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47223

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on how many occasions and on what dates he has met National Grid to discuss the Supplemental Balancing Reserve in each month since January 2013.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	195470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2014 answer text <p>Details of meetings between my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State and external organisations are published quarterly on the Departmental website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-meeting-with-external-organisations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ministers-meeting-with-external-organisations</a></p><p> </p><p>I met National Grid yesterday, and Ministers do so regularly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 11/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

47224

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
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 likely effect of the Supplemental Balancing Reserve on energy bills for the year (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	195408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The cost of procuring Supplemental Balancing Reserve and Demand Side Balancing Reserve is a matter for Ofgem and National Grid. In its draft Impact Assessment Ofgem estimated the cost of buying these services would be less than £1 a year for the average domestic customer. Ofgem's final Impact Assessment did not revise or update this estimate. DECC has not carried out a separate assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem's draft Impact Assessment can be found at <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/84629/nationalgridsproposednewbalancingservices-draftimpactassessment.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/84629/nationalgridsproposednewbalancingservices-draftimpactassessment.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>A final Impact Assessment is available at: <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/85278/decisiontoacceptngetapplicationtointroducetwonewbalancingservicesandsubsequentconsultationonfundingarrangements.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/85278/decisiontoacceptngetapplicationtointroducetwonewbalancingservicesandsubsequentconsultationonfundingarrangements.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

47225

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
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 has been made by (a) the RIMNET network and (b) other bodies of the possibility that the sand fallout across the British Isles from the Sahara desert has been contaminated by long-lived radioactive fallout from atmospheric nuclear weapons tests conducted by France in the Algerian Sahara in the 1960s.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	195416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Radioactive Incident Monitoring Network (RIMNET) is the UK Government's radiation monitoring and nuclear emergency response system which is operated on a 24 hour a day, seven days a week basis by the Met Office, on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change. Data from RIMNET has been inspected and shows no evidence of increased levels of radioactivity across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency (EA) undertakes a programme of far-field monitoring, away from nuclear sites, of radioactivity in air and rainwater. This programme involves constantly sampling air through filters in High Volume Air Samplers. Filters are changed on a weekly basis and subsequently analysed. Past Saharan dust events have not caused any detectable increase in radioactivity on the filters. Results for the changed filters on 31st March and 7th April should be available in the next few days. The results will be published as consolidated data in the annual Radiation in Food and the Environment (RIFE) report which is published jointly by a number of UK and devolved agencies. Previous RIFE reports are available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.sepa.org.uk/radioactive_substances/publications/rife_reports.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.sepa.org.uk/radioactive_substances/publications/rife_reports.aspx</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

47226

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
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 has been disbursed to Ombudsman Services for work relating to the Green Deal in each month since January 2013; and how many complaints relating to the Green Deal have been processed by Ombudsman Services over the same period.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	195420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>I can confirm that DECC pays the Ombudsman Service a fixed quarterly rate to provide Green Deal services, support to DECC and maintain systems, plus an additional fee for each investigation undertaken. The quarterly fixed rate payments work out at £3,333.00 per month.</p><p> </p><p>I would also like to point out that as part of the Government's transparency initiative DECC publishes summary details of all payments made over £500, including payments to contractors. You can find this information using the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&amp;publication_filter_option=transparency-data&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-of-energy-climate-change&amp;direction=before&amp;date=2013-03-01" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=&amp;publication_filter_option=transparency-data&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=department-of-energy-climate-change&amp;direction=before&amp;date=2013-03-01</a></p><p> </p><p>The Ombudsman Service has undertaken some casework but this has not resulted in formal complaints or investigations and there have been no investigation charges to the Department.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

47227

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what forecast he has made of the impact of capacity contracted under the Supplemental Balancing Reserve to the Loss of Load Expectation in the winter of (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	195421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government has not made any forecast of the impact of capacity contracted under the Supplemental Balancing Reserve (SBR) on the Loss of Load Expectation for winter 2014-15 or 2015-16.SBR is one of National Grid's two new balancing services, approved by Ofgem in December 2013. SBR and the Demand Side Balancing Reserve (DSBR) will address potential capacity shortfalls in the middle of the decade. National Grid is currently developing a methodology to determine how much capacity should be contracted via SBR. Once this is approved by Ofgem, National Grid will proceed with the procurement process.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

47228

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
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 jobs have been transferred from the public to the private sector as a result of privatisations or outsourcing by his Department since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	195509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change has not transferred any jobs to the private sector as a result of privatisation or outsourcing since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

47229

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	195573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Table below details the Department of Energy and Climate Change's consultancy expenditure in 2013-14:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£k</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KPMG LLP</p></td><td><p>2,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lazard &amp; Co Ltd</p></td><td><p>1,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deloitte LLP</p></td><td><p>855</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Baringa Partners LLP</p></td><td><p>238</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mott Macdonald Group Ltd</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redpoint Energy Ltd</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poyry Management Consulting (UK) Ltd</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxera Consulting Ltd</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge Economic Policy Associates</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E S P Consulting</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47230

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for his Department in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	195551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Table below details the companies used and the total amounts paid to them in the last financial year. We are unable to identify separately the amounts retained by the companies as fees and the amounts passed on to the temporary worker by the company.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Agency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>£k</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adecco UK Ltd</p></td><td><p>1,162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Michael Page International Recruitment Ltd</p></td><td><p>533</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Methods Consulting Ltd</p></td><td><p>517</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Parity Resources Ltd</p></td><td><p>461</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Allen Lane Ltd</p></td><td><p>406</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47231

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
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 ensure that all customers receive the full benefit of reductions in levies on energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	195520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>All households will benefit from our changes. Whilst the reduction in individual household bills will depend on the energy supplier, this package, including VAT, will be worth an average of around £50 to households, compared to what would have happened without these changes. All customers on fixed tariffs will receive the £12 rebate from suppliers in autumn and the vast majority of them can either switch to a new tariff created since the Autumn Statement without any charge or will be switching to a new tariff anyway as a result of their fixed contract coming to an end this year.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

47232

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount spent per person on flood defences in (a) England and (b) Wales in each year since 2001 to date; and what estimate he has made of the amounts in each year to 2016.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	195489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The figures are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(a)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Average Defra spend per head on flood and coastal erosion risk management in England (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>9.51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>9.47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>9.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>10.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>11.83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>12.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>10.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>10.77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>11.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>14.86</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>The figures for each year is the total Defra spend on flood and coastal erosion risk management divided by the most recent ONS population estimate for mid-2012</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Figures before 2005/06 are not available in a comparable format.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Figures for 2013/14 and 2014/15 are budget allocations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>· Figures for 2015/16 are not available as the budget has not yet been set.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(b)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Flood management in Wales is a devolved matter and Defra has made no estimate of the amount spent per person.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane