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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

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

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

226680

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	Surveys
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 (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	227151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>In the 2014 People Survey, 13% of DECC respondents declaring a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months.</p><p>6% of DECC respondents declaring that they did not have a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>To note, the Civil Service People Survey asks the question “Do you have any long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability?” The survey does not include a question that specifically identifies disability status.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 18/03/2015 18:01:28 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

226681

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	Housing: Insulation
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 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change of 3 February 2015, Official Report, column 22WH, on cavity wall insulation, when he plans to report progress on (a) discussions with Ofgem, (b) obtaining a summary of the number of complaints received by Ofgem and that body's views on those complaints, (c) consideration of a review of complaints, (d) consideration of the case for introducing independent oversight for all guarantees, (e) consideration of introduction of independent assessments two years after installation and (f) consideration of regulation of initial sales conversations.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	227143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>At the recent Westminster debate on 3 February I made a commitment to write to all interested members to update on the actions my officials are taking to review these issues before the dissolution of Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 18/03/2015 15:04:58 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50530 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham