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432771

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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 of Energy and Climate Change: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much of her Department's funding allocated in the Spending Review 2015 will be for research and development expenditure up to 2020.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Nicola Blackwood
uin	17763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>The Spending Review 2015 set out settlements for departments and showed how the government will deliver on its priorities, eliminate the deficit, and deliver security and opportunity for working people.</p><br /><p>For the Department of Energy and Climate Change this means doubling DECC’s innovation programme to £505 million over 5 years, which will strengthen the future security of supply, reduce the costs of decarbonisation and boost industrial and research capabilities.</p><br /><p>Final decisions on internal departmental funding allocations for future years, including for other research and development, have not yet been made.</p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 16:59:11 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford

432772

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the Government will require the parts and equipment used in the construction of the Hinckley Point C nuclear power station to be manufactured in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	17780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>As my rt hon. Friend the Secretary of State set out to the Energy and Climate Change Committee, EDF predict over 60% of the HPC project’s construction value will go to UK companies. The Government is working with EDF and other developers to maximise the opportunities for UK businesses linked to Hinkley and proposed future new nuclear projects. We have put in place a number of initiatives to help UK suppliers’ bid for new nuclear contracts.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/12/2015 13:20:32 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

432773

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit hydraulic fracturing from being conducted from wells that are drilled at the surface of sensitive areas within the boundaries of existing petroleum exploration and development licences.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	17791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>On 4 November 2015, the Government set out proposals to ensure that hydraulic fracturing cannot be conducted from wells drilled at the surface of specified protected areas. [1] With regards to existing Petroleum Exploration and Development Licences, my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State is minded not to approve any proposed programme of works which includes carrying out of hydraulic fracturing from new or existing wells drilled at the surface in specified protected areas. We are now consulting with key stakeholders, including the industry and non-governmental organisations and will set out our proposals in a policy statement in due course.</p><br /><p><em>[1]</em><em> See <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/oil-and-gas-licensing-rounds#surface-development-restrictions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/oil-and-gas-licensing-rounds#surface-development-restrictions</a></em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/12/2015 15:20:16 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

432778

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Housing: Energy
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 benefits to the construction industry of rectifying the six calculation errors made in the home energy efficiency calculation software known as SAP referred to in the letter to the Prime Minister from BDP Limited, dated 12 November 2015.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	17931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>When proposals are made to change the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP), the revised draft specification is accompanied by a draft Impact Assessment during public consultation. Any future proposals would therefore include an assessment of the impact on business.</p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 17:00:41 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

432779

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will take action to correct the six calculation errors made in the home energy efficiency calculation software known as SAP referred to in the letter to the Prime Minister from BDP Limited, dated 12 November 2015.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Danny Kinahan
uin	17932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>We are reviewing the energy efficiency standards which underpin the national calculation methodology for assessing fuel use in dwellings, the Standard Assessment Procedure or SAP.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 02/12/2015 17:01:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4381 label Biography information for Danny Kinahan

432781

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme: Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much has been paid into the Exchequer from surpluses accrued by the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme since privatisation of the coal industry.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	17991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to House of Commons Library Briefing Paper Number SN01189 dated 25 November 2015 which contains at page 17 a table showing the total gross payments made to the Guarantor from the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme since privatisation:</p><br /><p><a href="http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01189/SN01189.pdf" target="_blank">http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN01189/SN01189.pdf</a></p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 01/12/2015 16:25:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson