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455721

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date	26/02/2016
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: Children
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 she is taking to reduce the number of children living in fuel poverty.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	28723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>We are investing close to £1 billion a year to help consumers through a reformed supplier obligation and Warm Home Discount, and plan to reform both schemes to focus that funding better on those that need it most.</p><p> </p><p>Our ability to do that is strengthened significantly by the introduction of an improved definition of fuel poverty which captures those in genuine need who are facing the overlapping problem of a low household income and high energy costs.</p><p> </p><p>This low income high costs indicator has meant a change in the demographic of who is considered to be fuel poor in England - with homes with at least one child now accounting for nearly half of the fuel poor population.</p><p> </p><p>We will be consulting on our proposals to reform the supplier obligation and the Warm Home Discount later this year.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/03/2016 16:19:40 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

455722

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
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: UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 22 February 2016, Official Report, column 35, on the European Council, whether her Department is undertaking planning in the eventuality of a majority leave vote in the EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	28699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>At the February European Council, the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union. The Government's position, as set out by the Prime Minister to the House on 22 February, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 08/03/2016 15:02:21 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

455131

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the average change in annual household energy consumption after the installation of a smart meter.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL6436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Our central estimate of energy savings to domestic consumers as a result of smart metering is 2.8% for electricity (prepayment and credit) and 2% for gas (credit) and 0.5% for gas (prepayment).</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 29/02/2016 12:29:36 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

455136

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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: Ecofys
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what independent reports, if any, they have commissioned from Ecofys in the past five years; when they received those reports; whether those reports were published; and if not, whether they will now publish those reports.
tabling member printed	Baroness Golding
uin	HL6441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>Data on the number of smart electricity and gas meters installed in Great Britain is set out in the Government’s ‘Smart Meters, Great Britain, Quarterly report to end September 2015’, published on 22 December 2015:</p><p>The roll-out is making good progress with more than 2 million meters now operating under the Programme which covers Great Britain. Northern Ireland is undertaking a separate roll-out programme.</p><p><br>Currently, data is published only at Great Britain level. Data is not collected from energy suppliers in a way that allows constituency or regional-level data to be produced.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/03/2016 12:12:34 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	281 label Biography information for Baroness Golding

455300

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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: Consultants
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 consultants' contracts were terminated early in each of the last six years for which figures are available; and what the cost of each such termination was in each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>This information is not readily available, and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/03/2016 15:01:29 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455301

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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: Publications
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 (a) publications, (b) consultation documents and (c) circulars her Department has issued since August 2012; and what the title was of each such publication, consultation document or circular.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>DECC migrated to gov.uk in Jan 2013. Archives of the old DECC website (<a href="http://www.decc.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.decc.gov.uk</a>) are available from the National Archives:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/http:/www.decc.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/http://www.decc.gov.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>From Jan 2013 to date, DECC published a total of 2513 publications and 181 consultations.</p><p> </p><p>Some consultations from before Jan 2013 are included on gov.uk, as the responses to these consultations were published after the Jan 2013 migration. It has not been possible to identify every single piece of material requested due to the migration to the new Gov.UK system in January 2013, and the disproportionate cost involved.</p><p> </p><p>A complete list of all DECC publications can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&amp;publication_filter_option=all&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-of-energy-climate-change&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=01%2F01%2F2013&amp;to_date=&amp;commit=Refresh+results" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&amp;publication_filter_option=all&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-of-energy-climate-change&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=01%2F01%2F2013&amp;to_date=&amp;commit=Refresh+results</a>.</p><p> </p><p>DECC publishes a regular email newsletter (DECC Review) to stakeholders. This has been published 47 times since 1 August 2012.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/02/2016 14:55:43 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455302

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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: Cleaning Services
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 rate of pay is for cleaners in her Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	28603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The hourly rate of pay for cleaners working in the Department of Energy and Climate Change is between £7.85 and £9.15 depending on location.</p><p> </p><p>From 1 April 2016, the rate of pay will be increased to the 2016 Living Wage Foundation rates.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/03/2016 12:38:32 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

455303

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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: Employment Tribunals Service
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 her Department spent from the public purse on industrial tribunals in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	28623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2016 answer text <p>The cost of Employment Tribunals can be found within the HMCTS annual accounts published at<em>:</em></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/433948/hmcts-annual-report-accounts-2014-15.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/433948/hmcts-annual-report-accounts-2014-15.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/03/2016 15:01:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

455304

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	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 capacity of existing Capacity Market Units were awarded Capacity Market contracts in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	28533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>The capacity of existing Capacity Market Units awarded Capacity Market agreements including those awarded refurbishing agreements was:</p><p> </p><p>a) 46,464MW in 2014; and</p><p>b) 42,099 MW in 2015.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/03/2016 13:08:38 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

455305

registered interest
date	25/02/2016
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	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 existing capacity of existing Capacity Market Units that were awarded Capacity Market contracts did not place an exit bid in (a) 2014 and (b) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	28534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2016 answer text <p>All existing Capacity Market Units (CMU) participating in the 2014 and 2015 auctions submitted exit bids in accordance with the auction rules. Confidentiality rules mean that the Government is unable to obtain from National Grid, the delivery body for the Capacity Market, the detailed information on individual exit bids.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/03/2016 15:32:44 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook