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registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to address the downgrading of the UK's rating for energy security in the World Energy Council's 2015 Energy Trilemma Index, published in November 2015.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	43964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government takes energy security very seriously, and our energy security has not been downgraded. According to the World Energy Council’s Energy Trilemma index, the UK scored an ‘A’ for the energy security element and increased its country ranking for energy security from 9th in 2014 to 4th in 2015 after there was a downgrade on a point of Energy Equity.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/09/2016 12:57:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

529256

registered interest
date	28/06/2016
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
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 27 June 2016 to Question 40279, what forecast the Oil and Gas Authority has made of the proportion of UK energy consumption to be supplied by other countries in each of the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	41419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2016 answer text <p>The Oil and Gas Authority does not produce a forecast of the proportion of UK energy consumption to be supplied by other countries.</p><p>However, as indicated in the answer to Question 40279, the Oil and Gas Authority publishes projections of UK oil and gas import dependency (defined as net oil and gas imports as a percentage of UK oil and gas demand).[1]</p><p>These projections for 2016-2026 are given in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oil and Gas import dependency (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] <em>Oil and Gas Authority (February 2016), Production Projections </em><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/503852/OGA_production_projections_-_February_2016.pdf" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/503852/OGA_production_projections_-_February_2016.pdf</em></a></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 04/07/2016 16:28:21 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

524702

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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
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 proportion of UK energy consumption that was supplied by other countries in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	40278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The UK’s net import dependency is published in DECC’s Energy Trends table 1.3, and is reproduced below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong><em>Import dependence</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>21.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>20.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>26.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>27.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>28.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>36.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>43.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>47.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>46.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>38.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: DECC Energy Trends, March 2015</em></p><p> </p><p>In 2015, the UK’s net imports of 79.5 million tonnes of oil equivalent accounted for 38.6% of the UK’s primary consumption of energy.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/06/2016 09:04:51 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

524703

registered interest
date	13/06/2016
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
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 proportion of UK energy consumption which will be supplied from other countries in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	40279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department of Energy and Climate Change does not produce projections of the proportion of UK total energy consumption which will be supplied from other countries.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Oil and Gas Authority publishes projections of UK oil and gas import dependency (defined as net oil and gas imports as a percentage of UK oil and gas demand).1</p><p> </p><p>These projections for 2016-2021 are given in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oil and Gas Import dependency (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>45%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>50%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> Oil and Gas Authority (February 2016), Production Projections <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/503852/OGA_production_projections_-_February_2016.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/503852/OGA_production_projections_-_February_2016.pdf</a> </em></p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/06/2016 09:36:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

519105

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	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, how the reforms to the Capacity Market announced on 6 May 2016 will provide investment incentives for new gas plants to be built in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	37353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>The purpose of the Capacity Market is to ensure security of electricity supply by providing all forms of capacity the right incentives to be on the system to be prepared to deliver energy when needed. On 6 May we announced that we would buy more capacity and buy it earlier, enhancing the opportunities for new plant such as gas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/05/2016 16:38:29 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

519106

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	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, how the reforms to the Capacity Market announced on 6 May 2016 will ensure a secure electricity supply that is consistent with the decarbonisation objectives set out in her Department's single departmental plan.
tabling member constituency	Brent North
tabling member printed	Barry Gardiner
uin	37352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department has set out a number of policies which will decarbonise the economy. For example, we will consult shortly on proposals to close all unabated coal-fired power stations by 2025 to reduce our emissions and continue to invest in new low carbon generation.</p><p> </p><p>The changes to the Capacity Market announced on 6 May will ensure security of electricity supply as we decarbonise: this is non-negotiable. However, all bidders into the Capacity Market are all affected by decarbonisation policies. For example, the EU ETS and the Carbon Price Floor will reduce the competitiveness of coal generation in the Capacity Market relative to cleaner technologies like gas.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/05/2016 16:38:00 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	146 label Biography information for Barry Gardiner

519112

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	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 assessment she has made of the adequacy of extra reserve capacity in the National Grid in 2016 and 2017.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	37191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2016 answer text <p>National Grid has procured 3.6GW of a total volume cap of 3.7GW (de-rated capacity). This is the amount that National Grid calculated in their ‘volume Requirement methodology’ to assess the amount of reserve that would be considered adequate, considering a number of sensitivities. This has been approved by the regulator, Ofgem.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 25/05/2016 16:39:37 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

516234

registered interest
date	27/04/2016
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
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 18 April 2016 to Question 33974, what regard she has given to to Section 14 of the Cabinet Office publication, Guide to making legislation, when determining the relative timing of issuing the impact assessment and the closure of the consultation on further reforms to the Capacity Market.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	35892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>Section 14 of the Cabinet Office ‘Guide to making legislation’ states that Impact Assessments are generally required for all UK Government interventions of a regulatory nature. The latest version of the ‘Better Regulation Framework Manual’, in its definition of “Regulation”, clarifies that Regulation does not include tax and spending decisions.</p><p> </p><p>The Capacity Market, and the proposals outlined in the consultation on further reforms to the Capacity Market, is classified as ‘Tax and Spend’. Therefore Section 14 does not apply to this policy and a consultation stage Impact Assessment is not needed. The Government will, however, publish a final Impact Assessment alongside its response to the recent consultation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/05/2016 12:44:55 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

512980

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she plans to publish the impact assessment relating to her Department's consultation on further reforms to the Capacity Market, published on 1 March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	33974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>We are currently reviewing the responses to the 1 March consultation on further reforms to the Capacity Market and will be publishing a Government response shortly. An impact assessment will be published alongside the Government response.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/04/2016 15:32:58 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

461268

registered interest
date	11/03/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what infrastructure the UK has in place to ensure that households and businesses do not face energy shortages in the next (a) five and (b) 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	30838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2016 answer text <p>In addition to the generation capacity within the market, National Grid has already procured 3.6GW of reserve capacity for next winter and, in January, the Capacity Market Transitional Arrangements auction bought 800MW of demand side response capacity for winter 16/17 which will also help secure the system.</p><p> </p><p>In the medium to long term, the capacity market will ensure we have the electricity infrastructure to prevent energy shortages. On 1 March 2016, DECC announced that we are consulting on changes to the CM, to buy more capacity and earlier; tighten the sanctions on those who fail to deliver on their obligations; and bolster energy security in the short–term, by holding a new auction bringing forward the first Capacity Market delivery year to 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>We are confident that the Capacity Market is the right mechanism to bring forward the necessary new capacity as older, less efficient plants close.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, Hinkley will be the first new nuclear power plant built in the UK for 20 years. Once up and running in 2025, it will provide 3.2 Giga Watts of secure, base-load and low carbon electricity for around 60 years, meeting 7% of the UK’s energy needs.</p><p> </p><p>GB also has 4GW of electricity interconnection infrastructure across 4 interconnectors to France, the Netherlands, Ireland and Northern Ireland. Around 7GW of projects are currently proceeding through Ofgem’s cap and floor regulatory regime, with a further 1GW progressing under the “merchant-exempt” route, more than doubling our capacity in the early 2020s. Ofgem will open a further cap and floor application window at the end of March.</p><p> </p><p>As for gas, GB has a total gas infrastructure deliverability of around 700 mcm/d compared to average winter demand of 290 mcm/d (record demand 465 mcm/d, Dec 2010) giving a surplus capacity against average winter demand of 410 mcm/d.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 16/03/2016 13:32:32 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith