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Renewable Energy
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to lay before Parliament for approval a draft of the proposed Renewables Obligation Order 2010. [297453]
Joan Ruddock: Amendments to the Renewables Obligation Order 2009 will be laid before Parliament for approval by February 2010.
Renewable Energy: EC Law
Mr. Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the implications of the implementation of the EU Renewable Energy Directive for the operation of the renewables obligation in the UK; and if he will make a statement. [297454]
Joan Ruddock: DECC officials are currently scoping the implications of the Renewable Energy Directive across all areas. The directive includes sustainability criteria for biofuels and bioliquids, and also sets a requirement on the European Commission to report on the need for sustainability criteria for solid biomass used for electricity and heat generation by the end of the year. At this point officials can begin the work to ensure that the Renewables Obligation is compliant.
Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the interaction between the Renewables Obligation and the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation. [297668]
Joan Ruddock [holding answer 3 November 2009]: As part of their work to implement the renewable energy directive, officials from DECC are working with officials from the Department for Transport to ensure that the renewables obligation and the renewable transport fuel obligation-as well as the feed-in tariffs and renewable heat incentive to be introduced in 2010 and 2011 respectively-provide a coherent financial incentive framework for the use of biomass-based technologies in delivering our renewable energy targets.
Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the Government's cross-departmental approach to the promotion of the use of renewable energy in transport. [297669]
Joan Ruddock [holding answer 3 November 2009]: My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular meetings with my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport on a wide variety of issues, through the normal course of Government business. In addition, since the publication of the Renewable Energy Strategy, and the creation of the Office for Renewable Energy Deployment within DECC, our officials meet frequently to discuss the delivery of the renewable energy directive. Cross-Government working groups are in place for the delivery of the renewable energy directive, for biofuels policy and for biofuels research.
Justice
Coroner Service
Robert Key: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make provision for extra staff to be assigned to the office of HM Coroner for Wiltshire to process the outstanding inquests into the deaths of service personnel overseas. [297218]
Bridget Prentice: Operational matters such as the provision of staff and other resources are matters for local agreement between coroners and their local authorities. However, an exceptional burden has been created in the Wiltshire and Swindon coroner's district by the repatriation to RAF Lyneham since 1 April 2007 of service personnel who have, sadly, lost their lives in the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. In recognition of this, central funding is being provided by the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Defence. In 2007-08 £126,000 was provided centrally, and in 2008-09 a further £190,000 was provided. Estimated spend by the two Departments in the current financial year is £200,000. A recent request from Wiltshire county council for additional funding this year is currently being considered.
Mentally Disturbed Offenders
Steve Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department and its predecessor has spent on each research project relating to personality disorder amongst offenders in each year since 1999; and what publications resulted from research (a) commissioned and (b) funded by his Department. [296529]
Claire Ward: The projects and costs of personality disorder research attributable to the Ministry of Justice and previously the Home Office are set out in the following tables.
A web reference is included where research reports have been published and are readily available.
Further information on DSPD research projects and publications is available at:
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