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Energy and Climate Change
Carbon Emissions: Housing
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the budget for the Low Carbon Buildings Programme is in (a) 2008-09 and (b) each of the next five financial years. [234571]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The Low Carbon Buildings Programme is the Government’s £86 million capital grant programme funding the installation of on-site energy technologies for householders, communities, public sector and business.
The budget is not allocated by year. To date, the spend is as follows:
| £ | ||
| FY | Phase one | Phase two |
| (1) Up to September (2) Up to August | ||
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what funding the Government have provided for the Low Carbon Buildings Programme in each financial year since its creation. [234572]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The budget for the Low Carbon Buildings Programme is not allocated by year. The total budget for the programme is £86 million.
We have spent the following in each financial year since 2006.
| £ | ||
| FY | Phase one | Phase two |
| (1) Up to September (2) Up to August | ||
Departmental Finance
Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the total departmental spending limit for his Department is in 2008-09. [236401]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The final budget for DECC will be agreed once negotiations on the machinery of Government changes with BERR and DEFRA are complete.
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of its creation. [236734]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: £18,000 to date on branding. The final budget for DECC will be agreed once negotiations on the machinery of government changes with BERR and DEFRA are complete.
Departmental Manpower
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many permanent staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are classed as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of a people action team. [233411]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The staffing for DECC will be agreed once negotiations on the machinery of Government changes with BERR and DEFRA are complete. The new Department (DECC) will consist of posts taken from the existing Departments for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and from Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (DEFRA). The detail is still being worked on and once the negotiations are complete we will be in a position to answer this question.
Departmental NDPBs
Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the remit is of each non-departmental public body sponsored by his Department; and what budget each has been set for (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11. [236921]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The Cabinet Office paper in the House Library titled ‘Machinery of Government: economy, business, climate change, energy and environment’ sets out much of this information. There are ongoing negotiations to determine the overall functions of the Department and which additional regulators, inspectorate, Executive agencies and NDPB might become the responsibility of the Department. Once these are completed they will be a matter of public record.
Departmental Offices
Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what offices his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in Greater London. [236492]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: DECC owns no offices of its own. It is using 3 Whitehall Place, Ergon House and 1 Victoria street as offices for its staff in Greater London at the moment. We intend to locate all our London staff in 3 Whitehall Place.
Departmental Personnel
Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change who the members are of his Department's management board and its sub-committees. [236411]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The precise make-up of the management board and other supporting governance structures has yet to be finalised.
Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many civil service fast streamers are in post in his Department. [236601]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The staffing for DECC will be agreed once negotiations on the Machinery of Government changes with BERR and DEFRA are complete. The new Department (DECC) will consist of posts taken from the existing Departments for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) and from Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (DEFRA). The detail is still being worked on and once the negotiations are complete we will be in a position to answer this question.
Departmental Recruitment
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people aged over (a) 55 years and (b) 60 years his Department has recruited since its inception. [235235]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The Department for Energy and Climate Change was created on 3 October 2008 and as yet information on final staff numbers are not available and have not been agreed. This information will be released as soon as possible.
Departmental Reorganisation
Mr. Hands: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will place in the Library copies of the letters of appointment from the Prime Minister to (a) him and (b) Ministers in his Department. [230902]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: No letters of appointment have been issued to the Secretary of State or other Ministers.
Energy
Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his Department's strategic objectives are. [236600]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The machinery of Government document of 3 October 2008 details the targets that DECC has inherited as follows:
Lead the global effort to avoid dangerous climate change (PSA);
Climate change tackled internationally and through domestic action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (DSO);
Ensure the reliable supply and efficient use of clean, safe and competitively priced energy (DSO);
Manage energy liabilities effectively and responsibly (DSO);
DECC will contribute to BERR's DSO to deliver free and fair markets, with greater competition, for businesses, consumers and employees.
Progress against these will have been reported on in BERR and DEFRA publications to date and DECC will be reporting on these targets as part of its annual report. DECC will be considering if the DSOs adequately reflect its targets and if further DSOs are required.
Energy Technologies Institute: Finance
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) how much the Government plan to give to the Energy Technologies Institute in each of the next five financial years; [234569]
(2) what funding the Government have provided for the Energy Technologies Institute in each financial year since its creation. [234647]
Mr. Simon: I have been asked to reply.
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) was legally established as a limited liability partnership in December 2007 between BP, Caterpillar, EDF Energy, EON, Rolls Royce, Shell and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS). The DIUS contribution to ETI is provided through the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Technology Strategy Board. The total DIUS contribution in 2008 is estimated to be £3.77 million. ETI expenditure is expected to rise over the next few years as technology projects come on stream. DIUS is committed to provide up to £50 million pa for the next decade to match contributions from industry partners.
Marine Renewables Deployment Fund: Finance
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the budget is for the Marine Renewables Deployment Fund in (a) this financial year and (b) each of the next five financial years. [234605]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
The machinery of Government changes of 3 October 2008 announced the creation of the Department of Energy and Climate Change, formed from the energy group located in the Department for
Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the climate change group located in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
The annual budgets for the Department of Energy and Climate Change are currently being decided. The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will transfer their budgets for Energy and Climate Change respectively, based on the settlements agreed in the comprehensive spending review 2007 (CSR07), for the financial years 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2010-11. The annual budgets for the Department for Energy and Climate Change will be agreed in due course.
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what funding the Government have provided for the Marine Renewables Deployment Fund in each financial year since its creation. [234606]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The Marine Renewables Deployment Fund was set up in 2005 with a £50 million budget.
Nuclear Power
Mr. Dai Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many departmental officials responsible for civil nuclear policy on (a) new build nuclear sites and (b) nuclear decommissioning and nuclear materials management have transferred to his Department from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; and whether the associated nuclear documents library collection has also been transferred. [228373]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: 30 staff working on new build policy and 20 staff working on nuclear decommissioning and nuclear materials management policy have transferred from the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform to the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
There is an electronic library of associated nuclear documents which staff will continue to have access to in DECC.
The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs and DECC are concluding discussions on how many of the 19.1 former full time equivalent DEFRA staff responsible for radioactive waste policy will transfer to DECC following the changes. This policy area includes responsibility for all radioactive waste i.e. not just that relating to civil nuclear processes.
Nuclear Power Stations: Decommissioning
Dr. Alasdair McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate the Government has made of the average cost of decommissioning a nuclear power station, including associated clean-up costs. [234665]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, which is responsible for the decommissioning of the historic civil public nuclear legacy, estimates that the cost of decommissioning the 10 Magnox nuclear power stations in discounted 2008 money values is £5.4 billion. Whilst each site is unique, this provides a simple average estimate cost of around £0.5 billion per nuclear power station.
Renewable Energy: Electricity
Chris Ruane: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of electricity was generated from renewable sources in each year from 1990 to 2006. [234490]
Mr. Mike O'Brien: The following table sets out the proportion of electricity generated from renewable sources in the UK in each year from 1990 to 2006.
| Percentage | |
| Source: Calculated from data in tables 5.6 and 7.4 of the Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics (DUKES), 2008 | |
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