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222478

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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, for what reasons community energy schemes are not permitted to supply to local markets; and if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on such schemes' ability to reduce energy bills of them being permitted to supply to such markets.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	224811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Community energy schemes can already supply local markets provided they hold a supply licence (or exemption) or have a partnership with a licensed supplier.</p><p>In recognition that existing routes may not meet the needs of every community scheme, the Government has established a Local Supply Working Group to identify key regulatory barriers and suggest solutions. An update on the Local Supply Working Group will be included in the Community Energy Strategy update that will be published in March 2014.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 25/02/2015 17:32:08 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

222479

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Electricity Generation
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 units that secured a capacity agreement in the first auctions of the capacity market were based in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) England; and how many units of what capacity were so secured.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	224815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The Capacity Market register does not publish the geographic location of Capacity Market Units (CMUs). However based on analysis of the CMUs registered, the following proportions of CMU location are assumed:</p><p>(a) Scotland 42 CMUs (14%) and 4016.847 MW (8%)</p><p>(b) Wales 46 CMUs (15%) and 8307.883 MW (17%)</p><p>(c) England 215 CMUs (70%) and 36900.122 MW (75%)</p><p>(d) Unknown 3 CMUs (1%) and 34.086 MW (0%)</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:09:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

222480

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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 estimate he has made of the Rate of Return on Equity for each of the Distribution Network Operators under Distribution Price Control Review 5.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	224816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Ofgem are responsible for regulating the electricity Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) and the setting of the price control review. Ofgem’s latest estimate for the Rate of Return on Equity for each of the DNOs is in the attached table which covers the years 2010-11 to 2013-14. The last year of Distribution Price Control Review 5 (2014-15) is still on-going.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:09:44 question first ministerially corrected 03/03/2015 09:58:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Copy of RORE DNOs Excel.xlsx title Rate of Return on Equity for DNOs 2010-1 to 2013-4 previous answer version 46378 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

222489

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Natural Gas: 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 estimate he has made of the average cost to domestic consumers per kWh of gas in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) each English region in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	224754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Regional gas bills, based on fixed consumption levels are published in Quarterly Energy Prices, table 2.3.3 and table 2.3.4:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Annual UK gas prices by PES (Public Electricity Supply) Region in pence kWh</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>2010</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2011</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2012</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2014</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>East Midlands</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.74</p></td><td><p>4.06</p></td><td><p>4.52</p></td><td><p>4.78</p></td><td><p>4.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Eastern</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.73</p></td><td><p>4.08</p></td><td><p>4.55</p></td><td><p>4.84</p></td><td><p>5.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>London</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.83</p></td><td><p>4.20</p></td><td><p>4.67</p></td><td><p>4.97</p></td><td><p>5.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Merseyside &amp; North Wales</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.78</p></td><td><p>4.11</p></td><td><p>4.55</p></td><td><p>4.87</p></td><td><p>5.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>North East</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.74</p></td><td><p>4.08</p></td><td><p>4.50</p></td><td><p>4.80</p></td><td><p>4.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>North Scotland</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.69</p></td><td><p>4.06</p></td><td><p>4.51</p></td><td><p>4.75</p></td><td><p>4.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>North West</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.78</p></td><td><p>4.11</p></td><td><p>4.55</p></td><td><p>4.83</p></td><td><p>4.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>South East</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.78</p></td><td><p>4.14</p></td><td><p>4.61</p></td><td><p>4.87</p></td><td><p>5.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>South Scotland</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.69</p></td><td><p>4.06</p></td><td><p>4.51</p></td><td><p>4.80</p></td><td><p>4.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>South Wales</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.80</p></td><td><p>4.13</p></td><td><p>4.61</p></td><td><p>4.87</p></td><td><p>5.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>South West</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.76</p></td><td><p>4.10</p></td><td><p>4.59</p></td><td><p>4.86</p></td><td><p>4.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Southern</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.75</p></td><td><p>4.13</p></td><td><p>4.61</p></td><td><p>4.93</p></td><td><p>5.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>West Midlands</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.79</p></td><td><p>4.15</p></td><td><p>4.61</p></td><td><p>4.91</p></td><td><p>5.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Yorkshire</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.76</p></td><td><p>4.11</p></td><td><p>4.52</p></td><td><p>4.81</p></td><td><p>4.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Great Britain</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.76</p></td><td><p>4.11</p></td><td><p>4.57</p></td><td><p>4.86</p></td><td><p>5.02</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data above are based on a fixed annual consumption of 15,000kWh in each year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:08:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

222490

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Electricity: 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 estimate he has made of the average cost to domestic consumers per kWh of electricity in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) each English region in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	224755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Regional electricity bills, based on fixed consumption levels are published in Quarterly Energy Prices, table 2.2.3 and table 2.2.4:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Annual UK electricity prices by PES (Public Electricity Supply) Region in pence kWh</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p><strong><em>2010</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2011</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2012</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2014</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>East Midlands</em></strong></p></td><td><p>12.0</p></td><td><p>13.3</p></td><td><p>13.9</p></td><td><p>14.7</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Eastern</em></strong></p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p>13.3</p></td><td><p>13.9</p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>London</em></strong></p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td><td><p>13.5</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td><td><p>15.1</p></td><td><p>15.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Merseyside &amp; North Wales</em></strong></p></td><td><p>12.8</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td><td><p>16.0</p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>North East</em></strong></p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td><td><p>15.1</p></td><td><p>15.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>North Scotland</em></strong></p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p>13.8</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td><td><p>16.2</p></td><td><p>16.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>North West</em></strong></p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>15.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>South East</em></strong></p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p>13.8</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>South Scotland</em></strong></p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td><td><p>13.8</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>South Wales</em></strong></p></td><td><p>13.3</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td><td><p>15.9</p></td><td><p>16.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>South West</em></strong></p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td><td><p>15.8</p></td><td><p>16.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Southern</em></strong></p></td><td><p>12.7</p></td><td><p>13.3</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td><td><p>15.1</p></td><td><p>15.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>West Midlands</em></strong></p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td><td><p>15.1</p></td><td><p>15.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Yorkshire</em></strong></p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td><td><p>14.9</p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>United Kingdom</em></strong></p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td><td><p>13.5</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data above are based on a fixed annual consumption of 3,800kWh in each year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:10:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

222491

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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: Bradford
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 households have received support through the Green Deal in (a) Bradford East constituency and (b) Bradford to date.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	224733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department has reported that there were 1,692 Green Deal Assessments in Bradford East constituency up to 30th September 2014. There were also eleven Green Deal Cashback vouchers and Green Deal Home Improvement Fund vouchers paid in Bradford East constituency up to 30th September 2014.</p><p>In Bradford Local Authority there were 5,048 Green Deal Assessments, 72 Green Deal Cashback vouchers paid and 33 Green Deal Home Improvement Fund vouchers paid up to 30th September 2014.</p><p>The statistics referred to can be found in the accompanying tables here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-energy-company-obligation-eco-and-insulation-levels-in-great-britain-quarterly-report-to-september-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-energy-company-obligation-eco-and-insulation-levels-in-great-britain-quarterly-report-to-september-2014</a></p><p>Currently, the Department has not published any geographic breakdowns below region on Green Deal Finance Plans. These will be included in the next quarterly release planned for publication on 19<sup>th</sup> March 2015 covering the period up to the end of December 2014.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 25/02/2015 17:32:58 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

222492

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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: 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 wind turbines have been installed in the Yorkshire and Humber region between (a) 2005-10 and (b) 2010-15.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	224731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on when and where individual wind turbines are installed.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>No. of turbines</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2005</em></strong></p></td><td><p>302</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2006</em></strong></p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2007</em></strong></p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2008</em></strong></p></td><td><p>314</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2009</em></strong></p></td><td><p>229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2010</em></strong></p></td><td><p>293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2011</em></strong></p></td><td><p>245</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2012</em></strong></p></td><td><p>596</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p>671</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2014</em></strong></p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2015</em></strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:10:34 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

222493

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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 assessment his Department has made of the ability of community energy co-operatives to deliver reduced energy prices in the UK and in comparable countries.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	224726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to community energy and launched the first Community Energy Strategy in January 2014. A key commitment of that Strategy is to undertaken a sector survey in 2016 which will investigate a wide range of community energy benefits.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 25/02/2015 17:31:45 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

222494

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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: Bradford
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 households have received support through the Energy Companies Obligation in (a) Bradford East constituency and (b) Bradford to date.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Mr David Ward
uin	224732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department has reported that the provisional number of households in receipt of ECO measures in Bradford East constituency was 5,414, up to 30th September 2014 (the second highest number of households in receipt of ECO measures in all Parliamentary constituencies in Great Britain). In Bradford Local Authority there were 15,935 households in receipt of ECO measures, up to 30th September 2014.</p><p>The statistics referred to can be found in Tables 1.11e and 1.11d at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-energy-company-obligation-eco-and-insulation-levels-in-great-britain-quarterly-report-to-september-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-energy-company-obligation-eco-and-insulation-levels-in-great-britain-quarterly-report-to-september-2014</a></p><p>The next quarterly release covering the period up to the end of December 2014 will be published on 19<sup>th</sup> March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 25/02/2015 17:32:34 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3923 label Biography information for Mr David Ward

222496

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	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 assessment he has made of the UK's progress towards meeting its 2020 targets established under the Climate Change Act 2008.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	224648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The Climate Change Act 2008 requires that the carbon budget period including the year 2020 must be such that the annual equivalent of the carbon budget is at least 34% lower than the 1990 baseline. The third carbon budget covers the 2020 target and it was set at a level needed to meet this requirement.</p><p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change publishes emissions projections each Autumn. Last year’s report confirmed that the UK has met the first carbon budget and is on track to achieve the second and third carbon budgets, based on the projected impact of already announced and funded policies.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 25/02/2015 17:31:25 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden