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226672

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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	Fracking: Yorkshire and the Humber
	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) applications have been received for licences and (b) licences have been issued for fracking in (i) York, (ii) North Yorkshire and (iii) Yorkshire and the Humber since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
	uin	227313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>A Petroleum Exploration and Development Licence (PEDL) is a pre-requisite before any oil and gas operations, including fracking, can take place. No new PEDLs have been issued since 2008. DECC cannot comment on applications made in the current, 14<sup>th</sup>, Onshore Oil &amp; Gas Licensing Round, the results of which we expect to announce later this year.</p><p>All operations require planning permission, access agreement with relevant landowner(s), Environment Agency permits, HSE scrutiny, and DECC consent before they can commence. Within an existing PEDL, an application which included plans to frac in North Yorkshire was consented to by DECC in 2012 but, due to changes to the operator’s plans, the activity was not carried out.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 16/03/2015 14:58:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

226673

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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	Advertising
	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 his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	227342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Total advertising spend, excluding VAT, is set out in the table below. The figures include associated costs such as the production of creative services. A breakdown by category is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Advertising</strong></p><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>£118k</p></td><td><p>£137k</p></td><td><p>£3.112M</p></td><td><p>£2.138M</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Spend in FY 12-13, 13-14 &amp; 14-15 includes advertising for the Green Deal. The Green Deal helps you make energy-saving improvements to your home and find the best way to pay for them.</p><p>During FY 14-15 we have allocated an advertising budget for the ‘Power to Switch Campaign’ as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>£620,000 to develop, produce and supply advertisements. This includes budgets agreed with the agency to produce each of the TV and Radio advertisements;</li><li>£4,100,000 to buy advertising space (including agency media buying and communications planning fees).</li></ul><p>The FY 14-15 figure includes £335k spent on the ‘Power to Switch Campaign’. Actual final spends are not yet available.</p><p>The 'Power to Switch' campaign will run for 5 weeks and will include national, regional and online advertising, encouraging people to switch and save.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 18/03/2015 17:57:20 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

226594

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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	Wind Power
	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 onshore wind capacity for repowering farms (a) received planning approval and (b) was rejected in each year since 2009; and how many planning applications for repowering onshore wind farms were (i) approved and (ii) rejected in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	227174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD) does not routinely capture information on planning applications from renewable electricity projects seeking to repower. The table below sets out the number and capacity of onshore wind projects that received or were refused planning permission in each year since 2009 and whose operator site names quoted in the REPD indicate that they are repower projects:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>Approved</em></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>Refused</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>No</em></p></td><td><p><em>Cap MW)</em></p></td><td><p><em>No</em></p></td><td><p><em>Cap (MW)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2009</em></strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2010</em></strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2011</em></strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2012</em></strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2014</em></strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>2015</em></strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Totals</em></strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 19/03/2015 11:33:23 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50533 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

226668

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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
	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 he has made of the effect of (a) onshore wind, (b) offshore wind, (c) solar, (d) biomass, (e) wave and (f) tidal energy generation on the average domestic energy bill in 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	227255
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>In November 2014, the Government published estimates of the impact of energy and climate change policies on energy prices and bills:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills-2014</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 17/03/2015 17:25:53 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50536 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

226677

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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	Wind Power
	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 onshore wind capacity (a) received planning approval and (b) was rejected in each month in 2014; and how many planning applications for onshore wind farms were (i) approved and (ii) rejected in each such month.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	227173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The table below sets out the number and capacity of onshore wind projects that received or were refused planning permission in each month of 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Approved</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Refused</em></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>No</em></p></td><td><p><em>Cap MW)</em></p></td><td><p><em>No</em></p></td><td><p><em>Cap (MW)</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Jan-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Feb-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Mar-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Apr-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>May-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Jun-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>303</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Jul-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Aug-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Sep-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>214</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Oct-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Nov-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Dec-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Totals</em></strong></p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>1,779</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>1,337</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The data is compiled from the January 2015 edition of the Renewable Energy Planning Database, which is published on DECC.GOV and updated monthly. This tracks the progress of renewable electricity projects with a capacity of 1MW or greater from submission of a planning application through to determination and generation. The approved projects include a number of projects that were granted planning consent on appeal. Some of the refused projects may be awaiting the outcome of appeals.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 23/03/2015 14:52:29 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50532 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

