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391421

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what progress she has made on reducing the time taken for homeowners to switch energy and gas supplier; and what forecast she has made of the effect on switching times of the completion of the smart metering implementation programme.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	7974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department has worked with Energy UK, Ofgem, suppliers and other key industry partners to develop and implement proposals which have enabled domestic customers to switch supplier within 17 days, half the time it previously took.</p><p>The roll-out of smart metering will make switching energy supplier easier and faster and is a key enabler to 24-hour switching. The Government announced in the Summer Budget 2015 that it will work with Ofgem with the ambition of introducing 24-hour switching by the end of 2018.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/09/2015 08:37:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227517

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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
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 the domestic retail electricity and gas market was captured by the six largest energy firms in (a) 2000, (b) 2010 and (c) the latest date for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	227669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/03/2015 16:49:57 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

226220

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
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
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 cost to the public purse was of the Government's advertising campaign encouraging consumers to switch energy providers.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Murphy
uin	227021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>As the campaign is still ongoing the actual final spends are not yet available, but we have allocated a budget for the Power to Switch Campaign as follows:</p><ul><li>£620,000 to develop, produce and supply advertisements;</li><li>£4,100,000 to buy advertising space (including agency media buying and communications planning fees).</li></ul><p>The Power to Switch Campaign encourages people to switch supplier and save money by visiting:</p><p><a href="http://www.beanenergyshopper.com/" target="_blank">www.BeAnEnergyShopper.com</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 18/03/2015 17:58:08 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	595 label Biography information for Mr Jim Murphy

226081

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to paragraph 2.4.4 of Powers for a Purpose: towards a lasting devolution settlement for Wales, published in February 2015, Cm 9020, for what reasons an upper limit of 350 MW for those energy projects over which the Welsh Assembly Government should have full planning powers has been proposed; and if he will give the Welsh Assembly Government full planning powers for power generation projects greater than 1000 MW.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	226763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The independent Silk Commission recommended that consenting responsibility for energy generation projects up to 350MW should be devolved to Wales and explained its rationale for this in its second report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 16/03/2015 10:57:23 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

224445

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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
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 estimate he has made of the projected number of years of active energy projection from (a) nuclear power, (b) offshore wind turbines, (c) onshore wind turbines, (d) coal powered power stations, (e) gas powered power stations, (f) solar powered farms, (g) tidal lagoon, (h) biomass and (i) anaerobic digesters.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	225910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>DECC’s most recently published figures for levelised costs contains information on the operating duration of selected electricity generation for technologies. These are available in the DECC Electricity Generation Costs (December 2013) report:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/03/2015 15:31:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

178319

registered interest
date	06/02/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will take steps to ensure that families with children are treated as a vulnerable group by energy companies.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	223710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>A new Strategy and Policy Statement, which Government consulted on last year makes it clear that helping vulnerable households is one of the Government’s strategic priorities to which Ofgem should have regard when carrying out its regulatory functions. The statement will replace the existing Social and Environmental Statutory Guidance to the Gas and Electricity Market Authority, as recommended by the Ofgem Review of 2010-11.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 11/02/2015 11:06:47 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

178128

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will amend the Social and Environment Statutory Guidance to the Gas and Electric Market Authority to include families with children as a vulnerable group.
tabling member constituency	Wells
tabling member printed	Tessa Munt
uin	223547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Ofgem Review of 2010-11 recommended that the Social and Environmental Statutory Guidance to the Gas and Electricity Market Authority should be replaced with a new Strategy and Policy Statement. The guidance will be repealed once the statement is designated. The draft statement, which Government consulted on last year, makes it clear that helping vulnerable households is one of the Government’s strategic priorities to which Ofgem should have regard to when carrying out its regulatory functions.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 23/02/2015 13:17:20 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4089 label Biography information for Tessa Munt

177492

registered interest
date	02/02/2015
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
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 he has had with his EU counterparts on carbon and renewables targets.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	David Mowat
uin	907455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2015 answer text <p>Since agreement of the EU2030 climate and energy package, my Right Honourable Friend and I have had many discussions with EU counterparts on implementing the EU’s GHG target, including at the Environment Councils in October and December, and at the COP20 in Lima in December. My Right Honourable Friend met with Commissioner Arias Canete yesterday and discussed a wide range of climate change issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 05/02/2015 14:56:36 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4080 label Biography information for David Mowat

176090

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce energy costs within his Department.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	222201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave my Hon. Friend the Member for Brighton, Kemptown (Simon Kirby) on 11 September 2014, official report, column 717W.. Hansard source (Citation: HC Deb, 11 September 2014, c717W)</p> answering member constituency Aylesbury answering member printed Mr David Lidington question first answered 26/03/2015 11:31:35 answering member 15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

171800

registered interest
date	02/01/2015
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
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 times he has met senior representatives of the six largest energy companies since November 2014.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	219621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has on 3 occasions met with representative(s) from one or more of the six largest energy companies since 1<sup>st</sup> November 2014.</p><p>Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on a quarterly basis on the <a href="http://www.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-of-energy-climate-change&amp;publication_type=transparency-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=department-of-energy-climate-change&amp;publication_type=transparency-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/01/2015 17:54:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash