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524702

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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	Energy Supply
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 UK energy consumption that was supplied by other countries in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	40278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK’s net import dependency is published in DECC’s Energy Trends table 1.3, and is reproduced below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong><em>Import dependence</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>21.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>20.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>26.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>27.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>28.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>36.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>43.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>47.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>46.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>38.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: DECC Energy Trends, March 2015</em></p><p> </p><p>In 2015, the UK’s net imports of 79.5 million tonnes of oil equivalent accounted for 38.6% of the UK’s primary consumption of energy.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/06/2016 09:04:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

524703

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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	Energy Supply
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 UK energy consumption which will be supplied from other countries in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	40279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not produce projections of the proportion of UK total energy consumption which will be supplied from other countries.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Oil and Gas Authority publishes projections of UK oil and gas import dependency (defined as net oil and gas imports as a percentage of UK oil and gas demand).1</p><p> </p><p>These projections for 2016-2021 are given in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oil and Gas Import dependency (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Oil and Gas Authority (February 2016), Production Projections <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/503852/OGA_production_projections_-_February_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/503852/OGA_production_projections_-_February_2016.pdf</a> </em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/06/2016 09:36:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

524704

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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, if she will require EDF Energy to restore the land cleared and prepared for the construction of the Hinkley C nuclear plant to its previous condition in the event of the EDF Board deciding not to take a Final Investment Decision on the plant.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	40372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>Planning permission for site preparation works at Hinkley Point C was granted by the local planning authority, West Somerset Council under the Town and Country Planning Act (1990) and this included conditions and planning obligations on the circumstances and arrangements for site reinstatement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/06/2016 09:32:56 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

524705

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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	Carbon Capture and Storage
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 implications for Government policy on carbon capture and storage (CCS) are of the decision not to proceed with the CCS Commercialisation Commission.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	40370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government has not closed the door on carbon capture and storage (CCS) and believes it has a potentially important role in the long-term decarbonisation of the UK. We are clear that CCS is currently too expensive and its costs must come down. We continue to work with wider industry to help develop CCS cost efficiently in the UK, including through the joint Government-industry CCS Development Forum, which I co-chair. We will set out our approach to CCS in due course, informed by the findings from Lord Oxburgh’s CCS Advisory Group.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/06/2016 09:35:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

524706

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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	Energy: Imports
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 cost of energy imports by the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	40363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics publishes estimates of the value of trade according to internationally agreed classifications (SITC), with category 3 comprising most energy products (coal, crude oil, oil products, gas and electricity). This data is republished by DECC in table G7 of DUKES, and shows estimates of the value of energy trade. The table is reproduced below:</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>£billion</em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Imports</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Exports</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Net imports</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p>61.8</p></td><td><p>42.7</p></td><td><p>19.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td><td><p>65.3</p></td><td><p>43.7</p></td><td><p>21.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2013</em></p></td><td><p>61.5</p></td><td><p>42.7</p></td><td><p>18.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2014</em></p></td><td><p>53.0</p></td><td><p>36.0</p></td><td><p>17.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>2015</em></p></td><td><p>37.9</p></td><td><p>24.0</p></td><td><p>13.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/06/2016 09:33:16 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

524707

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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	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 steps the Government is taking to bring the cost of pre-payment meters into line with other payment methods such as direct debit.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	40314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>Energy suppliers are required under the terms of their licence to ensure that any differences in charges only reflect the higher levels of costs to serve pre-payment meter customers.</p><p> </p><p>I welcome the positive steps some energy suppliers are taking to offer better prepayment meter tariffs including offering the same prices as direct debit customers. Nevertheless, we share the Competition and Market Authority’s (CMA) concern that there is still a limited choice of tariffs for pre-pay customers compared to direct debit and standard credit. The CMA’s final report is due to be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/06/2016 11:58:29 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

524708

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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	Climate Change Convention: Germany
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 UK Government officials and from which departments attended the Bonn intersessional UN climate meeting in (a) May 2016, (b) October 2015 and (c) June 2015.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	40401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>There were 25 Government officials in the UK delegation at Bonn in May 2016; 25 Government officials in the UK delegation at Bonn in October 2015 and 44 Government officials in the UK delegation at Bonn in June 2015. The UK delegation included officials from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for International Development and the Scottish Government at each of these sessions. Officials from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Met Office were present at the meeting in Bonn in June 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/06/2016 11:58:05 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

524710

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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	Climate Change: EU Action
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 7 June 2016 to Question 38382, whether the European Commission's proposal of 10 June 2016 on ratification of the Paris Agreement has changed the Government's timeline for UK ratification of that agreement.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	40432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK is committed to ratifying the Paris Agreement together with the EU and Member States as soon as possible. The Commission’s proposal for a Council Decision on the EU’s ratification of the Paris Agreement is therefore a positive step forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 16/06/2016 11:03:12 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

524446

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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	Fuel Poverty
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 progress her Department expects to make towards eliminating fuel poverty by the end of this Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	40206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The 2030 target, now enshrined in law, requires Government to improve as many fuel poor homes as reasonably practicable to Band C energy efficiency standard by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>We have also set an interim fuel poverty milestone for 2020, to get as many fuel poor households as reasonably practicable into Band E.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be guided by the fuel poverty strategy published in March 2015 which sets out a clear policy of working towards improving energy efficiency standards in the homes of the fuel poor.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to focus the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and the Warm Home Discount more effectively on the fuel poor, and will consult on our future approach. Between them they will provide around £1billion of support each year.</p><p> </p><p>The latest available statistics indicate that, in 2013, 2.35 million households were in fuel poverty in England of which 2.04 million were Band E or above. The next fuel poverty statistical release is due on 30th June 2016.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/06/2016 13:54:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

524448

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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 of Energy and Climate Change: Agency Workers
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 8th June 2016 to Question 39232, how many agency workers were employed by her Department in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	40209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The response to Question 39232 provided the financial spend for contingent workers over the last five financial years. This includes temporary workers, contractors and interims.</p><p> </p><p>The number of temporary workers, contractors and interims engaged as at 31 March in each of the last five financial years is set out in the table . This is historical point in time data which was extracted from our legacy HR database at the first of April each year and cannot be retrospectively validated for accuracy.</p><p> </p><p>As at 1 May 2016 there were 39 temporary workers, contractors and interims in DECC.</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Number of temporary workers, contractors and interims.</em></strong></p><p> </p><ul><li><em>31 March 2011 - 86</em></li><li><em>31 March 2012 - 137</em></li><li><em>31 March 2013 - 157</em></li><li><em>31 March 2014 - 145</em></li><li><em>31 March 2015 - 104</em></li><li><em>31 March 2016 - 58</em></li><li><em>1 May 2016 - 39</em></li></ul> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 15/06/2016 13:56:47 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis