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12 Oct 2009 : Column 460W—continued
Mr. Kidney: The Coal Authority, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, the Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement Technologies, the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group, the Renewables Advisory Board, the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management and the UK Chemical Weapons Convention National Authority Advisory Committee are not currently running any advertising campaigns.
The Committee on Climate Change spent £500 in the months of May and June 2009 on directing increased traffic to its website via a pay per click Google Adwords campaign. The Committee on Climate Change does not allocate any major part of its budget to be spent on promoting the organisation through advertising.
Ofgem are currently running the following advertising campaigns:
The Department for Business Innovation and Skills has lead responsibility for the UK Atomic Energy Authority. UKAEA is running no advertising campaigns apart from recruitment advertising. The one minor exception is that UKAEA Limited have just agreed to pay for a hoarding at Whitehaven Rugby Club.
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what advertising campaigns (a) the Energy Saving Trust and (b) the Carbon Trust are running; and what the estimated cost is of each. [289787]
Joan Ruddock: The Energy Saving Trust's key consumer campaign in 2009-10 will continue to position the Trust as the place to go for energy saving advice. The Energy Saving Trust are targeting themselves to get 1.7million customer contacts to view their website and 1.5million customers to contact advice centres.
This campaign was launched on 12 September with TV being the lead medium, supported by radio and online advertising and PR. The first part of the campaign is planned to run for four weeks until 19 October, which is the start of Energy Saving Week. The second part is planned to run from 4 to 31 January.
The estimated total cost of these for the whole of this financial year is less than £2.5 million.
The Carbon Trust's main advertising campaigns this financial year up to March 2010 are:
(1) Promotion of the interest-free loan fund for small business
(2) Promotion of support and help to business and the public sector on carbon emission reduction and energy efficiency
(3) Promotion of support and help to businesses on low carbon innovation
The estimated total cost of these for the whole of this financial year is £4 million.
Departmental Meetings
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials have met representatives of (i) Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd, (ii) Eastern Petroleum Corporation Ltd, (iii) African Minerals Ltd, (iv) Landis+Gyr and (v) Energy Enterprises Ltd in the last three years. [289935]
Mr. Kidney: Since the creation of DECC officials in the Department have met representatives from Landis and Gyr to discuss smart metering and demand side response. There have been bilateral meetings and the company has been represented, with other stakeholders, at presentations and workshops supporting smart meter policy and demand side response development.
There have been no formal meetings with representatives of Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd, Eastern Petroleum Corporation Ltd, African Minerals Ltd or Energy Enterprises Ltd.
Departmental Personnel
Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many of his Department's staff were based in (a) his Department's London offices, (b) the London offices of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and (c) the London offices of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on 3 July 2009. [289654]
Joan Ruddock: The Department had 25 staff working in the London offices of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on 3 July 2009. The remaining staff were working in DECC offices.
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many staff are employed by his Department at offices outside London. [289782]
Joan Ruddock: The Department has an office in Aberdeen which employs 77 staff. This is the only office DECC has outside of London
Gregory Barker: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many economists from the Government Economic Service are employed by (a) his Department, (b) the Committee on Climate Change and (c) the Office of Climate Change. [289856]
Joan Ruddock: As of 1 August 2009 there were 70 economists from the Government Economic Service employed in DECC. This total includes GES economists in the Office of Climate Change, which is part of DECC. Some of these economists were on part time contracts.
As of 1 August 2009 there were 10 economists from the Government Economic Service employed in the Committee on Climate Change.
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many members of staff in (a) the Coal Authority, (b) the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, (c) the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, (d) the Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement Technologies, (e) the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group, (f) the Renewables Advisory Board, (g) the UK Chemical Weapons Convention National Authority Advisory Committee, (h) the Committee on Climate Change, (i) the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management and (j) the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government Communication Network. [289871]
Mr. Kidney: No staff in the Coal Authority, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority nor members of the Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement Technologies, the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group, the Renewables Advisory Board, the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management and the UK Chemical Weapons Convention National Authority Advisory Committee are classed as Government communicators, or have access to the Government Communications Network.
The Committee on Climate Change's Communications Manager, is both a Government communicator and a member of the Government Communications Network.
OFGEM has 12 staff classified as Government communicators. All have access to the Government Communication Network.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has lead responsibility for the UK Atomic Energy Authority. No UKAEA staff are classed as Government communicators or have access to the Government Communications Network.
Departmental Postal Services
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2009, Official Report, column 402W, on departmental postal services, whether his Department has established a correspondence unit. [290275]
Mr. Kidney: Casework on the Warm Front Scheme is dealt with in-house. Other cases from the public are handled through a shared service approach by the customer contact units of DEFRA and BIS. The Department is considering a range of options for handling correspondence in the long-term.
Departmental Public Relations
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 23 March 2009, Official Report, columns 172-73W, on Government communications, what the pay band is of each of the 13 members of staff in his Department who are classified as Government communicators. [290026]
Joan Ruddock: DECC now have 15 members of staff who are classified as Government communicators. These include:
2 x Senior Civil Servants
2 x Grade 6s
2 x Grade 7s
2 x Senior Information Officers
7 x Information Officers.
Greg Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 23 March 2009, Official Report, columns 172-73W, on Government communications, what the job description is of his Department's marketing officers. [290027]
Joan Ruddock: The role of the marketing and campaigns team in DECC is to:
ensure all marketing and campaigns output is clearly aligned to departmental policy priorities and informed by audience insight/research;
plan, deliver, co-ordinate all marketing activity, including as appropriate advertising, direct marketing, digital activity, public relations, partnerships and publications;
ensure all marketing services are procured in accordance with EU procurement policy, demonstrate value for money and that outputs are effectively evaluated; and
liaise as appropriate with other Government Departments, delivery bodies and other stakeholders to ensure communications are joined up, transparent and effective.
Departmental Recycling
Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of his Department's waste was recycled in the latest period for which figures are available. [289659]
Joan Ruddock: The Department was formed in October 2008 and our waste recycling services are provided by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. The proportion of waste recycled by the Department is not calculated separately.
Departmental Responsibilities
Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1357W, on departmental responsibilities, what level of gateway review was conducted for each of the projects referred to; on what date the gateway review was concluded in each case; and what the outcome was. [289713]
Joan Ruddock: Details of the level of gateway review of the projects-2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1357W-are listed as follows. The outcome of the review is not disclosed on the grounds that it would prejudice the exercise of audit function.
| Project | OGC Gate | Date |
|
Government carbon offsetting fund II (currently in progress) | ||
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February 2007, November 2007, September 2008 and scheduled for September 2009 | ||
Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 30 March 2009, Official Report, column 930W, on departmental responsibilities, how many staff of each grade are employed in his Department's central strategy team. [289755]
Joan Ruddock: There are 37 staff employed in the central strategy team. The breakdown is as follows;
7 x SCS
4 x Grade 6
14 x Grade 7
3 x SEO
4 x HEO
5 x EO.
Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 30 March 2009, Official Report, column 930W, on departmental responsibilities, what projects are being undertaken by his Department's central strategy team. [289756]
Joan Ruddock: Since the previous answer referred to, the main focus of the department's central strategy team has been to co-ordinate the production of the UK Low Carbon Transition Plan, as published on 15 July. The team also supported the Prime Minister's Special Representative on Carbon Markets, Mark Lazarowicz MP, in the production of his report Global Carbon Trading: a framework for reducing emissions, and led the production of the cross-government publication Investing in a Low-Carbon Britain.
Following the publication of the Transition Plan, the team will be focusing on work to ensure its implementation, both within my department and working with others across Government and outside.
Departmental Responsibilities: EU Law
Simon Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what transposition date his Department has set for each EU directive on matters for which his Department is responsible which has been brought into force since the establishment of his Department. [290256]
Joan Ruddock: DECC does not currently keep a central record of the information requested. However, the following have been identified. DECC is responsible for the transposition of the following directives made on or after October 2008:
Directive 2008/101/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to include aviation activities in the scheme for greenhouse
gas emission allowance trading within the community. The Directive will be transposed in two statutory instruments: the first will come into force on 17 September 2009, the second is scheduled to come into force by 2 February 2010, which is the deadline for transposition.
Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC. The deadline for transposition is 5 December 2010.
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