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693870

registered interest
date	23/02/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Natural Gas: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the big six energy providers on steps to ensure that future increases in consumer gas bills are minimised.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	65386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>Ministers in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, meet energy supply companies to discuss a wide range of issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2017 14:25:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

693406

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Consumer Advice, Protection, Standards and Enforcement for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to Each Home Counts: an independent review of consumer advice, protection, standards and enforcement for energy efficiency and renewable energy, published in December 2016, whether he plans to implement any of the recommendations of that review.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	65128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>Implementation of the recommendations will, as proposed by the independent review, be led by industry. Following the Stakeholder Launch of the Report on 2 February, the Government will continue to work constructively with the sector to understand how and when they propose to implement the recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2017 14:19:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

693408

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Magnox: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to protect Magnox workers affected by reforms to final salary pension schemes across the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Estate.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	65061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is undertaking a consultation with its workforce on potential options for pension reform, after which the NDA will take account of the consultation responses and make proposals for the Government to consider. The NDA estate is part of the public sector, as classified by the Office of National Statistics, in that it receives over £2bn of funding from the UK taxpayer every year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises the unique context that Site Licence Companies and their workforces operate in. During the consultation period the NDA have continued to lead discussions with the Trade Unions on the best approach to pension reform; one that balances the legitimate concerns of taxpayers about the present and future costs of pension commitments, with the workforce’s concern to maintain levels of retirement income for people who have dedicated their working lives to the nuclear decommissioning industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/02/2017 17:10:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

692669

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of energy was generated from renewable sources in (a) the UK and (b) Greater London in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	64895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The table below gives the proportion of energy generated from renewable sources in the UK since 2010, using the method behind the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED). Data for 2016 will be available on 29 June 2017. Data is not available for Greater London.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Proportion of energy from renewable sources in the UK (RED method) (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>3.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>4.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>8.3%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Digest of UK Energy Statistics, table 6.7, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2017 14:26:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 36915 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

692673

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Prosperity Fund: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what (a) coal, (b) gas, (c) hydro, (d) wind and (e) solar energy projects his Department's Prosperity Fund has invested in during each of the last three years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	64938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not, to date, invested in any energy projects under the Cross-Whitehall Prosperity Fund, which was announced in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review and began initial spend in April 2016.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/02/2017 12:05:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 36917 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

692091

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Solar Power and Tidal Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of the UK's energy was generated by (a) tidal and (b) solar power in each year from 2005.
tabling member constituency	Charnwood
tabling member printed	Edward Argar
uin	64630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>a) Tidal power includes tidal stream and tidal range devices (i.e. barrages or lagoons). Due to the very small scale nature of tidal stream deployments (all of which were limited-period tests of innovative devices) a negligible portion of the UK’s energy was generated by tidal stream devices. No energy was generated by tidal range devices.</p><p> </p><p>b) The proportion of the UK’s indigenous energy production generated by solar sources (photovoltaics and solar heating) before 2010 was negligible. Figures for 2010 to 2015 are presented below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Proportion of UK electricity and UK energy production generated from solar, 2010-15<sup>(1)</sup></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of electricity generation</p></td><td><p>0.01</p></td><td><p>0.07</p></td><td><p>0.38</p></td><td><p>0.57</p></td><td><p>1.21</p></td><td><p>2.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% of energy production</p></td><td><p>0.03</p></td><td><p>0.05</p></td><td><p>0.13</p></td><td><p>0.19</p></td><td><p>0.34</p></td><td><p>0.56</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(1) Energy and electricity generated from solar sources before 2010 was negligible, less than 0.05% of UK production.</p><p>Source: DUKES <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">table 6.6</a>, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-chapter-5-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">table 5.1</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-chapter-1-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">table 1.1</a> available at <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 Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2017 14:24:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar

692096

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress the Government has made towards meeting its target to insulate over one million homes by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	64350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government has committed to “support low-cost measures on energy efficiency, with the goal of insulating a million more homes over the next five years, supporting our commitment to tackle fuel poverty.” Since the start of May 2015 to end October 2016 around 312,000 homes have had at least one insulation measure installed, predominantly under the Energy Company Obligation.</p><p>Progress against the target remains on course to be achieved by the end of April 2020.</p><p> </p><p><em>Source: Table 1.2.1 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-december-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-december-2016</a> </em></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/02/2017 10:25:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

692097

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many fuel-poor households require bringing up to the minimum band C energy efficiency standard by 2030; and what steps the Government is taking to bring such households up to that standard.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	64351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>The latest official fuel poverty statistics show that there are 2.2 million fuel poor households in England living in a home with an energy efficiency rating of Band D or lower.</p><p> </p><p>Government recently confirmed plans to reform the Energy Company Obligation, which is worth £640m per year and requires the large energy suppliers to improve household energy efficiency. In 2017-18, 70% of the support under the scheme will be directed at low income households. This represents an increase from £310m to £450m of funding per year.</p><p> </p><p>Energy companies are also required to provide over 2 million low income and vulnerable households with a £140 rebate off their energy bill each winter, under the Warm Home Discount Scheme, which is worth £320m per year.</p><p> </p><p>These policies combined will see at least £770m of support for low income and vulnerable households in 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/02/2017 10:24:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

692102

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment (a) he and (b) Ofgem have made of the extent of the potential barrier to switching energy suppliers of the requirement to change smart meters on switching such suppliers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	64506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s aim is that smart meters installed by one supplier can be operated by another so that consumers can switch energy supplier readily and retain the benefits of their smart metering service. That is why we have established the Data and Communications Company (DCC), and the latest version of the smart metering technical specifications (known as SMETS2), has been established.</p><p> </p><p>Smart meters complying with the first version of the technical specifications (SMETS1) are delivering real benefits to consumers and have helped the industry prepare for the main installation stage of the roll-out. Consumers with these meters are still able to switch supplier. If the new supplier is not able to operate the meter in smart mode, the meter will continue to accurately record energy consumption accurately and can be used in traditional mode, with meter readings taken manually. The meter will not normally need to be replaced. Work is underway to make SMETS1 smart meters interoperable between energy suppliers, through enrolment in to the DCC’s system.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 64508 question first answered 23/02/2017 15:16:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

692105

registered interest
date	20/02/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions his Department has had with energy suppliers on enabling duel fuel customers with different suppliers of electricity and gas to allow the use of their smart meters for readings.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	64516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department has worked closely with energy suppliers to make sure that consumers who get their gas and electricity from different energy suppliers will get the benefits of smart meters.</p><p>The latest standard for smart meters (SMETS2) allows either a gas or an electricity smart meter to be installed first by one supplier and for the other smart meter to be installed later by the other supplier.</p><p>Ahead of that most energy suppliers are installing smart meters to customers where they provide both fuels or electricity only.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2017 12:31:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 36716 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry