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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

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

176767

registered interest
date	29/01/2015
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	Ground Water
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 she has made of the total area of (a) England and (b) Wales covered by groundwater protection zones (i) 1, (ii) 2 and (iii) 3.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	222700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>Approximately 15% of the area of England is covered by defined Source Protection Zones (SPZs) 1, 2 and 3.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- SPZ1s cover approximately 2,000 km<sup>2 </sup>(1.5%) of the area of England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- SPZ2s, which include the area covered by SPZ1s, cover approximately 7,700 km<sup>2</sup> (6.5%) of the area of England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- SPZ3s, which include the area covered by SPZ1s and SPZ2s, cover approximately 20,000 km<sup>2</sup> (15%) of the area of England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, a large number of small private water supplies will be considered to be within an SPZ1 and SPZ2, and may amount to an additional 5%.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Welsh Government is responsible for SPZs in Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 03/02/2015 10:25:29 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

171914

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of Government expenditure in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the UK in each year since 1990.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	219722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2015 answer text <p>Data for identifiable public expenditure can be found in the annual publication ‘<em>Country and Regional Analysis</em>’. The latest version, published in November 2014, can be found here:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is not possible to provide comparable data for the period requested, as the methodology used to calculate the data in the CRA is frequently revised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey answering member printed Danny Alexander question first answered 14/01/2015 17:04:39 answering member 1535 label Biography information for Danny Alexander
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

171917

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Offshore Industry: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value to the Exchequer of tax receipts on oil and gas extracted from the North Sea in each year since 1990.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	219708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>Government revenues from UK oil and gas production for all years to 2013-14 are published by HMRC as National Statistics on the GOV.UK website, in Table 11.11, at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306225/140424_Table_11_11.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306225/140424_Table_11_11.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 12/01/2015 13:01:15 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex