019-20 and (vi) 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	3413
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The Levy Control Framework (LCF) controls the support the Government can provide to the development of low carbon electricity. The Renewables Obligation and Contracts for Difference are two low-carbon generation support schemes which are included in the LCF. The LCF has been set to 2020/21 and is detailed in Table 2 in Annex A of the Annual Energy Statement:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/371387/43586_Cm_8945_accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/371387/43586_Cm_8945_accessible.pdf</a>.</p><p>The cost of the LCF is kept under constant review - we update our modelling and assumptions as things change, reflecting the challenges in making long-term forecasts in a changing and very active energy market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/06/2015 13:08:29 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

384679

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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: Subsidies
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 Written Statement of 18 June 2015, HCWS 40, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of the early closure of the Renewables Obligation to new onshore wind on the Levy Control Framework.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	3452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government has a responsibility to manage support schemes efficiently within the Levy Control Framework to ensure that costs to consumers remain affordable. We now have enough onshore wind in the pipeline to help us meet our renewable electricity commitments. Unless we close the Renewables Obligation to new onshore wind projects, we could end up with more deployment of this technology than we can afford. This would lead either to higher energy bills or other renewable technologies losing out on support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/06/2015 13:03:45 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

384680

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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: 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 steps her Department is taking to reduce industrial energy costs.
tabling member constituency	Watford
tabling member printed	Richard Harrington
uin	3455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>There remains significant potential for business to reduce energy costs and improve competitiveness by improving energy efficiency. Policies such as the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme and the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) encourage energy efficiency in business.</p><p>For energy intensive sectors, voluntary Climate Change Agreements (CCAs) allow up to 90% reduction from the Climate Change Levy (CCL) in return for signing up to stretching energy efficiency improvement targets agreed with Government. In addition, the Government has put in place a significant package of compensation for energy intensive industries for the indirect impacts of energy and climate change policies on their electricity costs (the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), Carbon Price Floor, Renewables Obligation and small scale Feed in Tariffs) as well as an exemption from the costs of Contracts for Difference.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/06/2015 13:10:05 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford

384681

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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	Plutonium
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 2 June 2015 to Question 418, whether her Department received reports from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) which were not published by the NDA or her Department.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	3456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>As specified in the answer given to Question 418 on 2 June 2015, NDA have progressed work in line with the proposals outlined in their 2014 position paper. NDA and the Department continue to work together on this issue. The Department expects the NDA to report to us later this year. NDA then intend to publish a public position paper in due course summarising the outcome of the latest phase of work.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/06/2015 13:08:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

384682

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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: Job Creation
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 2 June 2015 to Question 419, on energy: infrastructure, in which (a) region and (b) companies the jobs in (i) offshore wind and (ii) renewable electricity are supported.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	3457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>Based on figures published by BIS in <em>The Size and Performance of the UK Low Carbon Economy </em>(March 2015)<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> the regional breakdown of jobs supported by the offshore wind and renewable electricity sectors<sup><sup>[2]</sup></sup> in 2013 is given in Table 1 below. In 2013 around 220 companies operated in the UK in the offshore wind sector as their primary sector of business, with a further 400 companies involved in the sector. A total of 3,600 companies operated in the renewable electricity sector as a whole as their primary sector of business, with a further 7,200 companies involved in this sector.</p><p>Table 1: Employment supported by offshore wind and renewable electricity sector by country and region in 2013</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Employment by region</p></td><td><p>Offshore wind</p></td><td><p>Total renewable electricity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>1,700</p></td><td><p>6,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>12,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>10,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>8,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td><td><p>8,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>2,300</p></td><td><p>11,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>16,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>1,200</p></td><td><p>7,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>3,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2,100</p></td><td><p>16,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>1,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>10,900</p></td><td><p>88,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Total</p></td><td><p>13,700</p></td><td><p>110,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416240/bis-15-206-size-and-performance-of-uk-low-carbon-economy.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416240/bis-15-206-size-and-performance-of-uk-low-carbon-economy.pdf</a></p><p>[2] Sectors included are: solar PV, hydroelectric energy, onshore wind, energy generation from waste and biomass, biomass equipment, marine, geothermal electricity and alternative fuels. Alternative fuels category includes jobs support by both renewable and non-renewable energy sectors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/06/2015 13:02:44 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

384684

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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 she has made of the proportion of the UK's electricity demand that will be met each type of renewables technology by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	3533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>Energy and emissions projections from September 2014 give the latest published estimates of renewable electricity generation in 2020[1]. Annex J estimates a total of 112TWh from renewable sources, out of total electricity generation of 327TWh. This means that around 34% of electricity generation was anticipated to come from renewable sources in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>We have not broken down generation by individual technologies, as this will vary according to the outcome of commercial auctions for Contracts for Difference (CfDs).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/06/2015 13:05:01 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

384691

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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: Decommissioning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether there is any (a) local and (b) national Government support available for decommissioning wind farms at the end of their productive life span; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	3610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The costs of decommissioning onshore wind farms are met by developers of the projects in question. The consenting authority is able to include requirements for decommissioning and restoration of land to an acceptable condition as part of the planning approval process, which can include a requirement for developers to make adequate provisions to meet the costs of decommissioning a project.</p><p>Offshore, there is a statutory decommissioning scheme which allows the Secretary of State to compel wind farm developers to submit costed programmes for the removal of their projects with funds set aside for that purpose.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/06/2015 13:06:59 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

384692

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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: Morecambe and Lunesdale
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 her oral statement of 22 June 2015, HC Deb, column 618, on onshore wind subsidies, if she will publish a list of wind farms and turbine applications in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency that can be appealed under the grace period.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	3611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>We have said that onshore wind projects wishing to access the grace period allowing them entry to the Renewables Obligation beyond our closure date of 1 April 2016 will, by 18 June 2015, have to have planning consent, a grid connection offer and acceptance, and evidence of land rights for the site on which their project will be built. The precise grace period eligibility requirements will be determined through the legislative process and are subject to approval by Parliament. It will be for the developer of each individual project to determine whether they meet those eligibility requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 3612 question first answered 25/06/2015 13:06:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

384693

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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: Morecambe and Lunesdale
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 her oral statement of 22 June 2015, HC Deb, column 618, on onshore wind subsidies, if she will clarify the status of grace period and the proposed wind farm recently given planning permission on Heysham headlands port area; to what areas such a review would apply; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	3612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>We have said that onshore wind projects wishing to access the grace period allowing them entry to the Renewables Obligation beyond our closure date of 1 April 2016 will, by 18 June 2015, have to have planning consent, a grid connection offer and acceptance, and evidence of land rights for the site on which their project will be built. The precise grace period eligibility requirements will be determined through the legislative process and are subject to approval by Parliament. It will be for the developer of each individual project to determine whether they meet those eligibility requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 3611 question first answered 25/06/2015 13:06:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

385637

registered interest
date	22/06/2015
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: 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 she has made on the rollout of smart meters.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Dr Tania Mathias
uin	900556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>Good progress has been made. The industry is making extensive preparations in the areas of meter procurement; in building and testing their systems, and in staff recruitment and training. Consumers are already benefiting from the roll-out – around 1.5 million meters are operating under the Programme – putting consumers in control of their energy use, bringing an end to estimated bills, and helping people to save energy and money.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 25/06/2015 15:01:06 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4404 label Biography information for Dr Tania Mathias