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Nuclear Power: Regulation
Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the cost was of holding the public meeting on his Department's document on nuclear justification held at the Marriott Hotel, Marble Arch on 19 January 2010; and what consideration his Department gave to holding the meeting on its premises. [313272]
Mr. Kidney: The cost of the public engagement event held as part of the consultation on my right hon. Friend's the Secretary of State's proposed regulatory justification decisions on new nuclear power stations has not been finalised but is likely to be £12,000. This includes venue hire, event organisation, an independent facilitator, recording of a transcript for publication on our website and, where appropriate, travel expense for some delegates. A Government venue was not chosen on this occasion as a hotel offered more flexible options for staging the event.
Renewable Energy
Lindsay Roy: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to encourage renewable energy; and if he will make a statement. [314483]
Mr. Kidney: We published the Renewable Energy Strategy (RES) in July last year and this set out the comprehensive action plan that the UK Government have for achieving an almost seven-fold increase in the use of renewable energy by 2020. A copy of the Strategy has been deposited in the Libraries of both Houses.
The Government are fully committed to delivering the UK's share of the overall EU target for renewable energy and transforming our energy use at the scale
required. In order to meet our targets, we need to bring about significant and dramatic change through a range of measures including the provision of appropriate incentives and the removal of financial barriers, and the Government are working to create the right conditions for companies to invest in renewable energy projects across the country.
The Office for Renewable Energy Deployment (ORED) was also set up in July 2009 to take forward the commitments in the RES, including overcoming the non-financial barriers to deployment and the supply chain blockages and promoting business opportunities in the renewable sector in the UK.
Snow and Ice
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from the severe weather conditions in the period 4 January to 18 January 2010; and if he will make a statement. [313586]
Joan Ruddock: No estimate has been made of any such costs.
Warm Front Scheme: Chelmsford
Mr. Burns: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many domestic properties in (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) the Chelmsford local authority area have received insulation improvements under the Warm Front scheme since its inception. [314587]
Mr. Kidney [holding answer 1 February 2010]: The following table shows how many domestic properties in (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) the Chelmsford local authority area have received insulation improvements under the Warm Front scheme since the start of the current phase of the scheme in 2005.
| Number | |||||
| 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009/10( 1) | |
| (1 )To 31 December 2009. Note: Prior to 2005 the scheme was administered by a different scheme manager in the Chelmsford area, and data is not available. | |||||
Wind Power
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the installed capacity is of the UK's (a) off- and (b) on-shore wind turbines. [313956]
Mr. Kidney: The current installed capacity for wind farms in the UK is 4,280.2 MW. This is made up of:
Off-shore-680.8 MW
On-shore-3,599.4 MW
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the daily load factors were at each (a) offshore and (b) onshore wind farm site around the UK in each of the first two weeks of December 2009. [313957]
Mr. Kidney:
Load factors are defined as the average hourly quantity of electricity supplied during the year, expressed as a percentage of the average output capability at the beginning and end of the year. As such, these are only calculated on an annual basis, with the latest data for 2008 showing 29.4 per cent. for onshore wind and 34.9 per cent. for offshore wind. However, an indication of the daily load factor can be obtained by calculating total operational wind generation as a percentage of the theoretical maximum generation for all operationally metered wind plants. This is given in the following table.
Where this figure exceeds the load factors given above, the plants are operating at above average levels.
This data are made available by national grid and only refers to wind which is operationally metered i.e. around half of the onshore wind farms and none of the offshore wind farms.
Home Department
Alcoholic Drinks: Young People
Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many licensees were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted of selling alcohol to under age persons in each year since 1997. [313097]
Mr. Alan Campbell: The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for sale, or allowing sale of alcohol to a person under 18, England and Wales 1997 to 2008 (latest available) can be viewed in the following table.
A Penalty Notice for Disorder (PND) can also be issued for the offence of sale, or allowing sale of alcohol to a person under 18, this information has been included in the table.
These are the latest data available.
| Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts and Penalty Notices for Disorder (PNDs) issued for sale, or allowing sale of alcohol to a person under 18( 1) , England and Wales, 1997 to 2008( 2,3) | |||
| Proceeded against | Found guilty | Total PNDs issued( 4) | |
| n/a = Not applicable. (1) Data includes the following offence descriptions and corresponding statutes: Selling etc intoxicating liquor to person under 18 for consumption on the premises-Licensing Act 1964 S. 169 A & B as added by Licensing (Young Persons) Act 2000 S. 1, Licensing (Occasional Permissions) Act 1983S.3 [Sch. Para. 4(1)]. Sale of alcohol to person under 18-Licensing Act 2003 S. 146. Allowing sale of alcohol to person under 18-Licensing Act 2003 S. 147. Wholesaler selling intoxicating liquor to a person under 18-Licensing Act 1964 S. 181A(1) as added by Licensing Act 1988 S. 17. Persistently selling alcohol to children-Licensing Act 2003 S. 147A as added by Violent Crime reduction Act 2006. (2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. (3) The 'total proceeded against' statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (4) First year of PND scheme. PNDs were rolled out nationally on 1 April 2004. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services-Ministry of Justice | |||
Antisocial Behaviour: Milton Keynes
Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding his Department has provided to tackle antisocial behaviour in Milton Keynes in each of the last three years. [313953]
Mr. Alan Campbell: Since 2004-05, as with all other Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs), Milton Keynes was allocated £25,000 a year as a contribution towards funding an ASB Co-ordinator Post. In 2005-06, in England the antisocial co-ordinators grant was pooled within the Safer and Stronger Communities Fund.
This pooled budget supported the delivery of outcomes and indicators relating to antisocial behaviour in local area agreements (LAAs). As of 2008-09 Home Office
funding for local authorities to tackle antisocial behaviour now forms part of the general Area Based Grant (ABG) paid by the Department of Communities and Local Government. This funding has been renewed for the period 2008-11 and it is for local partnerships to agree how the grants received should be allocated against locally determined priorities, including tackling antisocial behaviour.
There is also wider funding which contributes towards the wider cross-Government strategy to tackle antisocial behaviour, including an additional £10 million announced on 20 November 2009 by the Department for Communities and Local Government to 130 local authorities to support the fight against antisocial behaviour. In addition, the Government are committed to diverting young people from crime and antisocial behaviour as demonstrated by our investment in universal services such as Sure Start Children's Centres, parenting support and positive activities as well as targeted work through the Youth Crime Action Plan (YCAP).
Home Office-led activities also act to tackle antisocial behaviour-for example the introduction of community support officers. Funding for neighbourhood policing (NP) (including police community support officers (PCSOs) is provided to police authorities. For England and Wales in total the 2009-10 funding is £332 million. Milton Keynes is within the Thames Valley Police area. Funding for Thames Valley for 2009-10 NP/PCSOs is £8.94 million. It is for police authorities to allocate resources, and for chief constables to deploy personnel (including PCSOs) within each police force area.
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