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167675

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date	03/12/2014
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	New Businesses: Energy
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 is taking to provide guidance and assistance to new businesses on maximising energy efficiency measures in their premises.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	217084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2014 answer text <p>There are a range of new initiatives businesses can take advantage of, depending on their size and premises, although the Government does not target specific energy efficiency support specifically on new businesses</p><p>The Electricity Demand Reduction Pilot is making a total of up to £20 million available to organisations that deliver electricity savings during winter peak times by installing more efficient equipment.</p><p>The recently introduced Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) makes it mandatory for large enterprises in the UK to measure and audit their energy use. The Scheme will improve awareness within large UK businesses and third-sector bodies of cost-effective energy efficiency steps they can take.</p><p>In order to raise awareness of the benefits of energy efficiency amongst small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), in spring 2015 the Government will publish specific guidance, including advice on simple steps to reduce energy consumption. The Government is also taking steps to raise awareness amongst SMEs of the Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme as a voluntary tool they can use to identify energy saving opportunities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 11/12/2014 17:03:05 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 32295 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

167729

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2014 to Question 215252, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's estimate of retail (a) electricity and (b) gas prices in each month between January 2007 and November 2014.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	216963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Copies of the data requested in Question 215252 have now been placed in the Libraries of the House.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">DECC do not produce monthly estimates of retail energy prices.</ins><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/12/2014 13:47:00 question first ministerially corrected 08/01/2015 17:00:29 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 32666 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

167278

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord De Mauley on 18 November (HL2662), how often the Department of Energy and Climate Change-led cross Government communications group promoting unified and consistent messaging on climate change has met, and when it last met.
tabling member printed	Lord Krebs
uin	HL3379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The group has met twice so far this year, in June and again in August.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 10/12/2014 16:57:41 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3736 label Biography information for Lord Krebs

167279

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Climate Change
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord De Mauley on 18 November (HL2662), what are the outputs of the Department of Energy and Climate Change-led cross Government communications group promoting unified and consistent messaging on climate change.
tabling member printed	Lord Krebs
uin	HL3380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The cross-Government communications group is composed of working-level officials invited from all Departments. The main aim is to share communication plans to ensure the messaging across all climate change communication is consistent across government.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 10/12/2014 16:58:09 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3736 label Biography information for Lord Krebs

167326

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what funds are available under the Levy Control Framework (LCF) for the under 5MWp solar PV Renewables Obligation; and what estimate his Department has made of (a) MW capacity and (b) amount of LCF budget for under 5MWp deployment in 2014-15 and 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	216720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>As set out in the Annual Energy Statement, estimated spending on the Renewables Obligation for 2014/15 and 2015/16 is:</p><p>2014/15: £2,795m</p><p>2015/16: £3,360m</p><p>Both figures are in 2011/12 prices, and the figure for 2015/16 includes both estimated committed expenditure and projected expenditure on new build.</p><p>While we do not publish separate figures setting out projected expenditure on particular size projects of individual technologies, the Government response to the consultation to close the Renewables Obligation to large-scale solar (above 5MW) estimated that between 1.7GW and 4GW of solar of all scales would deploy in 2014/15 under the Renewables Obligation, and that between 300MW and 500MW of solar under 5MW would deploy in 2015/16. This is set out in Table 7 of the accompanying impact assessment.</p><p>Solar deployment under 5MW will be supported under the Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) scheme as well as the Renewables Obligation.</p><p>The Annual Energy Statement is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/371387/43586_Cm_8945_accessible.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/371387/43586_Cm_8945_accessible.pdf</a></p><p>The Government response to the solar consultation and the impact assessment are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv</a>.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/12/2014 17:11:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

167423

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Oil: 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 recent assessment he has made of the link between the fall in crude oil prices and petrol prices and whether changes in the price of crude oil are adequately reflected in the price paid for petrol by consumers.
tabling member constituency	Gloucester
tabling member printed	Richard Graham
uin	216839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Movements in pump prices are largely driven by crude oil prices. In January 2013, the Office for Fair Trading published the results of a Call for Information to investigate whether or not competition problems existed in the road fuels market. This included investigating concerns that pump prices rise quickly when the wholesale price goes up but fall more slowly when it drops. Their analysis found very limited evidence of this.</p><p>The Government believes that it is important that consumers get a fair deal and that falls in oil prices materialise into lower prices for motorists. The Government urges fuel retailers fully to pass on changes in the oil price to UK consumers at pumps in full and as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/12/2014 14:58:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3990 label Biography information for Richard Graham

167469

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Energy Supply: Rural Areas
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 number of rural off gas grid households in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) each county in each.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
uin	216901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of off gas properties are available at country, Local Authority and lower layer super output area level within Great Britain. These are not split by rural or urban classification. It is estimated that in 2012 the number of off gas properties in each country was:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Per cent</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>10 per cent</p></td><td><p>2,209,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>18 per cent</p></td><td><p>437,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>15 per cent</p></td><td><p>195,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Britain</p></td><td><p>11 per cent</p></td><td><p>2,826,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Estimates for local authority are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-national-estimates-of-households-not-connected-to-the-gas-network" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-national-estimates-of-households-not-connected-to-the-gas-network</a>.</p><p>Estimates for 2013 will be published on 18 December 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/12/2014 13:37:41 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 32336 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

167470

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Energy Company Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information he holds on the level of contribution paid by (a) rural off gas grid customers and (b) other customers for measures installed under the Energy Companies Obligation to date.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
uin	216902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>We do not collect this data across measures.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 10/12/2014 13:46:10 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 32289 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

167471

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Energy Companies Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households that benefited from Affordable Warmth measures whose primary fuel type was not mains gas were using each type of fuel up to 30 June 2014.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
uin	216903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/12/2014 13:42:14 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 32334 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir

167472

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
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	Energy: 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 steps he is taking to ensure that the smart meter programme will not exceed the projected costs set out in his Department's impact assessment published in January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Weir
uin	216845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The smart meters programme is designed within the legal framework for the GB energy market. This is based on energy companies competing against each other to supply energy to consumers.</p><p>The Government is requiring all energy suppliers through their licence conditions to deliver smart metering. The energy companies have strong commercial incentives to do this as efficiently as possible, all along their supply chain.</p><p>Ofgem is responsible for regulating the energy market and is able to intervene where suppliers do not meet their licence conditions. In addition, the Data and Communications Company is regulated by Ofgem to ensure that its services are provided in an economic and efficient manner.</p><p>The Government is monitoring progress by all parties on whom the smart metering roll-out depends, to ensure benefits to consumers are delivered.</p><p>There is a strong business case for rolling out smart meters. The total cost of this national infrastructure programme needs to be looked at in the context of its overall net benefits, expected to be around £6 billion.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 08/12/2014 15:00:50 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1384 label Biography information for Mike Weir