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100366

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which biomass power stations are totally dependent on clean wood rather than waste wood.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	211560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>In 2009 the Renewables Obligation Order introduced the requirements for generating stations using biomass fuels to report against sustainability criteria. The dataset for the fourth reporting year (2012-2013) against these criteria has been published, and details the types of biomass used:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/biomass-sustainability-dataset-2012-13" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/biomass-sustainability-dataset-2012-13</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 28/10/2014 16:32:15 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

100367

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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	Biofuels
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 his Department holds on the proportion of biomass used for power generation in the last three years for which data is available that comprises (a) roundwood, (b) diseased trees, broken branches and unused sawdust that would otherwise go to waste and (c) other wood in (i) Drax and (ii) other biomass power stations.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	211561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>In 2009 the Renewables Obligation Order introduced the requirements for generating stations using biomass fuels to report against sustainability criteria. Datasets for four reporting years have been published. These detail the types of biomass used. The dataset for 2012-13 is at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/biomass-sustainability-dataset-2012-13" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/biomass-sustainability-dataset-2012-13</a>.</p><p>The dataset for 2011-12 is at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/annual-sustainability-report-2011-2012" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/annual-sustainability-report-2011-2012</a>.</p><p>The dataset for 2010-11 is at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/annual-sustainability-report-2010-11" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/annual-sustainability-report-2010-11</a>.</p><p>The dataset does not provide a comparable breakdown by roundwood, diseased trees, broken branches, unused sawdust that would otherwise go to waste and other wood used by Drax and other biomass power stations except where generators have provided further descriptions of the material used, in addition to the reporting requirements.</p><p>The reporting requirements include the following: fuel name, biomass type and biomass form.</p><p>Our intention is for the sustainability criteria to become mandatory from April 2015 for stations of 1MW and above wishing to claim support under the Renewables Obligation, Renewable Heat Incentive, Investment Contracts and future Contracts for Difference.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 28/10/2014 17:09:14 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

100368

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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	Biofuels
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 his Department holds on the proportion of biomass combusted for power generation in the UK that is attributable to (a) high-risk and (b) low-risk pathways as assessed by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	211559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Bioenergy Strategy 2012 defined a set of low-risk energy deployment pathway, opposed to high risk pathways, for biomass combusted for power generation. These included:</p><p>· Using wastes for energy where it maximises carbon and cost effectiveness and where it is consistent with the waste hierarchy</p><p>· Using sustainable biomass as a transitional fuel to reduce carbon emissions from current coal power generation</p><p>· The promotion of combined heat and power generation to make more efficient use of biomass resources</p><p>The Department has acted to support biomass deployment in line with these pathways. Information on the capacity of and generation from these sources is publically available and published as part of the Digest of UK Energy Statistics:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 28/10/2014 16:31:38 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

100372

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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	Biofuels
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 tonnage of carbon dioxide emitted by (a) the production processes, including drying, of biomass destined for UK power generation, (b) the transportation of biomass from all origins to power generation plants in the UK and (c) the transportation and disposal of fly ash arising from biomass combustion in the UK in the last year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	211440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government is bringing in sustainability criteria for those supplying biomass under the RO and RHI. These were initially introduced as reporting requirements from April 2014, with the intention of bringing in mandatory criteria from April 2015. No data has yebeen published.</p><p>In order to calculate the greenhouse gas saving of a fuel, suppliers are required to sum each of the emission components but are not required to report the component savings. It is the responsibility of generators to determine where in their supply chain the saving is made.</p><p>Power suppliers using bioliquids have had to comply with the Renewable Energy Directive’s sustainability criteria since 2011, which includes a 35% minimum greenhouse gas emissions saving. Ofgem reports on these emissions, the most recent figures are found in the Renewable Obligation annual report:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/86392/roannualreport2012-13final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/86392/roannualreport2012-13final.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 28/10/2014 16:32:47 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

100695

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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	Environment Protection: Employment
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 green jobs which have lasted more than six months have been created in each parliamentary constituency since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Daventry
tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
uin	211663
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Information on employment at constituency level is not available at sector level.</p><p>However, there is evidence to suggest that jobs within the green economy are spread widely throughout the UK. A report published by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills contains estimates of the number of jobs within the wider green economy and its supply chain for each of the twelve statistical regions of the UK. These estimates are summarised in Table 1 below.</p><p><strong>Table 1 Employment in low carbon and environmental goods and services sectors [in thousands]</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>87</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>N Ireland</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorks and Humber</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>914</p></td><td><p>939</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: BIS, Low Carbon and Environmental Goods and Services 2011/12 (2013), <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-and-environmental-goods-and-services-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/low-carbon-and-environmental-goods-and-services-2011-to-2012</a></em></p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 28/10/2014 16:33:18 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

100696

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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	Energy: Job Creation
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 is collected on new jobs created in the UK in (a) manufacturing, (b) installation and (c) allied services relating to (i) renewable energy technologies and (ii) energy-saving technologies and services.
tabling member constituency	Daventry
tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
uin	211664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not collect information on employment in renewable energy and energy-saving technologies at this level of disaggregation.</p><p>At an aggregate level, the Renewable Energy Association has estimated that there were around 103,000 people employed in 2012/13 across the range of renewable technologies:</p><p><a href="http://www.r-e-a.net/resources/rea-publications" target="_blank">http://www.r-e-a.net/resources/rea-publications</a></p><p><em>(Renewable Energy Association, REVIEW, 2014) </em></p><p>The Department furthermore estimates that there are currently over 100,000 jobs in the UK’s multi-billion pound energy efficiency sector:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/delivering-uk-energy-investment-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/delivering-uk-energy-investment-2014</a></p><p><em>(DECC, July 2014)</em></p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 28/10/2014 16:33:51 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

100700

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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	Feed-in Tariffs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will review his policy on feed-in tariffs for the provision of energy.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Miss Anne McIntosh
uin	211752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The small scale Feed-in Tariff scheme has been a great success since its launch in April 2010, with over 600,000 installations registered for the scheme at the end of September 2014.</p><p>As required by our state aid approval, we will be conducting a periodic review of the Feed-in Tariff scheme in 2015 to check that compensation levels are appropriate for those looking to invest in their low carbon future by installing small scale renewable electricity technology at their home or business.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 28/10/2014 16:30:54 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

99789

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Interest Rate Hedging Products
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Financial Conduct Authority on the interest rate swap redress scheme.
tabling member constituency	Aberconwy
tabling member printed	Guto Bebb
uin	211065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Treasury Ministers and officials meet with a wide range of organisations as part of the usual policy making process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, the Chancellor has had no recent discussions with the FCA specifically regarding its review on the mis-selling of interest rate hedging products.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It might be useful to know that the Treasury publishes a list of ministerial meetings with external organisations. This is available online at: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/minister_hospitality.htm.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 28/10/2014 16:23:36 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb

100240

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Prison Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Prison Service Reserve Band 3 staff have been employed at each prison establishment in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	211208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The creation of the Prison Service Reserve was announced in June. Staff information will be published in late November, covering the period up to 30 September.</p><p>The National Offender Management Service has written to 2,066 selected former staff who left during the past two years, inviting them to volunteer for a fixed term contract of up to nine months. In response to positive replies from former employees, 435 application packs were distributed.</p><p> </p><p>Recruitment for both the Prison Service Reserves and for permanent officers is progressing well. NOMS is currently aiming to appoint up to 100 Reserves (full time equivalents), but with the flexibility to develop the Reserve as required. We will also be recruiting nearly 1,700 Prison Officers on permanent contracts between 1 January 2014 to 31 March 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 211210 211211 question first answered 28/10/2014 17:20:06 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

100242

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Community Rehabilitation Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average caseload of Community Rehabilitation Company (CRC) staff in each month since the CRC was established.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	211237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>The Probation Service transitioned to new structures on 1 June following thorough business readiness testing which demonstrated that NOMS was ready to make that transition at that time. The new CRCs are sufficiently resourced to deliver their core duties and we will ensure that there is enough capacity to meet demand within the new system. Offender management statistics are published quarterly. The statistical bulletin for the quarter ending 30 June 2014 will be published at the end of October 2014, and the bulletin for the quarter ending 30 September will be published at the end of January 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Pending transactions – where a case is in the process of being transferred to another part of the Service for further action – are by their nature fluid. These cases are managed on a daily basis to ensure they are transferred as efficiently as possible. The figure varies from day to day and is not published.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous grouped question UIN 211241 question first answered 28/10/2014 15:01:44 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley