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222478

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons community energy schemes are not permitted to supply to local markets; and if he will make an assessment of the potential effect on such schemes' ability to reduce energy bills of them being permitted to supply to such markets.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	224811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Community energy schemes can already supply local markets provided they hold a supply licence (or exemption) or have a partnership with a licensed supplier.</p><p>In recognition that existing routes may not meet the needs of every community scheme, the Government has established a Local Supply Working Group to identify key regulatory barriers and suggest solutions. An update on the Local Supply Working Group will be included in the Community Energy Strategy update that will be published in March 2014.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 25/02/2015 17:32:08 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

222479

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Electricity Generation
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 units that secured a capacity agreement in the first auctions of the capacity market were based in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) England; and how many units of what capacity were so secured.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	224815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The Capacity Market register does not publish the geographic location of Capacity Market Units (CMUs). However based on analysis of the CMUs registered, the following proportions of CMU location are assumed:</p><p>(a) Scotland 42 CMUs (14%) and 4016.847 MW (8%)</p><p>(b) Wales 46 CMUs (15%) and 8307.883 MW (17%)</p><p>(c) England 215 CMUs (70%) and 36900.122 MW (75%)</p><p>(d) Unknown 3 CMUs (1%) and 34.086 MW (0%)</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:09:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

222480

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Energy: Prices
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 Rate of Return on Equity for each of the Distribution Network Operators under Distribution Price Control Review 5.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	224816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Ofgem are responsible for regulating the electricity Distribution Network Operators (DNOs) and the setting of the price control review. Ofgem’s latest estimate for the Rate of Return on Equity for each of the DNOs is in the attached table which covers the years 2010-11 to 2013-14. The last year of Distribution Price Control Review 5 (2014-15) is still on-going.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:09:44 question first ministerially corrected 03/03/2015 09:58:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock attachment 1 file name Copy of RORE DNOs Excel.xlsx title Rate of Return on Equity for DNOs 2010-1 to 2013-4 previous answer version 46378 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

179570

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Energy: Debts
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 how many families with children are currently in debt to their energy companies.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Mr Henry Bellingham
uin	224345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on how many families with children are in debt to their energy companies.</p><p>Ofgem closely monitors domestic energy suppliers’ performance and publishes information in relation to debt owed by domestic electricity and gas accounts holders in Great Britain, but they do not publish data relating to families with children.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 23/02/2015 13:40:31 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

179571

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Energy: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if the Government will take steps to prioritise support for families with children when they fall behind on their bills to energy companies.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	Mr Henry Bellingham
uin	224346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>This Government has implemented a range of measures to help vulnerable households reduce their energy bills, including Cold Weather Payments and the Warm Home Discount.</p><p>For those customers who fall behind on payments, suppliers are obliged to take their ability to pay into account when setting a repayment plan. Some suppliers also provide special grants and services to help families. Further information is available free from the Home Heat Helpline on 0800 33 66 99.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 23/02/2015 13:41:21 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1441 label Biography information for Lord Bellingham

179572

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	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 information energy suppliers are required to provide (a) his Department and (b) Ofgem to assist with monitoring the roll-out of smart meters to vulnerable, low income and pre-payment meter customers.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	224399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>On an annual basis larger suppliers are required to provide the Department with a qualitative report on their roll-out strategies, including plans to engage with vulnerable and pre-payment customers. Smaller suppliers are also required to provide annual data on their plans for engaging vulnerable customers. Low income households are not defined as a separate category.</p><p>The Department also collects quarterly data from larger energy suppliers which includes details of smart meters installed and operated in pre-payment mode, and details of their plans for installing smart meters, including where those meters will be operated in pre-payment mode. The same information is collected annually from small suppliers.</p><p>Ofgem collects data from the larger suppliers on the number of pre-payment meters that have been replaced with smart meters, and from January 2016 suppliers will report on the number of customers on the Priority Services Register who have a smart meter installed. This data will be collected annually. The larger suppliers will also shortly be submitting qualitative roll-out plans to Ofgem, explaining how they plan to develop their IT systems to support the rollout of smart pre-payment.</p><p>Separately, Ofgem is reviewing suppliers’ policies and practices relating to charges for installing and removing pre-payment meters, which will also cover aspects of smart meter services. The review will also look at company practices in relation to security deposits, including for customers with smart meters. Ofgem will report on its findings in summer 2015.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 23/02/2015 10:19:16 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

179573

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Private Rented 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 his Department has made of the resources needed by local authorities to enforce a minimum energy efficiency standard for the private rented sector.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	224400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Section 8.1.3 of the policy’s final stage impact assessment contains information regarding the Department’s assessment of resources required by local authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 23/02/2015 13:19:11 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

179574

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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, how many households that have had a smart meter installed in their property have also had one or more unique energy efficiency measures installed in their property under the Energy Companies Obligation scheme.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	224401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department’s quarterly data on smart meter installations is currently collected from energy suppliers in an aggregated format, rather than at a household level.</p><p>As a result, it is not possible to ascertain through data linking how many Energy Companies' Obligation measures (where the data are collected at household level, and reported on monthly as National Statistics: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/green-deal-and-energy-company-obligation-eco-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/green-deal-and-energy-company-obligation-eco-statistics</a>) have been fitted in households where smart meters have been installed.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 23/02/2015 10:21:53 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

179575

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Green Deal Scheme
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 vouchers from the first round of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund have been cashed.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	224402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>The latest monthly Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation National Statistic release reported that under release one of the Green Deal Home Improvement Fund, 11,061 vouchers had been paid (following installation of 13,613 measures), with a value of £54.3 million, by the end of December 2014:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-and-energy-company-obligation-eco-monthly-statistics-january-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/green-deal-and-energy-company-obligation-eco-monthly-statistics-january-2015</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 24/02/2015 15:10:00 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

179576

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what guidance his Department provides to its managers on how many days training should be made available to staff.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	224425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>DECC encourages all staff to take at least 5 days of targeted learning and development each year. This forms part of our commitment to the Civil Service Capabilities Plan.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 23/02/2015 10:22:35 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah