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45248

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of employees in his Department of each (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from home, (iv) a compressed working week, (v) job share, (vi) term-time only and (vii) part-time.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	193962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has a Flexible Working policy which allows its staff to apply to work through a range of flexible working options. These include part time working, job sharing, compressed hours, as well as working from home on an occasional or more regular basis or as part of a formal arrangements where staff are officially based at home. DECC does not hold central records of those staff who have made a statutory application for flexible working.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to staff who work part time is recorded centrally and the proportion of those by (a) Civil Service pay grade and (b) gender is set out in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p><em>Civil Service pay grade</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Full Time</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Part Time</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AO</p></td><td><p>89%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td><td><p>7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td><td><p>4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FASTSTREAM</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G7</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G6</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>92%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Gender</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Full Time</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Part Time</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>86%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>92%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

45249

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
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
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 properties in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber which do not have mains gas access and which use domestic heating oil.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	193904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>Estimates for the number of households which do not have mains gas and which use domestic heating oil are not available. However, the number of households that did not have access to a mains gas supply in the Brigg and Goole constituency can be estimated bycombining figures for the lower layer super output areas that most closely match this area.</p><p> </p><p>In 2012, there were approximately 4,400 households (12 per cent) which had no access to mains gas.The number of households that did not have access to mains gas in Yorkshire and the Humber is estimated to be127,000 (six per cent of households within Yorkshire and the Humber).</p><p> </p><p>These data are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lsoa-estimates-of-households-not-connected-to-the-gas-network" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/lsoa-estimates-of-households-not-connected-to-the-gas-network</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

45250

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
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
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 houses in the UK that have solar panels.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	193737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The latest published statistics show that as at the end of December 2013, there were 427,897 solar panel installations on domestic properties, representing 97 per cent of the total number of solar panels installed in GB (442,102).</p><p> </p><p>Statistics to the end of March 2014 will be published at 09:30am on Wednesday 23<sup>rd</sup> April 2014 on the DECC Statistics webpage:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sub-regional-feed-in-tariffs-confirmed-on-the-cfr-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

45252

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
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
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 time it takes for householders who have installed energy efficient products in their property to recover their costs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	193739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department's latest estimates for households installing energy efficient products in their property do not assume a single payback period. The time required to recover installation costs will depend on a large number of factors, specific to the household. Some of the main influencing factors are: the property's type and size; the measures installed and their cost; the household's pattern of energy use before the installation; the energy efficiency of the property before the installation; and whether or not there was a subsidy to contribute to the measure's cost.</p><p> </p><p>All the Department's take-up projections for energy efficiency measures assume that the households installing measures will recover all the installation costs, with payback ranging from 0 to 25 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

45253

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what sanctions or remedies are available if energy suppliers do not end automatic run-overs of contracts for supplying energy to small businesses.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
uin	193790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The practice of the automatic roll-over of contracts does not breach any licence condition and therefore there are currently no sanctions available to Government or the independent regulator (Ofgem).</p><p> </p><p>Last year Ofgem carried out a review of the practice of automatic renewal contract arrangements in the non-domestic retail energy market. As a result of the review, Ofgem is currently consulting on proposals to improve end of contract arrangements. The proposals do not include a ban on automatic rollovers because Ofgem considers that such a ban could reduce competition from independent suppliers, which gives small businesses a greater choice to choose a deal that suits their business needs. The focus is on improving protections for non-domestic consumers by improving the clarity of information provided by energy supply companies. The consultation closes on 9 April and is available from Ofgem's website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/non-domestic-automatic-rollovers-and-contract-renewals" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/non-domestic-automatic-rollovers-and-contract-renewals</a></p><p> </p><p>In June last year we set up a No. 10/DECC SME Energy Working Group to tackle issues facing small business with groups including the Federation of Small Businesses and the Forum for Private Business and Energy UK.</p><p> </p><p>As a result a number of energy companies have already agreed to introduce arrangements before the end of this year to limit back-bills to 1 year where the supplier is at fault, which is the same rule as for domestic customers, and to end automatic-rollovers for all new customers from Spring 2014 and to existing customers shortly after.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with industry and SME consumer groups to address issues to help disengaged small business energy consumers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

45447

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
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
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 urge energy providers to offer unconditional price freezes.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	194025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>Pricing decisions are a matter for energy suppliers. I welcome any steps by suppliers to keep energy bills down.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

45448

registered interest
date	26/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	194038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State reviewed the situation on 23 January 2014.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth