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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

222489

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	Natural Gas: 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 average cost to domestic consumers per kWh of gas in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) each English region in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	224754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Regional gas bills, based on fixed consumption levels are published in Quarterly Energy Prices, table 2.3.3 and table 2.3.4:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p><strong>Annual UK gas prices by PES (Public Electricity Supply) Region in pence kWh</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong><em>2010</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2011</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2012</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2013</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2014</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>East Midlands</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.74</p></td><td><p>4.06</p></td><td><p>4.52</p></td><td><p>4.78</p></td><td><p>4.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Eastern</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.73</p></td><td><p>4.08</p></td><td><p>4.55</p></td><td><p>4.84</p></td><td><p>5.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>London</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.83</p></td><td><p>4.20</p></td><td><p>4.67</p></td><td><p>4.97</p></td><td><p>5.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Merseyside &amp; North Wales</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.78</p></td><td><p>4.11</p></td><td><p>4.55</p></td><td><p>4.87</p></td><td><p>5.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>North East</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.74</p></td><td><p>4.08</p></td><td><p>4.50</p></td><td><p>4.80</p></td><td><p>4.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>North Scotland</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.69</p></td><td><p>4.06</p></td><td><p>4.51</p></td><td><p>4.75</p></td><td><p>4.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>North West</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.78</p></td><td><p>4.11</p></td><td><p>4.55</p></td><td><p>4.83</p></td><td><p>4.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>South East</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.78</p></td><td><p>4.14</p></td><td><p>4.61</p></td><td><p>4.87</p></td><td><p>5.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>South Scotland</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.69</p></td><td><p>4.06</p></td><td><p>4.51</p></td><td><p>4.80</p></td><td><p>4.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>South Wales</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.80</p></td><td><p>4.13</p></td><td><p>4.61</p></td><td><p>4.87</p></td><td><p>5.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>South West</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.76</p></td><td><p>4.10</p></td><td><p>4.59</p></td><td><p>4.86</p></td><td><p>4.97</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Southern</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.75</p></td><td><p>4.13</p></td><td><p>4.61</p></td><td><p>4.93</p></td><td><p>5.13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>West Midlands</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.79</p></td><td><p>4.15</p></td><td><p>4.61</p></td><td><p>4.91</p></td><td><p>5.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Yorkshire</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.76</p></td><td><p>4.11</p></td><td><p>4.52</p></td><td><p>4.81</p></td><td><p>4.98</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>Great Britain</em></strong></p></td><td><p>3.76</p></td><td><p>4.11</p></td><td><p>4.57</p></td><td><p>4.86</p></td><td><p>5.02</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data above are based on a fixed annual consumption of 15,000kWh in each year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:08:36 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

179585

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	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 222829, how much of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's expenditure on support costs was for (a) research and technology, (b) IT, (c) security, (d) facilities, (e) programme management, (f) procurement, (g) human resources, (h) finance, (i) head-office costs, (j) environment, health safety and quality, (k) regulatory engagement and (l) communications in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	224537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>£m</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13-14 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12-13 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11-12 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10-11 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>09-10 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>[A] </strong>Research &amp; technology</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td><td><p>5.0</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>[B]</strong> IT</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td><td><p>3.9</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>[D] </strong>Facilities</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>[E] </strong>Programme Management</p></td><td><p>12.5</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td><td><p>11.4</p></td><td><p>13.7</p></td><td><p>18.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>[G] </strong>HR</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>1.9</p></td><td><p>2.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>[H]</strong> Finance</p></td><td><p>4.3</p></td><td><p>4.4</p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>[L] </strong>Communications</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>1.6</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Support costs for security, procurement, head office costs, environment health safety and quality, regulatory engagement cannot be accurately disaggregated from wider NDA expenditure.</p><p>Due to internal reporting changes and/or organisational structure changes, certain headings may not be consistent across the five years.</p><p>Finance costs include internal audit costs and NAO audit fees, in each year.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:03:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 46035 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

179586

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	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 222829, what the (a) research and technology, (b) IT, (c) security, (d) facilities, (e) programme management, (f) procurement, (g) human resources, (h) finance, (i) head-office costs, (j) environment, health safety and quality, (k) regulatory engagement and (l) communications support costs were for each of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's site licence companies in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	224538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 23/02/2015 14:30:31 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

179587

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	Nuclear Management Partners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 222816, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed under reachback contracts in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	224539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The NDA did not record the number of individuals employed full-time under reachback contracts between 2009-2011. The number of full-time equivalent staff employed under reachback contracts in each of the last three years are:</p><p> </p><ul><li><em>2011-12 126</em></li><li><em>2012-13 149</em></li><li><em>2013-14 134.</em></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:04:38 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 46036 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

179588

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	Nuclear Management Partners
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 Nuclear Management Partners has received in executive staff costs in each year since it became the parent body organisation for Sellafield Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	224540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The information requested is below:</p><p>£k</p><ul><li>2008/09 3,211</li><li>2009/10 8,463</li><li>2010/11 9,068</li><li>2011/12 11,066</li><li>2012/13 8,629</li><li>2013/14 6,658</li></ul> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:06:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 46038 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

179149

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	Wind Power: Noise
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 is taking to bring the ETSU-R-97 assessment methodology for calculating the noise impact of wind turbine generators in line with current World Health Organisation guidelines.
tabling member constituency	South East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Sir James Paice
uin	224179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes seriously the impact of noise from wind turbines. Potential noise impacts are considered within the planning process in accordance with ETSU-R-97, and taking into account any guidance on good or best practice that the Government has published or endorsed, before any decision is taken whether or not to grant consent to a project. The Government believes that wind farms built in accordance with current guidance should not have significant impacts on those living or working within the vicinity of these sites, and has no plans to revise ETSU-R-97.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 24/02/2015 15:08:04 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 46022 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	124 label Biography information for Sir James Paice

179152

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
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 land required for (a) nuclear licensed sites, (b) operational purposes, (c) NDA offices and (d) other purposes is currently owned by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (i) directly and (ii) through subsidiaries including NDA Properties Limited.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	224186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>The land holdings of NDA Properties Ltd have been set out in the answers to Questions 224207 and 224187. Two further subsidiaries, Direct Rail Services Ltd and INS Property Holdings, own land but do not hold the information requested in the form specified.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/02/2015 13:02:14 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 46026 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

179295

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	Hydroelectric 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 estimate he has made of the average cost of connecting community hydro-electric schemes to the National Grid in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	224337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>When setting the Feed-in Tariff for hydro schemes of any size in 2012, our economists took into account both capital and operating costs, including the costs of grid connection. Our capex costs were all estimated using the following report:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/42912/5900-update-of-nonpv-data-for-feed-in-tariff-.pdf/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/42912/5900-update-of-nonpv-data-for-feed-in-tariff-.pdf/</a>.</p><p>However, each scheme is different and cost can vary greatly, including for grid connection, and we do not have specific data for community schemes.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 23/02/2015 13:19:44 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams