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64313

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Oil: Refineries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that former oil refineries being converted to bulk storage and distribution terminals meet post-Buncefield health and safety requirements.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	202807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p><strong> </strong>The COMAH Competent Authority (CA), comprising HSE and the environment agencies, is responsible for ensuring that oil refineries and fuel storage and distribution terminals meet new safety and environmental standards introduced in 2009 following the Buncefield fire and explosion. The standards were developed jointly by industry and the CA and published by the Process Safety Leadership Group (PSLG).</p><p> </p><p>Refineries were required to produce risk-based action plans to implement the PSLG safety standards at their existing fuel storage facilities. HSE led the assessment of these plans during 2011 and has been inspecting sites to ensure the planned improvements are made. The timings of upgrades to containment standards at refineries' existing fuel storage facilities is based on risk and will vary for each site. Agreed improvements are embedded in environment inspection plans for each site and followed up to ensure measures are implemented on time.</p><p> </p><p>The CA is working with refineries undergoing conversion to fuel storage and distribution terminals to ensure the PSLG standards are applied in full to their new facilities.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning grouped question UIN 202808 question first answered 03/07/2014 14:40:55 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64314

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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	Aviation: Fuels
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 duration in days that airports in the south east of England would be able to run at full aviation fuel demand capacity in the event of an emergency on the scale of the Buncefield explosion in 2005.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	202806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>UK supplies of aviation fuels are resilient to most hazards and additional protections have been put in place since the incident at Buncefield in 2005. Any impact upon supplies would depend entirely on the nature of any incident.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 202805 question first answered 02/07/2014 15:39:36 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64315

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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	Oil
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what mechanisms his Department has put in place to monitor the amount of available capacity in the UKOP, GPSS and MLP UK pipeline systems.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	202801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Both the UKOP and MLP pipeline systems are privately owned and operated. Currently there are no statutory provisions that require private pipeline owners and operators to make available commercial information on spare capacity.</p><p>The GPSS is a government owned pipeline and DECC is able to obtain information regarding available capacity on request.</p><p>Following the recent cross- government review of the role of both the UK refining and import sectors in UK, and in recognition of pipe-line access being cited as an issue by some stakeholders, the new independently chaired Midstream Oil Government and Industry Task Force will take forward further work on this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 02/07/2014 15:40:09 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64316

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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	Oil
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 his Department has taken to ensure equality of access to the UKOP, GPSS and MLP UK pipeline systems.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	202802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>Both the UKOP and MLP pipeline systems are privately owned and operated and commercial decisions on access are taken by the companies concerned. The Pipelines Act 1962 contains provisions for owners/operators to offer third party access and for any spare capacity to be made available to anyone who wishes to apply for it.</p><p>The GPSS is a government owned pipeline operated by the Oil and Pipelines Agency (OPA), a public corporation sponsored by the Ministry of Defence. The OPA lets commercial contracts on a similar basis to operators of private pipelines provided these are consistent with Defence requirements. Access to the GPSS may require the agreement of private companies which control ingress points, egress points or other pipelines connected to the network.</p><p>Following the recent cross- government review of the role of both the UK refining and import sectors in UK, and in recognition of pipeline access being cited as an issue by some stakeholders, the new independently chaired Midstream Oil Government and Industry Task Force will take forward further work on this issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 02/07/2014 15:42:20 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64317

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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	Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what strategic level his Department has agreed with industry for the amount of motor gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel products required to meet the compulsory stock oligations.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	202803
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>EU Member States are required under EU Directive 2009/119/EC to hold oil stocks at the higher of 90 days of average net daily imports or 61 days of average daily inland consumption in order to mitigate a substantial supply disruption. At present, the UK is obligated at 61 days of average daily inland consumption. The UK meets this obligation by directing substantial suppliers of oil products to the UK market to hold stocks.</p><p>In order to meet the requirements of EU Directive, the UK requires that at least one-third of this obligation is held by industry in the form of gas/diesel oil, motor gasoline and Kerosene-type jet fuel.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 01/07/2014 16:24:06 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64318

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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	Fuels
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 as a percentage of the compulsory stock obligations for motor gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel products are currently being held physically on the UK mainland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	202804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>Obligated companies in the UK are required to hold at least one-third of their obligation as finished products of petrol, diesel and jet-fuel. The remaining two-thirds of the obligation can be met with a wider range of oil products and crude oil, known as ‘Any Oil', potentially including additional stocks of petrol, diesel and jet-fuel. Companies are able to hold stocks both in the UK and in facilities within the European Union.</p><p>In April 2014 in total companies held 104% of the obligation for finished products of petrol in the UK, while for jet fuel this was 96% and diesel 78%. The higher figure for petrol is a result of stocks of this product also being held by obligated companies in the UK toward the ‘Any Oil' obligation.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 01/07/2014 16:35:37 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64319

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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	Fuels
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 duration in days that the South East of England fuel demand could run at full capacity based on current stock levels of (a) refined petrol and (b) diesel products in the event of an emergency on the scale of the Buncefield explosion in 2005.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	202805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p>UK supplies of aviation fuels are resilient to most hazards and additional protections have been put in place since the incident at Buncefield in 2005. Any impact upon supplies would depend entirely on the nature of any incident.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon grouped question UIN 202806 question first answered 02/07/2014 15:39:36 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64320

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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	Dredging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the number of marine dredging applications that will be dealt with by the Marine Management Organisation using the online marine licensing system in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	202815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Since the beginning of 2014-15 the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has dealt with five 15 year marine licences for aggregate dredging.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For non-aggregate dredging Defra's Impact Assessment on exemptions and navigational dredging predicted 872 applications ranging from simple, routine and complex applications for 2014-15 (Ref: IA No DEFRA 1118 – The Marine Licensing (Exempted Activities) (Amendment) Order 2013). The actual annual number of applications being received so far is currently running at between 10-20% of the forecast.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/07/2014 11:04:15 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64321

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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	Dredging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate his Department has made of the average length of time taken by the Marine Management Organisation to approve a marine dredging application using the outline marine licensing system since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	202816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The online marine licensing system came into force on 6 April 2011 following the formation of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in 2010. From the start of the licensing system the estimated average time taken by the MMO to approve marine dredging applications are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Aggregate dredging</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Average length of time to licence a 15 year aggregate application is estimated at 300 hours (200 hours during application and 100 hours of pre-application advice)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Non-aggregate dredging</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Description of activity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average MMO hours per case</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Simple navigational dredging</p></td><td><p>3.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Routine navigational dredging</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Routine capital dredging</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Complex navigational dredging</p></td><td><p>13.35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Complex capital dredging</p></td><td><p>11.88</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 03/07/2014 11:10:22 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

64323

registered interest
date	26/06/2014
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	Dredging
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many marine dredging applications have been dealt with by the Marine Management Organisation using the online marine licensing system since 2009.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	202809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The online marine licensing system came into force on 6 April 2011 following the formation of the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in 2010. To date the MMO have dealt with the following numbers of marine aggregate and non-aggregate dredging applications:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Aggregate dredging</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</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><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>1 x 15 year dredging permission</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>0</p></td><td><p>25 x short term marine licences;</p></td><td><p>14 x 15 year marine licences;</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7 x 15 year marine licences</p></td><td><p>1 x aggregate trial dredging</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>32</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Non-aggregate dredging</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There was a transitional period from 6 April 2011 to 5 April 2014 for non-aggregate dredging. This activity mainly included navigational dredging which become licensable from 6 April 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Disposal dredged material at sea</p><p> </p><p>(figures below represent MMO licensing up to April 2014)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2009/10</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><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/07/2014 14:54:53 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson