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177836

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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 Supply
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 has been made of the number of (a) Fast Reserve, (b) Short Term Operating Reserve and (c) BM Start up Reserve services triggered by National Grid from units in (i) England, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Wales in each month since July 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	223353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. It is the responsibility of National Grid as System Operator to procure enough reserve for the system overall, and procure any system services which might be required for real-time balancing of the system. Further details on these services can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www2.nationalgrid.com/uk/services/balancing-services/" target="_blank">http://www2.nationalgrid.com/uk/services/balancing-services/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 11/02/2015 12:33:14 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 43692 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

177837

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	Natural Gas: 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 estimate he has made of the (a) number of gas meters and (b) mean annual gas consumption per meter in each local authority in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	223352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the number of gas meters and mean annual gas consumption by local authority for each year since 2005 can be found on the DECC website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/gas-sales-and-numbers-of-customers-by-region-and-local-authority" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/gas-sales-and-numbers-of-customers-by-region-and-local-authority</a>.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/02/2015 13:35:31 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

177838

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	Electricity: 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 estimate he has made of (a) the number of elecricity meters and (b) the mean annual electricity consumption per meter in each local authority for each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	223354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the number of electricity meters and mean annual electricity consumption by local authority for each year since 2005 can be found on the DECC website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/regional-and-local-authority-electricity-consumption-statistics-2005-to-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/regional-and-local-authority-electricity-consumption-statistics-2005-to-2011.</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/02/2015 13:34:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

177922

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of the Access to Work scheme was in (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b) South Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each month since July 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	223432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The most up-to-date statistics on individuals helped by Access to Work were published on 20<sup>th</sup> January 2015, and are available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics-on-recipients--2#2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics-on-recipients--2#2014</a></p><p> </p><p>No data is included for Northern Ireland as Access to Work has been devolved to that administration.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 10/02/2015 14:09:31 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

177925

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	Access to Work Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b) South Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK received support through the Access to Work scheme in each month since July 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	223433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The most up-to-date statistics on individuals helped by Access to Work were published on 20<sup>th</sup> January 2015, and are available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics-on-recipients--2#2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics-on-recipients--2#2014</a></p><p> </p><p>No data is included for Northern Ireland as Access to Work has been devolved to that administration.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 10/02/2015 15:44:51 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

177927

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	Personal Independence Payment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of personal independence payment claims were disallowed pre-referral to the assessment providers in (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b) South Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each month since April 2013; and how many such claims were disallowed due to the claimant not returning the Part 2 form within the time limit in each of those areas in each of those months.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	223341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2015 answer text <p>For Great Britain figures relating to the number of claims disallowed pre-referral to the assessment, please refer to the Personal Independence Payment ad hoc statistical release published on 28<sup>th</sup> January 2015.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-new-claims-ad-hoc-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/personal-independence-payment-new-claims-ad-hoc-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Please also refer to the following PQ response which shows what proportion of such claims are disallowed due to the claimant not returning the Part 2 form within the time limit.</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-01-28/222418/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-01-28/222418/</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department is intending on releasing Parliamentary Constituency, Local Authority and Regional level data on the number of claims disallowed pre-referral to the assessment provider and how many were disallowed due to the claimant not returning the Part 2 form within the time limit in the future.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 11/02/2015 15:01:01 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

177152

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	Fossil Fuels: Licensing
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 cost to his Department of officiating the 13th onshore oil and gas licensing round; and how much his Department recouped from the sale of licences in that round.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	222920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The 13<sup>th</sup> onshore oil and gas licensing round was held in 2008. A review of the time spent considering 13<sup>th</sup> Round applications by staff involved in oil gas licensing estimated that the resource cost to the departmental had been £86,180.</p><p>Licences are not sold, but there is a fee for applications. Licence application fees for the 13<sup>th</sup> Round totalled £60,000.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/02/2015 11:58:12 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 43136 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

176757

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
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	Natural Gas: Consumption
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 level of gas consumption by (a) consumers and (b) all gas users was in each month of 2014.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	222722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department publishes natural gas consumption statistics on a quarterly basis back to 1998 here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388417/et4_1.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388417/et4_1.xls</a></p><p>The level of gas consumption by final consumers for 2014 (up to and including provisional data for Q3 2014) is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>(GWh)</em></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>1st quarter</em></p></td><td><p><em>2nd quarter</em></p></td><td><p><em>3rd quarter p</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Final consumption</strong></p></td><td><p>184,427</p></td><td><p>86,567</p></td><td><p>58,973</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iron &amp; steel</p></td><td><p>1,492</p></td><td><p>1,385</p></td><td><p>1,293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other industries</p></td><td><p>28,786</p></td><td><p>17,930</p></td><td><p>15,209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Domestic</p></td><td><p>120,684</p></td><td><p>45,558</p></td><td><p>24,391</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other final users</p></td><td><p>32,065</p></td><td><p>20,294</p></td><td><p>16,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non energy use</p></td><td><p>1,399</p></td><td><p>1,399</p></td><td><p>1,399</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The total level of gas consumption by all gas users, including transformation etc. for 2014 (up to and including provisional data for Q3 2014) is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>(GWh)</em></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>1st quarter</p></td><td><p>2nd quarter</p></td><td><p>3rd quarter p</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total demand</strong></p></td><td><p>253,938</p></td><td><p>154,565</p></td><td><p>136,149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Transformation</strong></p></td><td><p>53,996</p></td><td><p>53,715</p></td><td><p>64,335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity generation</p></td><td><p>46,455</p></td><td><p>48,519</p></td><td><p>60,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heat generation</p></td><td><p>7,541</p></td><td><p>5,197</p></td><td><p>4,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Energy industry use</p></td><td><p>13,485</p></td><td><p>12,638</p></td><td><p>11,194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Losses</p></td><td><p>2,030</p></td><td><p>1,645</p></td><td><p>1,647</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Final consumption</strong></p></td><td><p>184,427</p></td><td><p>86,567</p></td><td><p>58,973</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Iron &amp; steel</p></td><td><p>1,492</p></td><td><p>1,385</p></td><td><p>1,293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other industries</p></td><td><p>28,786</p></td><td><p>17,930</p></td><td><p>15,209</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Domestic</p></td><td><p>120,684</p></td><td><p>45,558</p></td><td><p>24,391</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other final users</p></td><td><p>32,065</p></td><td><p>20,294</p></td><td><p>16,680</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Non energy use</p></td><td><p>1,399</p></td><td><p>1,399</p></td><td><p>1,399</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Provisional data for quarter 4 2014 will be published on Thursday 26 March 2015 at 9.30am.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/02/2015 15:54:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 42706 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

176758

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
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	Electricity: Consumption
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to publish an update to the sub-national total final electricity consumption statistics.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	222721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The sub-national electricity consumption statistics for 2013 were published on Thursday 18<sup>th</sup> December 2014 on the DECC website. A summary report highlighting the key statistics can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-national-electricity-and-gas-consumption-summary-report-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-national-electricity-and-gas-consumption-summary-report-2013</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/02/2015 13:27:41 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 42705 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

176759

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
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: 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 he has made of the average cost to domestic consumers per GWh of (a) gas and (b) electricity in each month of 2014.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	222720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>DECC do not produce monthly estimates of gas and electricity costs. A monthly index of the price of domestic gas and electricity is published by the Office for National Statistics as part of their Consumer Price Index. This series is an index with 2005 prices = 100.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>Electricity</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Gas</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Jan-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>199.9</p></td><td><p>250.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Feb-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>200.4</p></td><td><p>251.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Mar-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>199.8</p></td><td><p>250.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Apr-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>May-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Jun-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Jul-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Aug-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Sep-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Oct-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Nov-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Dec-14</em></strong></p></td><td><p>198.6</p></td><td><p>249.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In 2014 DECC estimates that the average price of electricity was 15.57 pence/kWh based on annual consumption of 3,800 kWh/year, with the average price of gas 5.02 pence/kWh based on consumption of 15,000 kWh / year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/02/2015 14:39:53 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 42703 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex