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100124

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date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many businesses are registered in each of the market exchange categories for broadband in (a) South Lanarkshire, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	211398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available. With the exception of the Hull area, where KCom is the only significant provider, the broadband market is defined according to the level of competition across the UK as whole. Ofcom carries out a rolling programme of market reviews of competition in communications markets to ensure that regulation remains appropriate and proportionate in the light of changing market conditions. The market definition and market analysis procedure that Ofcom is required to follow is set out in the EU regulatory framework for communications.</p><p> </p><p>In June of this year, on completion of its latest Wholesale Broadband Access (WBA) market review, Ofcom reduced the number of market areas from 4 to 3 to better reflect developments in the market since the last review was undertaken in 2010. Details of the market areas, the number of exchanges in each area and the percentage of premises served are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Area</p></td><td><p>No of exchanges</p></td><td><p>% of UK premises served</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Hull area</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Market A</p></td><td><p>3196</p></td><td><p>9.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Market B</p></td><td><p>2390</p></td><td><p>89.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Market A is defined as an area as where there are no more than two principal operators present or forecast to be present, and market B as an area where there is effective competition. Market A tends to be in the more rural and remote parts of the country. Details of the exchanges in each area are available in the Ofcom WBA statement published on 26 June - <a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/review-wba-markets/statement/" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/review-wba-markets/statement/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 211384 question first answered 24/10/2014 12:40:11 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

100125

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many people are covered by each of the three market exchange categories for broadband in (a) South Lanarkshire, (b) Scotland and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	211384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not readily available. With the exception of the Hull area, where KCom is the only significant provider, the broadband market is defined according to the level of competition across the UK as whole. Ofcom carries out a rolling programme of market reviews of competition in communications markets to ensure that regulation remains appropriate and proportionate in the light of changing market conditions. The market definition and market analysis procedure that Ofcom is required to follow is set out in the EU regulatory framework for communications.</p><p> </p><p>In June of this year, on completion of its latest Wholesale Broadband Access (WBA) market review, Ofcom reduced the number of market areas from 4 to 3 to better reflect developments in the market since the last review was undertaken in 2010. Details of the market areas, the number of exchanges in each area and the percentage of premises served are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Area</p></td><td><p>No of exchanges</p></td><td><p>% of UK premises served</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Hull area</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Market A</p></td><td><p>3196</p></td><td><p>9.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Market B</p></td><td><p>2390</p></td><td><p>89.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Market A is defined as an area as where there are no more than two principal operators present or forecast to be present, and market B as an area where there is effective competition. Market A tends to be in the more rural and remote parts of the country. Details of the exchanges in each area are available in the Ofcom WBA statement published on 26 June - <a href="http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/review-wba-markets/statement/" target="_blank">http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/consultations/review-wba-markets/statement/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey grouped question UIN 211398 question first answered 24/10/2014 12:40:12 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

100151

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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	Natural Gas: 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 actual historical volatility of wholesale gas prices in each month since June 2010, given as the average deviation from the average price for each month.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	211350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>We have not made such a calculation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/10/2014 13:28:05 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

100152

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
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 strike price for Hinkley Point C in October 2014 prices.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	211348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The Hinkley Point C strike price in 2012 prices is £89.50/MWh indexed to the Consumer Price Index. This price benefits from upfront reduction of £3/MWh built in on assumption that EdF will be able to share first of a kind costs of EPR reactors across Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C sites. If the final investment decision is not taken on Sizewell C, the Strike Price for Hinkley Point C will be £92.50/MWh in 2012 prices. The Department has not restated the strike price in October 2014 prices.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/10/2014 13:29:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

93174

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what compensation mechanisms are in place for EDF in the event that the Government closes Hinkley Point C for reasons other than safety or immediate environmental reasons.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	210539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>If a final contract is signed, it is expected that the investors in Hinkley Point C would, subject to conditions, receive compensation in the event of a political shut down of the plant other than for reasons including health, nuclear safety, security, environmental reasons, nuclear transport or nuclear safeguards. These arrangements would be supported by an agreement between my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State and the Hinkley Point C investors.</p><p>The exact details of the compensation mechanisms are to be agreed between the Government and EDF, but the principle would be that investors are compensated for their losses directly as a result of the decision to shut them down.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 20/10/2014 13:23:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 22795 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

93175

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the operator's liability for decommissioning costs are capped in the contract for difference for Hinkley Point C, or whether these will be passed on to EDF in full.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	210538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2014 answer text <p>There is no cap in the contract for difference for Hinkley Point C on the operator’s liability for decommissioning costs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s policy is that operators of new nuclear power stations must have arrangements in place to meet the full costs of decommissioning and their full share of waste management and disposal costs. This policy is being implemented through a framework created by the Energy Act 2008. The Energy Act requires operators of new nuclear power stations to have a Funded Decommissioning Programme approved by the Secretary of State in place before construction of a new nuclear power station begins and to comply with this programme thereafter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/11/2014 12:11:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

93177

registered interest
date	14/10/2014
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	Nuclear Power Stations
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 his Department has made of the forecast levelised costs for nuclear power generation with a date of commission in (a) 2020, (b) 2025, (c) 2030 and (d) 2035.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	210537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2014 answer text <p>DECC’s most recently published figures for current and future levelised costs 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>Table 1 below is taken from this report, and shows a range of levelised cost estimates for nuclear projects commissioning in 2020, 2025 and 2030, evaluated using a technology specific hurdle rate of 9.5% (pre-tax real). Estimates are not available for projects commissioning in 2035.</p><p>Table 1: Levelised cost estimates for nuclear projects, technology specific hurdle rate, sensitivities around high/low capital costs</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>£/MWh</em></p><p><em>£2012</em></p></td><td><p><em>Projects commissioning in 2020, </em></p><p><em>£/MWh</em></p></td><td><p><em>Projects commissioning in 2025, </em></p><p><em>£/MWh</em></p></td><td><p><em>Projects commissioning in 2030, </em></p><p><em>£/MWh</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuclear</p></td><td><p>79 - 102</p></td><td><p>75 – 101</p></td><td><p>67 - 89</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Levelised cost estimates for different types of electricity generation are highly sensitive to the assumptions used for capital costs, fuel and EU ETS allowance prices, operating costs, load factor, discount rate and other drivers and this means that there is significant uncertainty around these estimates.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 14/11/2014 12:11:23 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

78447

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Staff
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 total staff cost has been of (a) the Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas, (b) the Office of Carbon Capture and Storage, (c) his Department's human resources services, (d) the EMR delivery unit and (e) his Department's press office in each year since June 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	206298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Business Area</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2010-11</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2011-12</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2012-13</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2013-14</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><del class="ministerial"> </del></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£(k)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£(k)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£(k)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£(k)</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Unconventional Oil &amp; Gas</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">-</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">-</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">-</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">448</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">OCCS</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,419</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,762</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,515</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,570</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">HR</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,385</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,614</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,968</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,044</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">EMR Delivery Unit</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">-</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">-</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">-</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4,299</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Communications (incl. Press Office)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,764</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,408</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,643</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,384</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Business Area</strong></ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010-11</strong></ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011-12</strong></ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012-13</strong></ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013-14</strong></ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td></tr><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">£(k)</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">£(k)</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">£(k)</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">£(k)</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td></tr><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">Unconventional Oil &amp; Gas</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">448</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td></tr><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">OCCS</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">1,419</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">1,762</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">2,515</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">2,570</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td></tr><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">HR</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">1,385</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">1,614</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">1,968</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">2,044</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td></tr><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">EMR Delivery Unit</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">4,299</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td></tr><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">Communications (incl. Press Office)</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">2,678</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">2,223</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">2,450</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">2,384</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd previous answer version 11655 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd 17532 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd question first answered 01/09/2014 13:56:12 question first ministerially corrected 12/09/2014 11:18:56 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex