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222480

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	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: 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 Rate of Return on Equity for each of the Distribution Network Operators under Distribution Price Control Review 5.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	224816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Ofgem are responsible for regulating the electricity Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) and the setting of the price control review. Ofgem’s latest estimate for the Rate of Return on Equity for each of the DNOs is in the attached table which covers the years 2010-11 to 2013-14. The last year of Distribution Price Control Review 5 (2014-15) is still on-going.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:09:44 question first ministerially corrected 03/03/2015 09:58:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Copy of RORE DNOs Excel.xlsx title Rate of Return on Equity for DNOs 2010-1 to 2013-4 previous answer version 46378 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

169472

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2014
	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	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 estimate his Department has made of the dispatch period required to increase capacity at (a) nuclear, (b) combined cycle gas turbine, (c) open cycle gas turbine and (d) coal-fired power stations.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	218065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2014 answer text <p>A report by independent energy consultants Parsons Brinckerhoff commissioned by this Department considers the flexibility of coal and gas power technologies:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technical-assessment-of-the-operation-of-coal-gas-fired-plants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technical-assessment-of-the-operation-of-coal-gas-fired-plants</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The table below contains information from the report and shows indicative start up times for coal, existing and modern gas combined cycle gas turbines (CCGT) and large and aero-derivative open cycle gas turbines (OCGT):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Technology</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Notice to Synch* (mins)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Synch to Full Load (mins)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Hot Start</strong></p></td><td><p>Coal</p><p>Existing Gas CCGT</p><p>Modern Gas CCGT</p><p>Gas Large OCGT</p></td><td><p>80-90</p><p>15</p><p>15</p><p>2-5</p></td><td><p>50-100</p><p>35-80</p><p>25</p><p>15-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Warm Start</strong></p></td><td><p>Coal</p><p>Existing Gas CCGT</p><p>Modern Gas CCGT</p><p>Gas Large OCGT</p></td><td><p>300</p><p>15</p><p>15</p><p>2-5</p></td><td><p>85</p><p>80</p><p>-</p><p>15-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Cold Start</strong></p></td><td><p>Coal</p><p>Existing Gas CCGT</p><p>Modern Gas CCGT</p><p>Gas Large OCGT</p></td><td><p>360-420</p><p>15</p><p>15</p><p>2-5</p></td><td><p>80-250</p><p>190-240</p><p>190</p><p>15-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Starts</strong></p></td><td><p>Gas (Aero) OCGT</p></td><td><p>2-5</p></td><td><p>4-8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>*‘Notice to Synch’ is the period of prior notice that a power plant requires to be able to start up the plant to the point of synchronisation.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The current nuclear fleet is not specifically designed for load following and generally plants will operate at their full nominal load. Plants that are offline for maintenance or refuelling will not usually be available to come back on line rapidly as there are a number of safety requirements that must be observed on re-start.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 17/12/2014 16:14:11 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 33756 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

171278

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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	Fossil Fuels: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what constraints there are on the carbon emissions of fossil fuel plant falling beneath the 20MW threshold.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	219181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>Several Government policies apply. These include the Climate Change Levy (CCL), Climate Change Agreements (CCAs) and the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC). In addition, this Government has introduced the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) to further encourage business energy efficiency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 06/01/2015 15:20:59 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 37004 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

171280

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2014
	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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2014 to Question 212486, when he expects the assessment of the applications received under the 14th Onshore Oil and Gas Licensing round to be completed; and when he expects to set a date for announcement of the award of licences.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	219197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>The assessment of the applications is ongoing. We hope to be able to announce licence offers in the early part of 2015.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 06/01/2015 15:19:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 37008 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

171959

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Wind
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate she has made of the mean wind speed in each constituent part of the UK in each month of 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	219685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Based on data from its network of wind observing stations, the Met Office’s estimate of mean wind speed in each of the constituent parts of the UK in each month of 2014 is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="5"><p><strong><em>Mean wind speed (knots)</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Month (2014)</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>UK</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>England</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Wales</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Scotland</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Northern Ireland</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td><td><p>10.2</p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td><td><p>12.2</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>13.7</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td><td><p>16.4</p></td><td><p>14.5</p></td><td><p>13.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>10.5</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td><td><p>7.7</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>6.1</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td><td><p>7.3</p></td><td><p>8.1</p></td><td><p>6.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>9.2</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p>10.4</p></td><td><p>8.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>6.2</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td><td><p>5.8</p></td><td><p>7.6</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p>12.6</p></td><td><p>9.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>11.3</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td><td><p>13.3</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/01/2015 16:14:56 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 37629 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

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

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