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168021

registered interest
date	04/12/2014
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	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, how much his Department has budgeted for payments to energy companies to maintain spare stand-by electricity generation capacity for winter 2014.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	Mr John Spellar
uin	217224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>National Grid is responsible for procuring New Balancing Services to provide reserve capacity. Procurement is subject to a methodology approved by Ofgem.</p><p> </p><p>National Grid announced in October that it has procured an additional 1.1GW of reserve capacity for this winter. This will cost less than £1 per household and will increase capacity margins from around 4% to over 6%.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 08/12/2014 12:06:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

167734

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	Tidal Power
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 he has made of the potential contribution of tidal impoundment schemes to (a) local economies and (b) the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	217005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government’s 2010 Severn Tidal Power feasibility study [1] assessed in great detail the potential contribution of 5 generic Severn Estuary tidal range schemes to the local and UK economies, including a regional economic impact study [2].</p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/1-severn-tidal-power-feasibility-study-conclusions-and-summary-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/1-severn-tidal-power-feasibility-study-conclusions-and-summary-report</a></em></p><p> </p><p><em>[2]</em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/7-severn-tidal-power-regional-economic-impacts-study" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/7-severn-tidal-power-regional-economic-impacts-study</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 09/12/2014 15:55:39 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

167735

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	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 steps he has taken to insulate his Departmental estate in order to improve energy efficiency; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	217043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has investigated the viability of insulating the two buildings it manages and has installed additional insulation in its headquarters building, 3 Whitehall Place. DECC is committed to running its estate as energy efficiently as possible and making significant reductions in its energy use. This is done through a range of measures, including insulation, which are carefully assessed for their feasibility and cost effectiveness.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 08/12/2014 15:01:12 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

166628

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
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	Garages and Petrol Stations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that petrol stations are located at sufficiently regular points along United Kingdom roads.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>DECC published a report from Deloitte LLP in December 2012, ‘Study of the UK petroleum retail market’, which considered long term changes to the retail market for road fuels in the UK, and the implications of these changes to our energy resilience. The market has changed significantly over the last decade. However, the findings of the report do not suggest that changes to the size and shape of the retail market for road fuels have significantly reduced the access of UK motorists to a local supply of fuel. The report found that in 2011, 98% of postcode sectors had a petrol filling station within a 10 minute driving time, and 92% had more than two within the same travel time.</p><p>Decisions on the location of individual petrol filling stations are for local planning authorities to make. As the market develops we will continue to monitor the situation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 05/12/2014 12:45:11 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

166629

registered interest
date	27/11/2014
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	Garages and Petrol Stations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what authorisation is necessary before a petrol station can be closed.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL3220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>No specific authorisation is required to close a petrol station.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 05/12/2014 12:44:05 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno