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522884

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Deportation: EU Nationals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote the development of energy storage.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>DECC published a document ‘Towards a smart energy system’ in December 2015, and we are investigating the potential barriers to deployment of energy storage and possible mitigating actions, focussing in the first instance on removing policy and regulatory barriers. DECC plans to issue a call for evidence on a smart systems routemap in the near future.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2012, public sector support (including Ofgem innovation funding) for storage has topped £80m.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 13/06/2016 14:58:34 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

522885

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Syria: Humanitarian Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to ensure that the consumer energy storage market is properly regulated so that consumers are not miss-sold inappropriate systems, and to protect  responsible manufacturers in the sector.
tabling member printed	Lord Teverson
uin	HL436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>DECC has provided funding for the development of a Good Practice Guide on Electrical Energy Storage, which was published in December 2014. DECC officials are also involved in ongoing discussions led by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and by the British Standards Institution (BSI) on technical guidance and standards for electrical energy storage systems. Independent, professional bodies, such as the IET and BSI, are well-placed to lead development of relevant technical guidelines or standards.</p><p> </p><p>The BRE Trust, a charity dedicated to research and education in the built environment, has published this year the “BRE Solar Storage Consumer Guide” which provides guidance for domestic and small commercial consumers considering a battery system to work alongside an existing or new solar PV system.</p><p> </p><p>DECC aims to level the playing field for the storage market, removing policy and regulatory barriers in the first instance. We will be publishing a call for evidence on a smart systems routemap, including storage, in the near future.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 13/06/2016 15:09:37 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3789 label Biography information for Lord Teverson

522912

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Fisheries: Protection
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much energy is released into the atmosphere in the form of waste heat by the UK's electricity generating industry annually.
tabling member printed	Lord Dixon-Smith
uin	HL463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>Analysis from the Association of Decentralised Energy estimates that just under 10% of UK power stations capture their heat currently. The UK has a number of policies in place to promote the use of heat produced as a by-product from the UK’s electricity generation industry. These include incentives for good quality combined heat and power (CHP), as well as the £320m Heat Networks Investment Project which will encourage capital investment in hundreds of heat networks, which can use not only heat from power stations but also others sources of waste heat such as industrial processes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 13/06/2016 15:10:14 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2713 label Biography information for Lord Dixon-Smith

523034

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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: Staff
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 was spent on non-payroll staff in her Department in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	39468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department is in the process of finalising its Annual Report and Accounts – the information will be available in public domain in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/06/2016 16:11:29 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

523035

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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, how many civil servants in her Department are paid through limited companies.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	39399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>All Civil Servants employed by the Department of Energy and Climate Change are paid through the departmental payroll system and none are paid through limited companies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/06/2016 15:43:27 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

523036

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Nuclear 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, if she will (a) list the titles of and (b) publish on her Department's website all reports prepared by (i) officials of her Department and (ii) contractors for her Department since May 2015 on options for financing new nuclear power plants.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	39423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The department has retained advisers in relation to this matter, however any reports they have prepared are commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/06/2016 15:22:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

523037

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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: Staff
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 staff in her Department were (a) payroll and (b) non-payroll staff in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	39381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of staff who were (a) payroll and (b) non-payroll staff as at 31 March in each year from 2010-2011 to 2015-16 is set out in table 1.</p><p> </p><p>Payroll staff includes permanent staff, Short and Fixed Term Appointments, inward loans and secondments (where on payroll). Non-payroll includes agency staff, specialist contractors and consultants.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Payroll</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Non-payroll</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p>92%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012 </em></p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td><p>88%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2014</em></p></td><td><p>91%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2015</em></p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2016</em></p></td><td><p>94%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/06/2016 15:43:01 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

523038

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Sizewell B Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information she has been provided by the Office for Nuclear Regulation to demonstrate the safety of Sizewell B nuclear plant restarting after in-service inspection of the reactor pressure vessel undertaken by EDF; and what assessment she has made of the implications for that process of hydrogen flaking present in the RPV Doel 3 and Tihange 2 reactors in Belgium.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	39427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>During Sizewell B’s periodic shutdown, inspectors from the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) examined the Licensee’s arrangements for maintenance activities, reviewed test and inspection records and inspected the plant and equipment. A thorough examination (or in-service inspection) of the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) was completed by EDF to confirm that it remains in good condition. An ONR team of technical specialists examined the results of the in-service inspections and they are satisfied that they demonstrate the continued integrity of the RPV and that the hydrogen flaking present in the Doel 3 and Tihange 2 reactors in Belgium is not evident at Sizewell B.</p><p> </p><p>ONR inspectors did not identify any issues that would affect the safety case for the restart of the Sizewell B reactor and its safe operation up to the next planned statutory periodic shutdown in 2017, and issued clearance for it to restart on 31 May 2016. ONR expects to publish its Project Assessment Report, detailing this decision, on its website.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/06/2016 15:21:35 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

523039

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
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 evidence given by the Minister of State for Energy to the Energy and Climate Change Committee on 24 May 2016, at Question 200, what the basis is for the Minister's statement that the case brought by the government of Austria in the European Court on the European Commission decision on state aid for the Hinkley Point reactor has no merit; and whether that statement refers to lack of legal or of political merit.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	39482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK Government has intervened in the legal challenge brought by Austria against the European Commission’s State aid decision for Hinkley Point C. We have always been confident that the Commission’s decision is legally robust and, as a party to the proceedings, we have now seen the legal arguments made by Austria in their pleadings to the European General Court. It is on this basis that we do not consider that Austria has submitted a challenge of any merit. We consider that the Austrian Government, although following the correct legal procedures in challenging certain aspects of the State aid decision through the Court, has been motivated by its political stance on the future of nuclear more generally.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/06/2016 15:22:26 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

523040

registered interest
date	06/06/2016
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	Civil Nuclear Constabulary
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the Civil Nuclear Constabulary conducts an annual survey of its staff.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	39287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The Civil Nuclear Constabulary has undertaken surveys of its staff in previous years but these have not been on a regular annual basis.</p><p> </p><p>The last survey undertaken was a Wellbeing Survey conducted in May 2015 and a general all staff survey is planned for 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>It is the Civil Nuclear Constabulary’s intention to run all staff surveys bi-annually in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 09/06/2016 15:21:19 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis