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418420

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
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
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 shale gas extraction on delivery of the (a) second and (b) third Carbon Budget.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	10074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s independent advisory body on climate change, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), has considered the role of shale gas in previous reports about carbon budgets to 2027<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>; this included the second and third carbon budgets. They concluded that UK shale gas production can be consistent with meeting our carbon targets.</p><p>The Infrastructure Act 2015 places a new requirement on the Secretary of State to seek advice from the CCC on the likely impact of onshore oil and gas production (including shale gas) on meeting our carbon budgets and our 2050 80% emission reduction target. The first CCC report is due by 1 April 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] For an overview of the CCC work on shale gas please see also <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/environmental-audit/EAC-Shale-gas-letter.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-committees/environmental-audit/EAC-Shale-gas-letter.pdf</a> .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 21/09/2015 12:26:29 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

418432

registered interest
date	11/09/2015
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish the final version of her Department's report, Shale Gas: Rural Economy Impacts.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	10066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2015 answer text <p>The full version of the draft rural economy impacts paper was released on 1 July and is available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-shale-gas-rural-economy-impacts-paper" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-shale-gas-rural-economy-impacts-paper</a>. The draft paper was intended as a rapid review of existing literature; it is not analytically robust. Work on this paper was discontinued and we have no plans to update it.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 18/09/2015 10:55:52 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

416366

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether her Department discussed (a) the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs report, Shale Gas: Rural Economy Impacts, published in redacted form in March 2014 and (b) the timing of that report's release, in either redacted or full form, with Cuadrilla.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	9077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department did not discuss this report, or its timing, with Cuadrilla. This was a draft internal paper and is not analytically robust. It refers to data from overseas studies which cannot be used to predict impacts in the UK with any degree of reliability. The UK has a robust regulatory regime that will ensure that the exploration and production of shale gas can be carried out in a safe and environmentally sound manner. We are committed to ensuring that communities feel the benefits of fracking. Investment in shale could reach £33 billion and support 64,000 jobs in the oil, gas, construction, engineering and chemical sectors. That would be good news for the whole of the UK economy.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 14/09/2015 16:40:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

416367

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Prime Minister
answering dept id	23
answering dept short name	Prime Minister
answering dept sort name	Prime Minister
hansard heading	Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Prime Minister, whether he read the report, Shale Gas: Rural Economy Impacts, published by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in March 2014.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	9076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>This was a draft internal DEFRA paper which was not analytically robust.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has a regulatory regime that will ensure that the exploration and production of shale gas can be carried out in a safe and environmentally sound manner. We are committed to ensuring that communities feel the benefits of fracking. Investment in shale could reach £33 billion and support 64,000 jobs in the oil, gas, construction, engineering and chemical sectors. That would be good news for the whole of the UK economy.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Mr David Cameron question first answered 11/09/2015 12:42:46 answering member 1467 label Biography information for Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

386159

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria she proposes to set for independent monitoring of the environmental effects of shale gas operations at proposed shale gas sites.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	4493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2015 answer text <p>A research consortium led by British Geological Survey (BGS) has established a programme of environmental monitoring in Lancashire, and any criteria are a matter for the consortium to determine, independent of Government. BGS has stated that the information collected from the monitoring programme will be made freely available to the public and also support peer-reviewed science.</p><p>The Autumn Statement in December 2014 announced funding for the gathering of independent evidence about shale gas to be presented directly to the public. This work is under development.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 06/07/2015 15:07:05 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

384927

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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
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 shale gas community benefit funds are distributed to those households closest to potential drilling sites.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	3683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>The government believes that every community hosting shale projects should share in the benefits.</p><p>The shale gas industry has made a voluntary commitment to its Community Engagement Charter, co-ordinated by its representative body UK Onshore Oil and Gas, which includes a commitment to provide benefits to local communities of £100,000 per well at the exploration/appraisal stage where hydraulic fracturing takes place and a further 1% of revenues if shale gas is discovered.</p><p>At a local level, the particular package of community benefits will be designed in conjunction with local residents. Industry have committed to keep their Charter and interaction with local communities under review, including consulting communities about it over time, in the light of operating experience.</p><p>We have also committed to setting up a Sovereign Wealth Fund for the North of England, so that the shale gas resources of the North are used to invest in the future of the North.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/07/2015 13:51:48 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

384928

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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
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 level of potential flaring on shale gas sites.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	3684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>Flaring of gas at onshore sites in England requires a permit from the Environment Agency and the consent of my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State under the Energy Act 1976. Our policy is that any flaring should be reduced to the economic minimum.</p><p>In the Strategic Environmental Assessment carried out for the 14<sup>th</sup> onshore licensing round, the level of flaring for unconventional oil and gas was assessed to be 500,000 cubic meters of methane per fractured exploration well.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/07/2015 11:33:45 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

384929

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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
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 prevent ground water contamination as a result of shale gas drilling.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	3685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question 225861 given to him by my predecessor on 5<sup>th</sup> March 2015:</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-03-02/225861/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-03-02/225861/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/07/2015 13:52:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

384930

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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
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 are being taken to reduce the risk of seismic activity as a result of shale gas drilling.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	3686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2015 answer text <p>In order to avoid hydraulically fracturing near faults, operators are required to review information on faults in the area of the proposed well, and to monitor background seismicity before operations commence. In addition, real time seismic monitoring will also continue during operations, informing a “traffic-light” regime, so that operations can be quickly halted and data reviewed if unusual levels of seismic activity are observed. The level of seismicity at which operations are halted has been set at a precautionary low level on the basis of a report by independent experts and will only be detected at the ground's surface by sensitive equipment.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/07/2015 11:35:31 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

384931

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken to mitigate the noise and sound pollution arising from heavy goods vehicles used in shale gas drilling.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	3687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>Potential noise impacts created by new shale gas development would be taken into account on a case by case basis by local planning authorities when they determine relevant planning applications, or by the Secretary of State in the determination of planning appeals or called-in applications. <br><br>The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that planning decisions should aim to avoid noise from giving rise to significant adverse impacts on health and quality of life as a result of new development, and mitigate and reduce other adverse impacts to a minimum including through the use of conditions.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 30/06/2015 12:45:52 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies