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226673

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
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	Advertising
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 (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	227342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Total advertising spend, excluding VAT, is set out in the table below. The figures include associated costs such as the production of creative services. A breakdown by category is not available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Advertising</strong></p><p><strong>Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>£118k</p></td><td><p>£137k</p></td><td><p>£3.112M</p></td><td><p>£2.138M</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Spend in FY 12-13, 13-14 &amp; 14-15 includes advertising for the Green Deal. The Green Deal helps you make energy-saving improvements to your home and find the best way to pay for them.</p><p>During FY 14-15 we have allocated an advertising budget for the ‘Power to Switch Campaign’ as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>£620,000 to develop, produce and supply advertisements. This includes budgets agreed with the agency to produce each of the TV and Radio advertisements;</li><li>£4,100,000 to buy advertising space (including agency media buying and communications planning fees).</li></ul><p>The FY 14-15 figure includes £335k spent on the ‘Power to Switch Campaign’. Actual final spends are not yet available.</p><p>The 'Power to Switch' campaign will run for 5 weeks and will include national, regional and online advertising, encouraging people to switch and save.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 18/03/2015 17:57:20 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

224445

registered interest
date	02/03/2015
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	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 recent estimate he has made of the projected number of years of active energy projection from (a) nuclear power, (b) offshore wind turbines, (c) onshore wind turbines, (d) coal powered power stations, (e) gas powered power stations, (f) solar powered farms, (g) tidal lagoon, (h) biomass and (i) anaerobic digesters.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	225910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>DECC’s most recently published figures for levelised costs contains information on the operating duration of selected electricity generation for technologies. These are available in the DECC Electricity Generation Costs (December 2013) report:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 09/03/2015 15:31:08 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

222933

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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 Supply
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 projected number of years of active energy production available through the use of (a) nuclear power stations, (b) offshore wind turbines, (c) onshore wind turbines, (d) coal-powered power stations, (e) gas-powered power stations, (f) solar-powered farms, (g) tidal power lagoons, (h) biomass stations and (i) anaerobic digesters.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	224892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>DECC’s most recently published figures for levelised costs contains information on the operating duration of selected electricity generation for technologies. These are available in the DECC Electricity Generation Costs (December 2013) report:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/269888/131217_Electricity_Generation_costs_report_December_2013_Final.pdf.</a></p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 04/03/2015 15:30:53 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

167730

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 contribution of tidal impoundment to renewable energy production in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	217009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>In 2007, the Government published the Atlas of UK marine renewable energy resources (see attached), which assesses, amongst other things, the tidal range resource around the UK.</p><p>The Government’s 2010 Severn Tidal Power feasibility study [1] then assessed the potential for 5 generic Severn Estuary schemes, including potential energy production.</p><p>Following this, the 2012 Crown Estate’s UK Wave and Tidal Key Resource Areas [2] assessed the theoretical resource of tidal barrage and tidal lagoons across the UK at 96 TWh/year (45 GW) and 25 TWh/year (14 GW) respectively.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em>[1] </em></strong><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><strong><em>[2]</em></strong><em> The Crown Estate, UK Wave and Tidal Key Resource Areas Project, Summary Report, October 2012</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd attachment 1 file name Atlas of UK Marine Renewable Energy Resources Pt. 1.pdf title 2007 UK Marine Renewables Atlas Pt.1 2 file name Atlas of UK Marine Renewable Energy Resources Pt. 2.pdf title 2007 UK Marine Renewables Atlas Pt.2 3 file name Atlas of UK Marine Renewable Energy Resources Pt. 3.pdf title 2007 UK Marine Renewables Atlas Pt.3 question first answered 10/12/2014 16:24:31 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

167731

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 estimate he has made of the average decommissioning costs of (a) nuclear power stations, (b) offshore wind turbines, (c) onshore wind turbines, (d) coal-powered power stations, (e) gas-powered power stations, (f) solar farms, (g) tidal lagoons, (h) biomass generation and (i) anaerobic digesters.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	217007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department published estimates of the costs of nuclear decommissioning in 2010. [1] It was calculated that for a generic Pressurised Water Reactor with a capacity of 1.35GW operating for 40 years, decommissioning and waste management costs were in the range £800m – £1800m.</p><p>For offshore wind farms, the developers of some projects have provided my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State with estimates for the cost of decommissioning their wind farms under the provisions of the Energy Act 2004. On the basis of this information, the estimated cost of decommissioning offshore wind farms is around £700,000 per turbine.</p><p>A report on the economic impacts of onshore wind published jointly by the Department and RenewableUK in May 2012 [2] estimated that the cost of decommissioning each turbine as being in the region of £60,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has not produced estimates for the average or typical costs of decommissioning for other types of energy generating assets.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Consultation on a Methodology to Determine a Fixed Unit Price for Waste Disposal and Updated Cost Estimates for Nuclear Decommissioning, Waste Management and Waste Disposal, March 2010: </em></p><p> </p><p><em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/42533/1_20100324145948_e____ConsultationonFixedUnitPricemethodologyandupdatedcostestimates.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/42533/1_20100324145948_e____ConsultationonFixedUnitPricemethodologyandupdatedcostestimates.pdf</a> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>2</em><em> Onshore Wind Direct &amp; Wider Economic Impacts, May 2012 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/48359/5229-onshore-wind-direct--wider-economic-impacts.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/48359/5229-onshore-wind-direct--wider-economic-impacts.pdf</a>.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 10/12/2014 16:50:01 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

167732

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 research funding his Department has allocated to developing new technologies for (a) nuclear power stations, (b) offshore wind turbines, (c) onshore wind turbines, (d) coal powered power stations, (e) gas powered power stations, (f) solar powered farms, (g) tidal lagoons, (h) biomass and (i) anaerobic digesters.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	217003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>Whilst it is possible that the Department of Energy and Climate Change may hold information on expenditure allocation in developing new technologies for (a) nuclear power stations, (b) offshore wind turbines, (c) onshore wind turbines, (d) coal powered power stations, (e) gas powered power stations, (f) solar powered farms, (g) tidal lagoons, (h) biomass and (i) anaerobic digesters, the allocations may well include a mixture of consultancy, out-sourced programme management and not necessarily research and development.</p><p>Consequently we are not able to identify how much research funding has been allocated to each of those areas without incurring disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 10/12/2014 16:25:59 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

167733

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 estimate he has made of the days of lost production from (a) nuclear power stations, (b) offshore wind turbines, (c) onshore wind turbines, (d) coal-powered power stations, (e) gas-powered power stations, (f) solar farms, (g) tidal lagoons, (h) biomass generation and (i) anaerobic digesters in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	217004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department doesn’t hold this information centrally, and can only provide it at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 10/12/2014 16:29:13 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

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

166295

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
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	Offshore Structures: Electric Cables
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 sub-sea off-shore cabling has been laid in which areas in each of the last 30 years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	216069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>In the last 30 years, there has been a total of 1340km of sub-sea electricity transmission cables laid in the waters surrounding the UK.</p><p>This comprises 702km of licenced sub-sea offshore transmission cables1 that connect offshore wind farms in UK territorial sea and surrounding Renewable Energy Zone (REZ)2 to shore, and 638km of interconnector cables, consisting of links from the UK mainland to France, the Netherlands, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and the Isle of Man.</p><p>Lengths provided are for sub-sea sections of cables only, and do not include onshore components that link to relevant grid connection points.</p><p><strong>Table of licenced offshore transmission projects</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Licenced offshore wind farm transmission assets</em></p></td><td><p><em>Sub-sea cable length (km)</em></p></td><td><p><em>Year licence granted</em></p></td><td><p><em>Sea</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Robin Rigg East and West</em></p></td><td><p>25.2</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>Irish Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Sheringham Shoal</em></p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>North Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Barrow</em></p></td><td><p>26.6</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>Irish Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Greater Gabbard</em></p></td><td><p>152.5</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>North Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Gunfleet Sands 1 and 2</em></p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>North Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Ormonde</em></p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Irish Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Wallney 1</em></p></td><td><p>45.3</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>Irish Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Wallney 2</em></p></td><td><p>43.7</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Irish Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Lincs</em></p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>North Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>London Array</em></p></td><td><p>216</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>North Sea</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Total Cable length</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>702</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Table of interconnectors</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Interconnector</em></p></td><td><p><em>Sub-sea cable length (km)3</em></p></td><td><p><em>Laying year(s)</em></p></td><td><p><em>Connection points</em></p></td><td><p><em>Sea</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>IFA</em></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>19864</p></td><td><p>GB – Folkestone, Kent</p><p>FR - Calais</p></td><td><p>English Channel</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Moyle</em></p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>20015</p></td><td><p>N.I - Nr Belfast,</p><p>Scotland - near Stranraer</p></td><td><p>Irish Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>BritNed</em></p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>2009 to 20106</p></td><td><p>GB - Isle of Grain,</p><p>Netherlands - Maasvlakte</p></td><td><p>North Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>East West</em></p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>2009 to 20127</p></td><td><p>GB - Deeside, north Wales,</p><p>Ireland - Woodland, County Meath</p></td><td><p>Irish Sea</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Isle of Man</em></p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>20008</p></td><td><p>Bispham, Blackpool to Douglas, Isle of Man</p></td><td><p>Irish Sea</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Total Cable length</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>638</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Source – Ofgem. Offshore transmission is defined as all electric lines of 132 kilovolts or more which are built for the purpose of conveying electricity generated by an offshore generating station. The km length figure does not include ‘inter array’ cables that connect individual wind turbines to the nearby sub-station. </em></p><p><em>2</em><em> The REZ is an area of the sea, beyond the UK’s territorial sea, which may be exploited for energy production. A map of the REZ may be obtained from the UK Hydrographic Office - <a href="https://www.ukho.gov.uk/ProductsandServices/Services/Documents/Renewable_Energy_Web%20Page_Jan06_v2.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ukho.gov.uk/ProductsandServices/Services/Documents/Renewable_Energy_Web%20Page_Jan06_v2.pdf</a> . A map of the ten offshore transmission projects tendered to date, as well as the five projects currently in Ofgem’s competitive tender process, can be found on Ofgem’s website - <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/electricity/transmission-networks/offshore-transmission/offshore-transmission-tenders" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/electricity/transmission-networks/offshore-transmission/offshore-transmission-tenders</a> </em></p><p><em>3</em><em> Length provided refers to the distance between landing points and does not take into account cable configurations of the interconnectors.</em></p><p><em>4<strong>[1]</strong> Refers to the year IFA was commissioned. Source: National Grid - <a href="http://faculty.london.edu/mottaviani/IFA.pdf" target="_blank">http://faculty.london.edu/mottaviani/IFA.pdf</a> </em></p><p><em>5</em><em> Source: Mutual Energy - <a href="http://www.mutual-energy.com/The_Moyle_Interconnector/History_and_Development_of_the_Interconnector.php" target="_blank">http://www.mutual-energy.com/The_Moyle_Interconnector/History_and_Development_of_the_Interconnector.php</a> </em></p><p><em>6</em><em> Source: BritNed - <a href="http://www.britned.com/BritNed/About%20Us/Construction" target="_blank">http://www.britned.com/BritNed/About%20Us/Construction</a></em></p><p><em>7</em><em> Source: ABB - <a href="http://www05.abb.com/global/scot/scot221.nsf/veritydisplay/4d580b5e493d268dc1257c00003e44dc/$file/Overview%20of%20the%20500MW%20EirGrid%20East-West.pdf" target="_blank">http://www05.abb.com/global/scot/scot221.nsf/veritydisplay/4d580b5e493d268dc1257c00003e44dc/$file/Overview%20of%20the%20500MW%20EirGrid%20East-West.pdf</a></em></p><p><em>8</em><em> Source: AWJ Marine - <a href="http://www.awjmarine.co.uk/fishery-liaison/isle-of-man-interconnector/" target="_blank">http://www.awjmarine.co.uk/fishery-liaison/isle-of-man-interconnector/</a></em></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 04/12/2014 15:12:26 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

62880

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2014, Official Report, column 167W, on wind power: electrical substations, what constitutes a nationally significant infrastructure proposal (a) generally and (b) in relation to onshore wind farms.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	201521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2014 answer text <p>The Planning Act 2008 defines what can be included in an application for development consent for a nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP). Electricity substations are not categorised as NSIPs in their own right but, under the Act, can be included in an application for development consent for such a project if they can be considered as associated development in England.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, substations may be included in applications for generating stations (including onshore wind farms) under the Act if they are integral to the main development.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 26/06/2014 15:04:55 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane