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100867

registered interest
date	24/10/2014
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: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if his Department will estimate the potential change in annual household energy bills arising from government subsidies to Drax for biomass power generation over the next 13 years.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	221889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>We currently support two units of Drax under the Renewables Obligation (RO), one as a full conversion, the other as an enhanced co-firing unit. One further unit has been awarded a contract under Final Investment Decision Enabling for Renewables (FIDeR). Government spending on levy funded support for low carbon electricity, including renewables, is capped by the Levy Control Framework (LCF), thereby helping to minimise the impact on consumer bills.</p><p>An estimate of the cost of support for renewable electricity generation by Drax cannot be provided as such information would allow the determination of operational factors which are commercially confidential.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/10/2014 15:11:44 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

100697

registered interest
date	23/10/2014
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: 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 modelling has been conducted to estimate the effect on UK employment levels of movements upwards and downwards in energy prices.
tabling member constituency	Daventry
tabling member printed	Chris Heaton-Harris
uin	211665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>DECC has not carried out any such analysis.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 30/10/2014 15:10:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris

100157

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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: 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 likely total allocation from the levy control framework for (a) feed in tariffs, (b) renewables obligations and (c) projects agreed under the final investment decision-enabling process in each year from 2015 to 2021.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
uin	211400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The projected allocation from the levy control framework for feed in tariffs, the renewables obligation and projects agreed under the final investment decision-enabling process in financial years from 2015/16 to 2020/21 <del class="ministerial">will be</del> <ins class="ministerial">is expected to be</ins> published in an annex (‘DECC’s Consumer Funded Policies – a report to Parliament’) to the Annual Energy Statement.</p><p>Publication of the Annual Energy Statement is expected in Autumn 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/10/2014 13:35:38 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2014 16:37:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 24144 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

99812

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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: 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 schemes in the Levy Control Framework on average annual household energy bills in each of the years from 2015 to 2021.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The projected expenditure from schemes under the Levy Control Framework for the financial years from 2015/16 to 2020/21 <del class="ministerial">will be</del> <ins class="ministerial">is expected to be</ins> published as an annex (‘DECC’s Consumer Funded Policies – a report to Parliament’) to the Annual Energy Statement. Publication of the Annual Energy Statement is expected in Autumn 2014.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/10/2014 13:32:43 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2014 16:33:04 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 24105 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

99813

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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: 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 the effect of schemes in the Levy Control Framework was on average annual household energy bills in each of the years from 2010 to 2014.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	211115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>In order to help ensure that policies achieve their objectives cost effectively and affordably, the Government introduced a Levy Control Framework to control levy funded spending by DECC at Budget 2011. Over 2010 to 2014 the Levy Control Framework covered the Renewables Obligation, Feed-in Tariffs and the Warm Home Discount.</p><p>The table below sets out the estimated average impact on household energy bills over 2010 to 2013. Figures on spend for 2014 are not yet available.</p><p><strong><em>Estimated average impact on household energy bills from policies in the Levy Control Framework (real 2012 prices)1</em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Renewables Obligation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Feed-in Tariffs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Warm Home Discount</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>£17</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£20</p></td><td><p>£2</p></td><td><p>Zero</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£24</p></td><td><p>£5</p></td><td><p>Zero</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£30</p></td><td><p>£7</p></td><td><p>Zero</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that this table only reflects the costs of these policies on bills. Renewable generation supported by RO and FITs helps put downward pressure on wholesale electricity prices, because they have very low operating costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> These estimates are consistent with the methodology used in the Government’s publication on the impacts of energy and climate change policies on energy prices and bills (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/estimated-impacts-of-energy-and-climate-change-policies-on-energy-prices-and-bills</a>)</em></p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/10/2014 13:31:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

93733

registered interest
date	16/10/2014
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: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the outcomes of the round-table discussions convened by Ofgem over the summer with suppliers, consumer representatives, parliamentarians and the Government, particularly in relation to addressing the higher fuel costs imposed by pre-payment meters.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL2157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Ofgem will host a round-table event on the afternoon of 29 October on price differences between various payment methods for domestic consumers of electricity and gas. The event follows an open letter published by Ofgem on 20 May that set out the findings to a request for information to suppliers on the prices they charge consumers for different payment methods, including prepayment:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/87924/openletterfinalrepublished.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/87924/openletterfinalrepublished.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 23/10/2014 16:22:38 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

91569

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent representations he has made to his Cabinet colleagues about the cost of gas and electricity in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Pontypridd
tabling member printed	Owen Smith
uin	208870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>I have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of topics, including matters relating to the energy sector.</p><p>The UK Government is committed to tackling people’s energy costs which spiralled out of control under the last Government. We have legislated to ensure that energy companies put customers onto the lowest tariff that meets their preference, and we have provided £540 million in funding over three years to support and encourage energy efficiency across Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 16/10/2014 15:55:22 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	4042 label Biography information for Owen Smith

91005

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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: Prices
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 statement by the Minister of State at his Department on 2 September 2014 in the Second Delegated Legislation Committee, that in winter 2013-14 average bills being paid by British Gas customers were £90 lower, what the evidential basis was for that statement.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	208471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>Centrica has stated that they expect the average bill of British Gas customers to be £90 lower in 2014 compared to 2013 in their 2014 H1 Interim Results (available at this link.) <a href="http://www.centrica.com/files/results/interim14/2014_interim_results.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.centrica.com/files/results/interim14/2014_interim_results.pdf </a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 12/09/2014 11:34:30 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 19592 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

89915

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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: Prices
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to encouraging energy companies to use income-differentiated tariffs as a means of addressing fuel poverty.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL1757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Energy suppliers provide direct bill support for low income households through the Government’s Warm Home Discount scheme. <del class="ministerial">As the original impact assessment for the scheme made clear, the scheme grew in part out of a concern about affordability of energy bills and accessibility of appropriate tariffs for those on low incomes. The scheme is now hugely successful.</del> <del class="ministerial">This year the</del> <ins class="ministerial">The </ins>Warm Home<ins class="ministerial">s</ins> Discount will<ins class="ministerial"> increase to</ins> give eligible low-income bill payers £140 money off their energy bills, helping over 2 million people including 1.4 million of Britain’s most vulnerable pensioners.</p><p>There has been consideration of the role of differentiated tariffs as part of the Hills Review of Fuel Poverty, and in the development of Fuel Poverty: Framework for future action and Cutting the cost of keeping warm, the consultation to prepare for a new fuel poverty strategy.</p><p>We continue to monitor the impacts of the Ofgem’s Retail Market Review and wider Government action to ensure consumers are treated fairly in the energy market and are better able to the choose a deal that suits them. We expect to keep the case for further action under review as part of this.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 08/09/2014 08:09:35 question first ministerially corrected 15/09/2014 12:14:23 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma previous answer version 18278 answering member printed Baroness Verma answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

90243

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
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: 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 steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	905192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p>We are helping households with their energy bills by providing direct financial help, encouraging competition and supporting energy efficiency measures.</p><p>Last December, we reviewed Government policy costs and made changes to take an average of £50 a year off a household’s bill and we’re making it easier to shop around, switch and get the best deal.</p><p>We are also providing direct financial help to the most vulnerable through the Warm Home Discount, which will take £140 off the energy bills of over 2 million of the poorest households this year.</p> answering member constituency Kingston and Surbiton answering member printed Mr Edward Davey question first answered 04/09/2014 13:44:14 answering member 188 label Biography information for Ed Davey
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner