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Sexual Offences

Glenda Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many of those convicted of domestic violence offences between 2003 and 2010 had a history of a consensual sexual relationship with the person against whom their offences were perpetrated; [3601]

(2) pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2010 to the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North East, Official Report, column 727, on rape defendants (anonymity), in which completed cases a woman was murdered between 2003 and 2010 by someone well known to her and where there was a history of consensual sexual relationship. [3616]

Mr Blunt: The Director of Analytical Services in the Ministry of Justice is to compile all the available research and statistics relating to this issue into an independent report and publish this before summer recess.

Energy and Climate Change

Energy: Subsidies

Zac Goldsmith: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what progress has been made on implementation of the Johannesburg Summit agreement on phasing out energy subsidies which inhibit sustainable development; and if he will make a statement. [2334]

Charles Hendry: G20 countries committed at Pittsburgh in 2009 to rationalise and phase out over the medium term inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption. Progress will be discussed at the Toronto summit later this month.

Human Tissue Analysis in UK Nuclear Facilities Inquiry

Caroline Lucas: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will publish the report of the Redfern Inquiry on examination of tissue taken from individuals who had worked in the nuclear industry in time to ensure that hon. Members are able to debate its findings before the summer adjournment. [3652]

Charles Hendry: There is currently no publication date for the report of the Redfern inquiry on examination of tissue taken from individuals who had worked in the nuclear industry. We do expect to make an announcement before summer recess.

Nuclear Power Stations: Construction

Ms Ritchie: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the subsidy for the proposed £20 billion building programme for new nuclear plants. [3543]

Charles Hendry: The coalition agreement is clear that there will be no public subsidy for new nuclear power stations.


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Radioactive Waste: Waste Management

Ms Ritchie: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his Department's budget is for the clean up of existing nuclear waste in 2010-11. [3544]

Charles Hendry: The total planned expenditure for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, the body responsible for the clean up of the UK's historic civil public sector nuclear, for 2010-11 is £2.84 billion. The Department directly funds £1.69 billion and the remainder is generated by NDA's commercial operations.

Renewable Energy

Jonathan Edwards: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his plans are for the future of the Renewable Heat Incentive; and if he will make a statement. [3051]

Gregory Barker: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Sevenoaks (Michael Fallon) on 15 June 2010, Official Report, columns 367-368W.

Mr Meacher: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of electricity was generated from renewable sources of energy in each of the last 20 years; and what information his Department holds for benchmarking purposes on comparable figures for (a) Germany, (b) France, (c) Italy, (d) Spain, (e) the Netherlands, (f) Austria, (g) Finland, (h) Denmark and (i) Sweden. [3541]

Charles Hendry: The information requested is as follows:


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Table 1 shows the proportion of electricity generated from renewable sources of energy between 1990 and 2009. Data for 2009 are provisional and exclude an estimate for non-bio degradable waste use.

Table 1 : UK Generation from renewable sources, 1990-2009

Total UK Generation (GWh) UK Generation from Renewable sources (GWh) Proportion of electricity generated from renewable sources (%)

1990

319,739

5,812

1.8

1991

322,875

5,320

1.6

1992

321,043

6,398

2.0

1993

323,102

5,717

1.8

1994

324,978

6,956

2.1

1995

334,047

6,871

2.1

1996

350,868

5,685

1.6

1997

350,666

6,945

2.0

1998

362,702

8,648

2.4

1999

368,151

9,616

2.6

2000

377,069

9,914

2.6

2001

384,778

9,549

2.5

2002

387,246

11,127

2.9

2003

398,209

10,600

2.7

2004

393,929

14,147

3.6

2005

398,303

16,940

4.3

2006

397,292

18,116

4.6

2007

397,044

19,646

4.9

2008

389,649

21,597

5.5

2009

371,754

24,680

6.6


Table 2 shows similar data obtained from Eurostat, for 1997 to 2007. However, this uses a different definition, showing renewable generation as a proportion of gross electricity consumption.


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Table 2: Electricity generated from renewable sources as % of gross electricity consumption, for European countries, 1997-2007

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

EU(27 countries)

13.1

13.4

13.4

13.8

14.4

12.9

12.9

13.9

14

14.6

15.6

EU(25 countries)

12.8

13.1

13.1

13.7

14.2

12.7

12.7

13.7

13.6

14.3

15.5

EU(15 countries)

13.8

14

14

14.6

15.2

13.5

13.7

14.7

14.5

15.3

16.6

Belgium

1

1.1

1.4

1.5

1.6

1.8

1.8

2.1

2.8

3.9

4.2

Bulgaria

7

8.1

7.7

7.4

4.7

6

7.8

8.9

11.8

11.2

7.5

Czech Republic

3.5

3.2

3.8

3.6

4

4.6

2.8

4

4.5

4.9

4.7

Denmark

8.9

11.7

13.3

16.7

17.3

19.9

23.2

27.1

28.3

26

29

Germany

4.3

4.8

5.5

6.5

6.5

8.1

8.2

9.5

10.5

12

15.1

Estonia

0.1

0.2

0.2

0.3

0.2

0.5

0.6

0.7

1.1

1.4

1.5

Ireland

3.8

5.5

5

4.9

4.2

5.4

4.3

5.1

6.8

8.5

9.3

Greece

8.6

7.9

9.5

7.7

5.2

6.2

9.7

9.5

10

12.1

6.8

Spain

19.7

18.6

12.8

15.7

20.7

13.8

21.7

18.5

15

17.7

20

France

15.2

14.4

16.5

15.1

16.5

13.7

13

12.9

11.3

12.5

13.3

Italy

16

15.6

16.9

16

16.8

14.3

13.7

15.9

14.1

14.5

13.7

Cyprus

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Latvia

46.7

68.2

45.5

47.7

46.1

39.3

35.4

47.1

48.4

37.7

36.4

Lithuania

2.6

3.6

3.8

3.4

3

3.2

2.8

3.5

3.9

3.6

4.6

Luxembourg

2

2.5

2.5

2.9

1.6

2.8

2.3

3.2

3.2

3.4

3.7

Hungary

0.8

0.7

1.1

0.7

0.8

0.7

0.9

2.3

4.6

3.7

4.6

Malta

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Netherlands

3.5

3.8

3.4

3.9

4

3.6

4.7

5.7

7.5

7.9

7.6

Austria

67.5

67.9

71.3

72.4

67.2

66.1

53.1

58.7

57.4

56.6

59.8

Poland

1.8

2.1

1.9

1.7

2

2

1.6

2.1

2.9

2.9

3.5

Portugal

38.3

36

20.5

29.4

34.2

20.8

36.4

24.4

16

29.4

30.1

Romania

30.5

35

36.7

28.8

28.4

30.8

24.3

29.9

35.8

31.4

26.9

Slovenia

26.9

29.2

31.6

31.7

30.5

25.4

22

29.1

24.2

24.4

22.1

Slovakia

14.5

15.5

16.3

16.9

17.9 j

19.2

12.4

14.4

16.7

16.6

16.6

Finland

25.3

27.4

26.3

28.5

25.7

23.7

21.8

28.3

26.9

24

26

Sweden

49.1

52.4

50.6

55.4

54.1

46.9

39.9

46.1

54.3

48.2

52.1

United Kingdom

1.9

2.4

2.7

2.7

2.5

2.9

2.8

3.7

4.3

4.6

5.1

Croatia

38.8

38.3

45.1

40

42.7

33.9

29.4

41

36.2

33.4

23

FYR Macedonia

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Turkey

38.1

37.3

29.5

24.3

19.1

25.6

25.2

30.9

24.7

25.5

19.2

Iceland

99.9

99.9

99.9

99.9

100

99.9

99.9

100

99.9

100

Liechtenstein

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Norway

95.3

96.2

100.7

112.2

96.2

107.3

92.1

89.7

108.4

98.4

106.1

Switzerland

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-


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