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100371

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
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
hansard heading	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to her Department's press release of 19 October 2014, on the reduction of subsidies for solar farms to safeguard farmland, what estimate she has made of the potential annual change in mW of solar-generated energy as a result of that policy.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	211422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The decision to make land covered by solar panels ineligible for the CAP Basic Payment Scheme reflects the fact that agriculture is no longer the predominant use of such land. The Government wants farmers to prioritise making the best use of their land for agriculture and food production. However, we have made no estimate of the potential annual reduction in generating capacity.<br></p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 27/10/2014 16:44:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

100161

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
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
hansard heading	Solar Power: Biodiversity
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 assessment she has made of the conclusions of the BRE National Solar Centre Report on Biodiversity Guidance for Solar Developments published in partnership; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	211259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>We want farmers to prioritise making the best use of their land for agriculture and food production, rather than secondary uses. Nevertheless, we welcome the work of the BRE in partnership with the solar and biodiversity conservation sectors to encourage best practice where solar farms are permitted, to mitigate some of the impacts of these developments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 24/10/2014 13:43:14 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

99828

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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
hansard heading	Solar Power
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 assessment she has made of the effect of restricting farm subsidy payments for land fitted with solar panels through the Common Agricultural Policy on the food and farming industry.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	211195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Removing CAP subsidy payments from land on which solar arrays are hosted will ensure that farm subsidies support farmers whose primary use of the land is for agriculture and food production.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/10/2014 14:11:29 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

99829

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
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
hansard heading	Solar Power
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 assessment she has made of the conclusions of the recent report by the NFU, National Solar Centre and Solar Trade Association Report on Agricultural Good Practice Guidance for Solar Farms; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	211194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>We welcome the work of the farming and solar sectors to encourage best practice in the deployment of solar energy. The Agricultural Good Practice Guidance for Solar Farms highlights some important issues for developers to consider, such as flood risk and traffic management during construction. Nevertheless, the Government wants farmers to prioritise making the best use of their land for agriculture and food production</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 23/10/2014 14:16:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

93800

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	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects (a) solar photovoltaic and (b) onshore wind generation in the UK to be free of government subsidy.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	210892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The levelised cost of onshore wind and large scale solar photovoltaics (solar PV) are expected to fall over time. These estimated cost reductions are reflected in the administrative strike prices for solar PV and onshore wind in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMR" target="_blank">EMR</a> Delivery Plan, which shows support for these technologies falling over the coming years. Under the CfD auction, it is likely that established technologies will compete on price in order to secure a contract for support. This support will be within the budgetary constraints set through the Levy Control Framework (LCF).</p><p>It’s difficult to be certain when subsidies will no longer be required. Taking account of uncertainty, some projects may reach parity with wholesale electricity prices in the latter half of this decade or 2020s in the case of most ‘established’ technologies, such as onshore wind and solar PV, and post-2030 in the case of most ‘less established’ technologies, depending on the electricity price scenario used and the speed of cost reductions. The longer term aim is that renewables will be cost-competitive with other forms of energy generation and subsidies will no longer be required.</p><p>Published estimates of levelised costs are available at:</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 West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/10/2014 13:33:38 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

92521

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Members: Correspondence
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 contribution of the Minister of State of 2 September 2014 in the Second Delegated Legislation Committee on the Draft Renewables Obligation Closure Order 2014, Official Report, column 8, when the Minister plans to write to the hon. Member for Sunderland Central.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	210027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>A letter was issued to the Hon. Member for Sunderland Central on 10 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 20/10/2014 13:20:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

92523

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	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 estimate he has made of likely changes in the number of 50kW and over rooftop solar installations deployed in each year from 2015-16 to 2020-21 as a result of changes to feed-in tariffs announced by his Department on 2 October 2014.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	209291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The intention of the Feed-in-Tariffs (FITs) policy change announced on 2 October 2014 is to help ensure that building mounted installations - which can help to reduce energy bills, deliver a reduction in pressure on the electricity grid, build on the UK supply chain, result in greater on-site use and support additional jobs – do not suffer from tariff degressions as a result of ground-mounted installations. It is one of a package of measures which the Government is implementing with the aim of ensuring the building mounted sector is well placed to deploy, whilst at the same challenged to innovate and bringing down costs. Estimates of the impact on deployment of 50kW and over rooftop solar installations were set out in the accompanying Impact Assessment (see Table 7):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/360306/FITs_solar_IA_MASTER.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/360306/FITs_solar_IA_MASTER.pdf</a>.</p><p>This showed that the impact on cumulative deployment to 2020/21 is estimated to range from -150MW to +90MW.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 20/10/2014 15:19:33 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

92525

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	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 estimate he has made of the amount of large-scale solar PV that will be deployed in 2015-16 under Contracts for Difference; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	209293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>The amount that deploys under Contracts for Difference (CfDs) will depend on the strike price at which CfDs are awarded (the auction clearing price), as well as the mix of technologies amongst the successful bidders. The allocation round is currently underway for CfDs and DECC is not in a position to predict the outcome of the CfD auctions.</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 20/10/2014 15:20:17 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

92526

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Solar Power: Renewables Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the Renewables Obligation for sub-5mW solar will be reviewed or consulted on before May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	209292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Our recent consultation confirmed our policy that solar PV for projects of 5MW and below will continue. We continue to monitor the Renewables Obligation solar PV deployment pipeline for projects of 5MW and below. As indicated in our recent government response to the consultation on changes to financial support for solar PV<sup>1</sup>, if this monitoring indicates that deployment is growing more rapidly than can be afforded, we will consider taking measures to protect the Levy Control Framework. Any such proposals would require further consultation.</p><p><em><strong>[1]</strong></em><em> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/360280/Government_response_RO-FIT_changes_to_Solar_PV_-_FINAL_2014-10-02.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/360280/Government_response_RO-FIT_changes_to_Solar_PV_-_FINAL_2014-10-02.pdf</a></em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 15/10/2014 13:55:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

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