226681

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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	Housing: Insulation
	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 contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change of 3 February 2015, Official Report, column 22WH, on cavity wall insulation, when he plans to report progress on (a) discussions with Ofgem, (b) obtaining a summary of the number of complaints received by Ofgem and that body's views on those complaints, (c) consideration of a review of complaints, (d) consideration of the case for introducing independent oversight for all guarantees, (e) consideration of introduction of independent assessments two years after installation and (f) consideration of regulation of initial sales conversations.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
	uin	227143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>At the recent Westminster debate on 3 February I made a commitment to write to all interested members to update on the actions my officials are taking to review these issues before the dissolution of Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 18/03/2015 15:04:58 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50530 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

226680

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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	Surveys
	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 (a) disabled and (b) all other staff in his Department reported experiencing bullying or harassment at work in the most recent Civil Service People Survey.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	227151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>In the 2014 People Survey, 13% of DECC respondents declaring a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months.</p><p>6% of DECC respondents declaring that they did not have a long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability reported that they had personally experienced bullying or harassment at work in the past 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>To note, the Civil Service People Survey asks the question “Do you have any long-standing physical or mental health condition, illness, impairment or disability?” The survey does not include a question that specifically identifies disability status.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 18/03/2015 18:01:28 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

226670

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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: Finance
	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 paragraph 23 of his Department's grant confirmation letter of 11 January 2010 to the MOZES community energy co-operative, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that eligible third sector organisations and local authorities will be allowed to receive grant funding from the Low Carbon Communities Challenge and feed-in tariffs.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	227267
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department wrote to recipients of the Low Carbon Communities Challenge (LCCC) grant in 2010 when it became clear that the European Commission considered the feed-in tariff scheme (FIT) to be state aid, and therefore not permissible to be combined with the LCCC grant, as originally intended. Officials offered advice to the projects at that time.</p><p>The LCCC award letter made it clear that any income from FIT payments could only be spent on additional carbon reduction initiatives and therefore not to fund the maintenance costs of renewable energy systems installed under the LCCC grant. Some projects may have received grant funding for activities that are not associated with purchasing and installing renewable energy technologies. Such costs are not covered by the FIT and so can be supported by public grants without affecting eligibility for the FIT under the current rules. We will be issuing guidance that gives more clarity on this issue.</p><p>We will also be issuing guidance for new community groups covering: the treatment of different community ownership models under the FIT scheme; and reaching agreement with a commercial developer over sharing FIT payments.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 227364 question first answered 17/03/2015 17:24:07 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50539 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

226674

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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	MOZES
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what date his Department received the report from Ray Noble on the MOZES community energy cooperative in Nottingham.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	227365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>At the Department’s request, Mr Noble agreed to offer the MOZES community energy co-operative free advice on the maintenance costs for their renewable energy installations. The Department did not commission a report from him.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 227366 question first answered 17/03/2015 17:24:53 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50541 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

226675

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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	MOZES
	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 he has made of the options available to restructure the 2010 grant to the MOZES community energy cooperative in Nottingham in order to make it State Aid compliant.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	227364
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department wrote to recipients of the Low Carbon Communities Challenge (LCCC) grant in 2010 when it became clear that the European Commission considered the feed-in tariff scheme (FIT) to be state aid, and therefore not permissible to be combined with the LCCC grant, as originally intended. Officials offered advice to the projects at that time.</p><p>The LCCC award letter made it clear that any income from FIT payments could only be spent on additional carbon reduction initiatives and therefore not to fund the maintenance costs of renewable energy systems installed under the LCCC grant. Some projects may have received grant funding for activities that are not associated with purchasing and installing renewable energy technologies. Such costs are not covered by the FIT and so can be supported by public grants without affecting eligibility for the FIT under the current rules. We will be issuing guidance that gives more clarity on this issue.</p><p>We will also be issuing guidance for new community groups covering: the treatment of different community ownership models under the FIT scheme; and reaching agreement with a commercial developer over sharing FIT payments.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd grouped question UIN 227267 question first answered 17/03/2015 17:24:07 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 50540 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood