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519103

registered interest
date	18/05/2016
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	Carbon Emissions
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 set the emissions target recommended by the Independent Committee on Climate Change in the Fifth Carbon Budget.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	37405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>This Government remains firmly committed to meeting our climate change target of an at least 80% emissions reduction by 2050. The fifth carbon budget, which covers the period 2028-2032, is an important step on the way to 2050.</p><p> </p><p>Discussions on this budget are continuing and we will make an announcement as soon as those discussions conclude.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/05/2016 14:59:52 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

451447

registered interest
date	09/02/2016
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
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 she has made of the amount of wind energy that will be generated in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	26403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The table below sets out total estimated wind energy generation to the nearest terawatt hour, from 2015/16 to 2020/21. These estimates include both onshore and offshore wind generation and are consistent with LCF spend projections published in November 2015 and updated renewable capacity projections, published alongside updates to the Feed in Tariff Scheme in December 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Generation (TWh)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2015/16</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2016/17</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2017/18</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2018/19</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2019/20</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>2020/21</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Wind</strong></p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>71</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong><em>Source: </em></strong></p><p><em><a href="http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.independent.gov.uk/EFO_November__2015.pdf" target="_blank">http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.independent.gov.uk/EFO_November__2015.pdf</a></em></p><p><em>Breakdown of LCF spend projections up to 2020 is set out in fiscal supplementary table 2.7 at <a href="http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.independent.gov.uk/Fiscal__Supplementary__Tables_November__2015.xls" target="_blank">http://cdn.budgetresponsibility.independent.gov.uk/Fiscal__Supplementary__Tables_November__2015.xls</a>;</em></p><p><em>Updated renewable capacity projections <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486285/20151217_Estimated_capacity_by_technology_2020-21.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/486285/20151217_Estimated_capacity_by_technology_2020-21.pdf</a>; </em></p><p><em>FiTs projections </em></p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-a-review-of-the-feed-in-tariff-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-a-review-of-the-feed-in-tariff-scheme</a></em>v</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 22/02/2016 16:47:17 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

450226

registered interest
date	03/02/2016
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 Supply: Older People
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 her Department has made of the adequacy of steps taken by energy suppliers to ensure customers with severe medical conditions are aware of the assistance available through the Priority Services Register.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	25662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2016 answer text <p>Energy suppliers are required by their licence conditions to take reasonable steps at least once a year to inform their domestic customers about the Priority Service Register. They are required to explain how customers who are of pensionable age, disabled or chronically sick may become listed on it to receive free services to help them with their access, communication and safety needs.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem is carrying out a review of the Priority Service Register to ensure the existing services meets the needs of consumers in vulnerable situations. As part of the review, Ofgem is currently consulting on proposals, including changes to eligibility requirements to ensure support is better targeted to customers in vulnerable situations. The consultation closes on 18 February 2016 and is available on Ofgem’s website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/sites/default/files/docs/psr_final_proposals_final_0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/sites/default/files/docs/psr_final_proposals_final_0.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 08/02/2016 17:42:15 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

447896

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
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: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans she has for long-term sustainable household energy efficiency measures in the period after 2017.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	24341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>We are providing support for households to improve their energy efficiency through a reformed domestic supplier obligation (ECO) from April 2017.</p><br /><p>This will upgrade the energy efficiency of over 200,000 homes per year to 2022, help to tackle the root cause of fuel poverty and continue to deliver on our commitment to insulate 1 million more homes this Parliament.</p><br /><p>We are also looking at a range of policy levers for driving take up of low carbon heat and energy efficiency in non-fuel poor households.</p><p><br> <br></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 29/01/2016 13:04:55 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

447169

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
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	Fossil Fuels: Investment
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 she has made of the level of investment in UK oil and gas production until May 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	23946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>The latest published projections of development capital expenditure by the UK upstream oil and gas industry are those in Supplementary Table 2.1 to the Office for Budget Responsibility’s June 2015 <em>Fiscal Sustainability Report</em>:</p><br /><p><a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/fsr/fiscal-sustainability-report-june-2015/" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/fsr/fiscal-sustainability-report-june-2015/</a>.</p><br /><p>This had annual investment (in £ billion) at the following levels:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>8.3</p></td><td><p>6.6</p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>4.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Updated projections informed by recently-received information from operators should be published alongside the <em>Economic and Fiscal Outlook</em> which will accompany the forthcoming Budget.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 28/01/2016 15:15:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

433798

registered interest
date	02/12/2015
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	Historic Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions her Department has had with the devolved assemblies on best practice on insulation of historic and other older properties.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	18578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department has regular discussions with its counterparts in the devolved administrations in order to ensure the sharing of best practice and ideas between all parts of the UK.</p><p><br></p><br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 07/12/2015 16:43:59 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

422926

registered interest
date	21/10/2015
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	Renewable Energy: Feed-in Tariffs
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 potential effect of reforms proposed in the review of the Feed-in Tariff scheme on the viability of future renewable energy projects.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	12823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2015 answer text <p>We published an impact assessment on our proposals, which included the deployment projections for each option proposed. This is available here:</p><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-a-review-of-the-feed-in-tariff-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-a-review-of-the-feed-in-tariff-scheme</a>.</p><p>We will issue a revised Impact Assessment with the Government Response based on the evidence we received through the consultation. This will include information about the potential effects on the viability of future projects.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/10/2015 13:41:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

227785

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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 estimate he has made of the change in levels of fuel usage in the last 10 years due to greater household energy efficiency.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	227865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Table 3.03 of the Energy Consumption in the UK publication, shows between 2003 and 2013, gas used by the domestic sector declined by 10.9 per cent whilst electricity declined by 7.8 per cent. These reductions include a range of .</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-consumption-in-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy-consumption-in-the-uk</a></p><p>The National Energy Efficiency framework, published in June 2014 shows the savings experience in gas consumption for properties having cavity wall insulation and loft insulation installed in 2011.The full report can be accessed through this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/323939/National_Energy_Efficiency_Data-Framework_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/323939/National_Energy_Efficiency_Data-Framework_2014.pdf</a>.</p><p>Savings have been estimated by comparing the gas consumption in properties before and after an energy efficiency measure has been installed with the change in consumption over the same period for similar properties which have not had a measure installed.</p><p>Further details on the methodology used to estimate the savings can be found through this link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/domestic-national-energy-efficiency-data-framework-need-methodology" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/domestic-national-energy-efficiency-data-framework-need-methodology</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 24/03/2015 15:54:09 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd previous answer version 51670 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

225180

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
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	Solar 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 the change has been in the proportion of renewable energy supplied via solar panels between 2004 and 2014.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	226428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>The proportion of renewable energy from solar panels increased from 0.7 per cent in 2004 to 3.3 per cent in 2013, a rise of 2.6 percentage points. Data for 2014 will be available on 25 June 2015.</p><p>Source: Digest of UK Energy Statistics, 2014, Table 6.6, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/renewable-sources-of-energy-chapter-6-digest-of-united-kingdom-energy-statistics-dukes</a>.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/03/2015 15:42:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

174676

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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 he will discuss with his counterparts in the devolved administrations the merits of a common formula for the Warm Home discount and grant schemes across all those administrations.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	221330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>The Warm Home Discount Scheme operates to a single set of rules across Great Britain.</p><p>The scheme does not apply in Northern Ireland as fuel poverty is devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive, which decides its own fuel poverty objectives and policies.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 23/01/2015 13:26:19 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell