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457017

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
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, how many smart (a) electric and (b) gas meters have been installed in (i) St Helens North constituency, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the UK since the smart meter programme was implemented.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	29447
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> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistical-release-and-data-smart-meters-great-britain-quarter-3-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistical-release-and-data-smart-meters-great-britain-quarter-3-2015</a>.</p><p> </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> </p><p>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> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/03/2016 11:13:04 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

457018

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
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 the average number of households using smart (a) electric and (b) gas meters was in (i) St Helens North constituency, (ii) Merseyside and (iii) the UK in 2015.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	29448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department collects quarterly aggregated data from large energy suppliers on the number of smart meter installations, but does not collect data on the number of households with smart meters.</p><p> </p><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> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistical-release-and-data-smart-meters-great-britain-quarter-3-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statistical-release-and-data-smart-meters-great-britain-quarter-3-2015</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/03/2016 16:37:33 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

445505

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
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 assessment she has made of the effects of ending funding for Carbon Capture Storage on employment and carbon reduction targets in (a) the North West and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	22894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK met the first carbon budget and is on track to meet the second and third carbon budgets for 2013-17 and 2018-2022, respectively. We will set out policies and proposals for meeting the fourth and fifth carbon budgets at the end of 2016, after setting the fifth carbon budget level by 30 June.</p><br /><p>The Government’s most recently published Energy and Emissions Projections can be found at:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2015</a> (Annex J)</p><br /><p>The Office for National Statistics estimates in its report on the Low Carbon and Renewable Energy Economy that 96,510 businesses were active in the UK’s low carbon and renewable energy sector in 2014 and accounted for an estimated:</p><br /><ul><ul><li>233,000 full-time equivalent employees</li><li>£45.3 billion turnover; £4.8billion in exports; and £5.9 billion imports</li><li>£8.8 billion in acquisitions and £0.5billion in disposals of capital assets</li></ul></ul><p>The full report is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171776_426448.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/dcp171776_426448.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/01/2016 13:59:01 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 40335 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

443133

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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: Heating
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 ensure that the UK meets its EU renewable heat target for 2020.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	902818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK does not have a specific renewable heat target. However, the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), which supports homes and businesses in transitioning to renewable heating, is designed to help us to meet our binding domestic and international targets on both carbon emission reduction and renewable energy.</p><p>The recently agreed RHI budget guarantees funding out to 2020/21, and provides consumers and industry with certainty about the future of the RHI scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 07/01/2016 14:23:13 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

428664

registered interest
date	17/11/2015
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: Competition
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 her Department has taken in response to the provisional report of the Competition and Markets Authority's findings on the energy market; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	16606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2015 answer text <p>The Department responded to the CMA’s provisional findings on 31 July (copy attached).</p><p>We are committed to implementing the final recommendations of the CMA and we currently expect their final report in April 2016.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 20/11/2015 14:59:54 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom attachment 1 file name DECC Response to CMA 31.07.15.pdf title DECC Response to CMA 31.07.15
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

427115

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
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: Feed-in Tariffs
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 14 October 2015 to Question 11089, what statistical analysis or impact assessment her Department has made of the effect of the proposed cut to feed-in tariffs on small businesses in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	15672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2015 answer text <p>In addition to the impact assessment published alongside the FIT review, part of the purpose of the consultation process itself has been to gather views on the broader economic impact of the proposals. We are currently analysing feedback submitted during the consultation, which closed on 23<sup>rd</sup> October. We will publish a Government response in due course.</p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/11/2015 15:07:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

421215

registered interest
date	13/10/2015
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	Mining: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions her Department has had with the UK Miners Pension Scheme Association on the Miners Pension Scheme; and if she will review the provision that 50 per cent of any surplus made after 1994 will be paid to the Government.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	11555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2015 answer text <p>Since the privatisation of the British Coal Corporation in 1994, the Government has provided a solvency guarantee to the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (MPS). That guarantee provides members with the reassurance that their basic pension entitlements will always rise in line with inflation and gives them the opportunity to share, with Government, in the benefits of any periodic surplus in the Scheme funds. In practice, this has meant that members enjoy bonus pensions worth almost 30% of their index-linked benefits. The guarantee further provides that the combination of these two pension elements will never fall in cash terms regardless of the performance of the funds.</p><p>The Government continues to believe that the equitable division of surpluses between the membership and Government represents fair and reasonable recompense for taxpayers’ past investment in the Schemes during the industry’s period of public ownership and for the risks they continue to bear through the Government guarantee which will continue till the closure of the scheme which Is not expected to be until the 2070s.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/10/2015 14:02:39 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

419968

registered interest
date	09/10/2015
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	Solar Power: Feed-in Tariffs
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 she has made of the effect of proposed changes to the feed-in-tariff on solar firms and small businesses in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	11089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2015 answer text <p>Our consultation on the feed-in tariff review reflects the need to balance sector support whilst keeping bills down for consumers.</p><p>We strongly welcome evidence from the sector during this review consultation, which ends on 23 October.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/10/2015 15:25:46 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

388175

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	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 she has made of the average domestic energy bill in (a) St Helens North constituency, (b) the North West and (c) the UK in 2010 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	5953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>DECC domestic energy bill estimates are only produced at Public Energy Supply (PES) regional level, we do not have bill data for constituency level. The St Helens North constituency covers two PES regions, North West and Merseyside &amp; North Wales.</p><p>The tables below shows the estimated average annual 2014 energy bill (2015 data is not yet available) for customers in the UK, and the two relevant PES region.</p><p>These are based on an assumed annual consumption of 3,800 kWh of electricity and 15,000 kWh of gas per year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>2014</em></strong></p></td><td><p><em>Electricity</em></p></td><td><p><em>Gas</em></p></td><td><p><em>Total</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>£592</p></td><td><p>£752</p></td><td><p>£1,344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>£596</p></td><td><p>£748</p></td><td><p>£1,344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside and North Wales</p></td><td><p>£634</p></td><td><p>£755</p></td><td><p>£1,389</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2010</em></strong></p></td><td><p><em>Electricity</em></p></td><td><p><em>Gas</em></p></td><td><p><em>Total</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>£474</p></td><td><p>£564</p></td><td><p>£1,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>£451</p></td><td><p>£567</p></td><td><p>£1,018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside and North Wales</p></td><td><p>£489</p></td><td><p>£567</p></td><td><p>£1,056</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/07/2015 11:47:17 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

388179

registered interest
date	07/07/2015
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	Energy: Competition
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 she has made of the implications for her policies of the Competition and Markets Authority's provisional findings on the energy market, published on 6 July 2015.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	5908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We will consider the CMA’s provisional findings carefully and respond shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/07/2015 11:49:12 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn