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576538

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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	Civil Nuclear Constabulary: Retirement
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 his Department's policy is on making the pension age for Civil Nuclear Constabulary police officers the same as that for police forces under the responsibility of the Home Office.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>Government policy is for public sector workers to have a normal pension age equal and linked to the state pension age. Parliament defined ‘members of a police force’ in the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 in such a way as to exclude Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers from the special arrangements that were made for Home Office police forces under that Act. A recent High Court judgement confirmed this interpretation. The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will work with the Civil Nuclear Police Authority to put in place the appropriate pension arrangements for Civil Nuclear Constabulary officers, within the parameters set out in the legislation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/09/2016 09:41:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

576543

registered interest
date	05/09/2016
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	Civil Nuclear Constabulary: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of having the Civil Nuclear Constabulary retirement age at (a) 65 and (b) 68 on (i) the safety of the individual officer and (ii) national security.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Civil Nuclear Constabulary undertook a joint assessment of the effect of having a Civil Nuclear Constabulary retirement age of 65 or higher in 2015. This analysis considered the potential effects of an increase in the Civil Nuclear Constabulary retirement age on both national security and individual officer safety.</p><p> </p><p>Civil Nuclear Constabulary Officers face rigorous testing to determine deployability and officers are firearms trained and tested to College of Policing Standards. Officers who joined the force post- 2011 are already subject to rigorous fitness standards, and following a Chief Constable’s Direction in Autumn 2015, these fitness standards are being extended to the remaining workforce. Capability and not age are the determining factors for deployment.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2016 14:45:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

573581

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Electric Cables: Lake District National Park
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 estimate his Department has made of the cost of the North West Coast Connections Project if cables through the Lake District National Park are (a) routed underground and (b) not routed underground.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>Under the current energy market framework, the development of the transmission network in England and Wales is a matter for National Grid, and this includes assessment of the costs of any particular route or approach on specific projects, such as for the proposed North West Coast Connections. National Grid’s costs are regulated by Ofgem to ensure they are justified and efficient.</p><p>The grant of planning consent for any energy project, including new transmission assets, would be considered by my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy under the Planning Act 2008, but the proposed project has not reached that stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2016 13:41:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 9675 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

573948

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Electric Cables: Lake District National Park
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 provide assurances that the North West Coast Connections Project will include underground cables through the Lake District National Park.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>It will be for the developer to bring forward an application for consent for their proposal for examination by the Planning Inspectorate. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State will take the decision on the application and it would not be appropriate for him to comment on the merits of the project in advance of his decision.</p><p> </p><p>The application for the Project will be considered as part of the appropriate consent process which will take account of any Government policies and guidance, including that set out in National Policy Statements and other material considerations. Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy (EN-1) sets out policy for energy developments proposed within nationally designated landscapes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2016 13:47:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 9672 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

573949

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	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, if he will make an assessment of the potential benefit to (a) consumers, (b) the economy and (c) the environment of tidal stream technologies.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	44571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>In the development of all its policies, including tidal stream, Government routinely considers the potential benefits and costs to the consumer, the economy and the environment as part of the overall energy mix.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/09/2016 14:44:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

573951

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Electric Cables
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 new transmission cables have been undergrounded in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Dr James Davies
uin	44505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. However, the Transmission Owners have informed me that:</p><p>In England &amp; Wales, the only major new electricity transmission lines built in the last 10 years by National Grid are all in the London Power Tunnels Project. This involved 32km of tunnels and 64 circuit kms installed from 2011 to February 2016. Otherwise, major projects have been asset replacement projects. These have generally been like-for-like, in that overhead line components have replaced older overhead line components, and underground cables have replaced underground cables.</p><p>In the north of Scotland, of SHE Transmission’s total new circuits in the last 10 years (1,007km), 171km of these were underground cable (approx. 17%).</p><p>In the south of Scotland, of Scottish Power Transmission’s total new circuits in the last 10 years (184km), 107.5km of these were underground cable (approx. 58%).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/09/2016 16:30:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies

573957

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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: 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, if he will make an assessment of the effect of Ofgem's plans to introduce a Partial View in the Confidence Code Review 2016 on the proportion of the cheapest energy tariffs that will potentially be hidden from consumers using accredited price comparison websites.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	44501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>It is vital that customers trust price comparison websites, as they offer real opportunities for improving competition and I expect price comparison websites to be clear to consumers when they are not providing a whole market tariff comparison.</p><p>Ofgem are currently consulting on proposals to allow price comparison websites to only show those tariffs that consumers can switch to through the price comparison website as a default, but they must also provide quick and easy access to a webpage showing all tariffs available on the market. The consultation closes on 28 September and is available online at</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2016/08/whole_of_market_consultation.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2016/08/whole_of_market_consultation.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 44502 question first answered 09/09/2016 14:48:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

573958

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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: 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that price comparison websites do not mislead retail energy customers.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	44502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>It is vital that customers trust price comparison websites, as they offer real opportunities for improving competition and I expect price comparison websites to be clear to consumers when they are not providing a whole market tariff comparison.</p><p>Ofgem are currently consulting on proposals to allow price comparison websites to only show those tariffs that consumers can switch to through the price comparison website as a default, but they must also provide quick and easy access to a webpage showing all tariffs available on the market. The consultation closes on 28 September and is available online at</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2016/08/whole_of_market_consultation.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2016/08/whole_of_market_consultation.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 44501 question first answered 09/09/2016 14:48:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

573969

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Electric Cables: Lake District National Park
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 meet with Millom Without Parish Council to discuss options to ensure that the North West Coast Connection Project does not affect the landscape of the west of the Lake District National Park.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	44517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>As my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State will be responsible for determining the application for consent for the proposed North West Coast Connection Project, it would not be appropriate for him to meet with Millom Without Parish Council to discuss the merits of the project.</p><p> </p><p>The application for this project is expected to be submitted by National Grid to the Planning Inspectorate in 2017. During the pre-application stage, the Parish Council and other interested parties can get involved in the consultation process. When the application is lodged, the Parish Council will be able to make representations on it. The Planning Inspectorate can provide advice about the planning process for the project and advice about the process in general is available on its website: <a href="https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/application-process/the-process/" target="_blank">https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/application-process/the-process/</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2016 13:42:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 9676 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

573970

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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: 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, if he will make an estimate of the average annual energy charges paid by (a) existing and (b) new customers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	44524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>Average annual domestic bills for gas and electricity and industrial energy prices are published as part of the BEIS’s quarterly energy prices publication. The latest available figures are for the average annual domestic bills in 2015 which are £714 for gas (GB) and £584 (UK) for standard electricity.</p><p> </p><p>The information required to distinguish between existing and new customers is not held by BEIS.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/09/2016 13:45:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 9673 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas