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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

388806

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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	Renewable Energy: EU Law
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 cost to the public purse of implementing the European Union Renewable Energy Directive in each year since it came into force.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL1283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer given in the House of Commons by my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Energy and Climate to the hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich on 8 July 2015 to Question 4982:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-30/4982/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-06-30/4982/</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 16/07/2015 15:55:03 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

388807

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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	Fuel Poverty: Older People
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are currently taking to reduce fuel poverty among older people; and what further steps they plan to take.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL1284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>Government is fully committed to tackling fuel poverty, including meeting a new 2030 target now enshrined in law.</p><p>In Policies such as the Warm Home Discount and the Energy Company Obligation continue to deliver vital support to millions of low income and vulnerable homes each year, with households in receipt of Pension Credit being eligible for assistance under both policies.</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 across the English housing stock, including in the homes of the fuel poor.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/07/2015 13:57:52 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

168475

registered interest
date	08/12/2014
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the effect of the cost of fuel on the well-being of older people.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL3505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>We provide specific support for pensioner households through the Winter Fuel Payment and Cold Weather Payments. Furthermore, this winter some 1.4 million of the poorest pensioners across Great Britain will receive £140 off their electricity bill under the Warm Home Discount scheme. This is an increase of 200,000 compared to last year, and around twice as many households as were helped in 2010/11, the first year of the scheme. The value of the discount has also increased each year since 2010/11.</p><p>In addition, we have issued guidance for all households and consumers, including older people, on how they can prepare for winter and save energy and money in the document Keep Warm This Winter which is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keep-warm-this-winter" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keep-warm-this-winter</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 18/12/2014 14:59:16 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma attachment 1 file name DECC_Getting_ready_for_Winter__web.pdf title Keep Warm This Winter
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont

99960

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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	Fracking
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many objections to fracking they have received in 2014.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL2175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The data is not collected in the format requested. We recognise that members of the public have concerns about the potential impact of development of shale gas and oil in the UK. The Office of Unconventional Gas and Oil (OUGO) addresses these concerns with our publicly-available information on the Gov.uk site:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/providing-regulation-and-licensing-of-energy-industries-and-infrastructure/supporting-pages/developing-shale-gas-and-oil-in-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/providing-regulation-and-licensing-of-energy-industries-and-infrastructure/supporting-pages/developing-shale-gas-and-oil-in-the-uk</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/10/2014 14:35:42 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont