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515247

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Fossil Fuels: Eastern Europe
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 her Department is taking to reduce UK reliance on fossil fuels from Eastern Europe.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	35459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>Fossil fuels are widely traded internationally, and the UK imports fossil fuels from a variety of different countries to supplement our domestic production. This diversity of supply reduces our reliance on fossil fuels from any single region, including Eastern Europe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/04/2016 14:13:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

515318

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Green Deal Finance Company
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 she has made of the cost of establishing the Green Deal Finance Company in (a) payments to consultants and (b) other costs.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	35228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>DECC has made no payments to consultants in establishing the Green Deal Finance Company, but in other costs payments of £10,294.26 in legal support were made in 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>The Green Deal Finance Company has not been closed. It is not currently issuing new loans, but continues to collect repayments from its existing loan book. In July 2015, DECC took the decision that the case for further investment was not strong enough in terms of value for money. This decision has no impact on existing Green Deal Finance Plans or existing Green Deal Home Improvement Fund applications and vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>The Green Deal Finance Company is a private company and has its own internal costs which are not included in this estimate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 35251 question first answered 04/05/2016 11:13:42 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

515319

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Green Deal Finance Company
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the cost is of closing the Green Deal Finance Company in (a) payments to consultants and (b) other costs.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	35251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>DECC has made no payments to consultants in establishing the Green Deal Finance Company, but in other costs payments of £10,294.26 in legal support were made in 2014/15.</p><p> </p><p>The Green Deal Finance Company has not been closed. It is not currently issuing new loans, but continues to collect repayments from its existing loan book. In July 2015, DECC took the decision that the case for further investment was not strong enough in terms of value for money. This decision has no impact on existing Green Deal Finance Plans or existing Green Deal Home Improvement Fund applications and vouchers.</p><p> </p><p>The Green Deal Finance Company is a private company and has its own internal costs which are not included in this estimate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 35228 question first answered 04/05/2016 11:13:42 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

515320

registered interest
date	25/04/2016
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	Sustainable Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether her Department has produced an implementation plan for the Sustainable Development Goals.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	35364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government intends to produce a report in due course that will set out how the UK is contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 28/04/2016 11:45:11 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

514954

registered interest
date	22/04/2016
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: South East
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 she is taking to support the solar industry in the South East; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	35146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>Government recognises the significant role that solar deployment under the Feed-in-Tariffs (FITs) has played in engaging non-energy professionals in the electricity market, and the role that small-scale generation can play in the future energy mix. We therefore decided to keep the FITs scheme open in order to support the solar industry on a path to subsidy-free deployment.</p><p>Some 91,000 solar installations directly supported by FITs have been undertaken in the South East, providing 425 MW of generating capacity.</p><p>The new tariffs we’ve introduced will provide appropriate rates of return within a capped budget, encouraging further solar deployment whilst providing significantly better value for money to bill payers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/04/2016 12:02:02 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

514955

registered interest
date	22/04/2016
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	Electricity Generation: Eastbourne
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 she is taking to encourage the use of photovoltaic-generated electricity in Eastbourne constituency; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	35147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>Government recognises the significant role that solar deployment under the Feed-in-Tariffs (FITs) has played in engaging non-energy professionals in the electricity market, and the role that small-scale generation can play in the future energy mix. We therefore decided to keep the FITs scheme open in order to support the solar industry on a path to subsidy-free deployment.</p><p>Over 1,250 solar installations directly supported by FITs have been undertaken in the Eastbourne constituency, providing 4.4 MW of generating capacity.</p><p>The new tariffs we’ve introduced will provide appropriate rates of return within a capped budget, encouraging further solar deployment whilst providing significantly better value for money to bill payers.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/04/2016 12:02:47 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

514956

registered interest
date	22/04/2016
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	Warm Home Discount Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the effect of the potential exclusion of the contribution made to energy efficiency of the Warm Homes Discount Scheme on meeting the 2020 interim target on such efficiency using the fuel poverty efficiency rating methodology.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	35137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>The fuel poverty energy efficiency rating used to measure progress towards the fuel poverty target in 2030 and interim milestones in 2020 and 2025 includes the contribution of the Warm Home Discount scheme towards that target as, whilst it is an energy bill rebate rather than an energy efficiency measure, this has a significant impact on the ability of a household to keep warm. We are currently consulting on the 2016/17 scheme and will be publishing our proposals for the design of the future Warm Home Discount scheme (from 2017 onwards) for consultation later this year.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/04/2016 12:03:31 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

514957

registered interest
date	22/04/2016
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	Department for Energy and Climate Change: EU Law
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 infraction proceedings the EU has initiated against her Department in each of the last 10 years; what the reasons were for each such proceeding being undertaken; and what the outcome was of each such proceeding.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	35196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is publicly available on the website of the European Commission where the infringement cases for each member state can be found. This includes the infringement and the decision. These records go back to 2002 (though my department was only created in 2008) and can be found here.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/atwork/applying-eu-law/infringements-proceedings/infringement_decisions/?lang_code=en" target="_blank"><strong>http://ec.europa.eu/atwork/applying-eu-law/infringements-proceedings/infringement_decisions/?lang_code=en</strong></a></p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 03/05/2016 16:49:01 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

514440

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
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 the Government is taking to ensure that smart meters are installed in areas with poor mobile signal.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Andrew Bingham
uin	34737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2016 answer text <p>The Data and Communications Company (DCC) is putting in place a communications network across GB to send and receive information from smart meters to energy suppliers, energy network operators and energy service companies in a Wide Area Network (WAN).</p><p> </p><p>The DCC is contracted to provide network coverage of at least 99.25% of GB premises by the end of 2020 and to achieving at least 80% coverage of GB premises when it begins live services later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Our ambition is for all domestic and small business premises to have smart meters.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/04/2016 12:01:22 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	3994 label Biography information for Andrew Bingham

514441

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
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	Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she expects the Government's review of the case for the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	34767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>The timeframe depends on a number of factors, many of which would be outside the control of the Department. Talks between Government and the developer are on-going and will be fed into the independent review of tidal lagoons for consideration. The independent review will be completed as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/04/2016 11:35:28 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith