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92526

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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
hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
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 Renewables Obligation for sub-5mW solar will be reviewed or consulted on before May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	209292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Our recent consultation confirmed our policy that solar PV for projects of 5MW and below will continue. We continue to monitor the Renewables Obligation solar PV deployment pipeline for projects of 5MW and below. As indicated in our recent government response to the consultation on changes to financial support for solar PV<sup>1</sup>, if this monitoring indicates that deployment is growing more rapidly than can be afforded, we will consider taking measures to protect the Levy Control Framework. Any such proposals would require further consultation.</p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/360280/Government_response_RO-FIT_changes_to_Solar_PV_-_FINAL_2014-10-02.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/360280/Government_response_RO-FIT_changes_to_Solar_PV_-_FINAL_2014-10-02.pdf</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/10/2014 13:55:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

89574

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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
hansard heading	Television
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 his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	207213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Department has no recorded expenditure on the purchase of televisions in either year. </del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><ins class="ministerial">The Department of Energy &amp; Climate Change did not purchase any televisions in 2013. In 2014 three televisions were purchased at a cost of £851.82. In addition, two televisions were purchased as part of a new video-conferencing kit (for which they are exclusively used) but these were not priced separately.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 09/09/2014 15:46:23 question first ministerially corrected 12/09/2014 11:15:57 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 19125 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

79345

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
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
hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions he has had on the maintenance of the current 20-year duration support level for accredited solar PV plants and the Renewables Obligation order; what his policy is on this matter; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	206960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 1 September 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 113-114W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 02/09/2014 15:26:59 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

79525

registered interest
date	22/07/2014
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
hansard heading	Statutory Instruments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many statutory instruments from the Department of Energy and Climate Change have been laid this calendar year; of those, what percentage corrected errors in a previous instrument (including drafts of affirmative instruments that had to be superseded by correcting drafts); and what steps that Department is taking to reduce the need for correcting instruments.
tabling member printed	Lord Goodlad
uin	HL1424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2014 answer text <p>Since 1 January 2014, the Department of Energy and Climate Change has laid 31 statutory instruments. Two draft affirmative procedure instruments were re-laid in draft in order to correct errors, being 6% of all instruments laid. In the course of making two other instruments, the Department took the opportunity to correct errors in previous instruments; such correction was not the main purpose of the instrument which was made. The Department has endeavoured to prevent errors occurring in statutory instruments and it regrets that errors have occurred. The Department is committed to continuous improvement of the quality of drafting, in particular by means of training and quality assurance procedures and seeks to learn the lessons when errors do occur.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 30/07/2014 16:06:12 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	670 label Biography information for Lord Goodlad

78451

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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
hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations he has received from Ofgem and other regulatory bodies on the decision to consult on a large-scale solar PV Renewables Obligation closure grace period deadline of 13 May 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	206116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>DECC works closely with Ofgem and other regulatory bodies on all matters relating to, or affecting, the Renewables Obligation (RO).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 22/07/2014 12:11:07 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

77940

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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
hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of whether support levels for accredited solar PV plants will be maintained for the 20 year duration specified in the Renewables Obligation order; and what the Government's policy is on (a) Renewables Obligation scheme and (b) solar PV.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	205820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to change the 20 year duration of support under the Renewables Obligation (RO) for accredited solar PV stations. DECC has recently consulted on proposals to control the deployment of new solar PV capacity above 5MW under the RO. A copy of the consultation document is available on DECC’s web page:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv</a></p><p>With regard to our policy on the RO scheme, DECC has laid draft Regulations before Parliament which will bring about the closure of the RO to new capacity on 31 March 2017 as planned, subject to Parliamentary approval. The Government has proposed closing the RO to new solar capacity above 5MW two years earlier, from 31 March 2015. We consider this to be necessary because large-scale solar PV is deploying more rapidly than expected. This poses a substantial risk to our ability to manage the levy control framework budget, and therefore our ability to minimise costs of renewables deployment for consumers. The consultation closed on 7 July and consultation responses are being considered. We will publish a Government Response setting out our decision as soon as possible.</p><p>The UK has seen a remarkable transformation in solar PV deployment under the Coalition Government: solar capacity stood at 3.5GW at the end of the first quarter of 2014, increasing its share to 17 per cent of all renewables capacity. The Government remains committed to solar PV, and the measures that we set out in our UK Solar PV Strategy will ensure that solar PV continues to be a vital part of the UK’s renewable energy mix for many years to come. A copy of the Strategy is available on DECC’s web page:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-solar-pv-strategy-part-1-roadmap-to-a-brighter-future" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-solar-pv-strategy-part-1-roadmap-to-a-brighter-future</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 01/09/2014 10:20:07 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 11642 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

77952

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
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
hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
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 annual saving to the Levy Control Framework budget from closure of the Renewables Obligation to large-scale solar from April 2015; what that saving is as a proportion of that budget in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018, (d) 2019 and (e) 2020; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	205849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>In its consultation issued on 13<sup>th</sup> May 2014, DECC has proposed closing the Renewables Obligation (RO) to new solar PV capacity above 5MW from 31 March 2015. We consider this to be necessary because large-scale solar PV is deploying more rapidly than expected. This poses a substantial risk to our ability to manage the levy control framework budget, and therefore our ability to minimise costs of renewables deployment for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment published alongside the consultation set out the projected impact of proposed intervention on deployment and spend. Option 1 below assumes no action; option 2 is the proposed intervention:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-changes-to-financial-support-for-solar-pv</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 01/09/2014 10:21:14 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

77589

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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
hansard heading	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
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 Levy Control Framework saving per year delivered by closing the Renewables Obligation to large-scale solar PV in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	205703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p>Our estimate of the cost of closing the Renewables Obligation (RO) to large-scale solar PV in 2015 is set out in the consultation Impact Assessment (IA). The relevant tables from the IA are reproduced below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Table 5: Solar deployment from 2016/17 onwards and associated annual spend (£2011/12) in 2020 under the RO based on updated pipeline projections under option one</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>Central</p></td><td><p>High</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Option 1 – (‘do nothing' option)</p></td><td><p>Deployment (GW)</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td><td><p>6.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spend (£m)</p></td><td><p>£170m</p></td><td><p>£270m</p></td><td><p>£370m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change in spend compared to delivery plan scenario one (£m )</p></td><td><p>£0m</p></td><td><p>+£100m</p></td><td><p>+£200m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Table 6: Solar deployment from 2016/17 onwards and associated annual spend (£2011/12) in 2020 under the RO based on updated pipeline projections under option two</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Low</p></td><td><p>Central</p></td><td><p>High</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>Option 2 (recommended option)</p></td><td><p>Deployment (GW)</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spend (£m)</p></td><td><p>£140m</p></td><td><p>£200m</p></td><td><p>£270m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change in spend (£m) compared to final delivery plan scenario one</p></td><td><p>-£30m</p></td><td><p>+£30m</p></td><td><p>+£100m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change in spend (£m) compared to do-nothing option</p></td><td><p>-£30m</p></td><td><p>-£70m</p></td><td><p>-£100m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 17/07/2014 16:04:05 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

63842

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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
hansard heading	Solar Power: Subsidies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what his policy is on future public subsidies to onshore solar energy projects; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
uin	202360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK has seen a remarkable transformation in solar PV deployment under the Coalition Government; we now have over 3GW of installed capacity. The measures that we set out in our Solar Strategy will ensure that solar PV continues to be a vital part of the UK's renewable energy mix for many years to come.</p><p>Alongside those measures, we are consulting on proposals to change the small-scale feed-in tariff scheme to enable more communities to benefit from ownership of renewable electricity generation, as well as proposals to encourage more deployment of solar PV on buildings.</p><p>We are also consulting on changes to the renewables obligation in relation to support for large-scale solar projects, and are working closely with industry to ensure that transition to the new contracts for difference mechanism supports the on-going development of the solar sector in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 03/07/2014 15:17:36 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle previous answer version 7740 answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough