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Mike Crockart – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mike Crockart on 2014-04-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the future of the feed-in-tariff scheme in Scotland in the event of a Yes vote in the referendum on Scottish independence.

Gregory Barker

The UK and Scottish Governments have both said that there can be no pre-negotiations on what the terms of Scottish independence might be before the referendum takes place on 18 September.

01/11/2022

Caroline Lucas – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Caroline Lucas on 2014-04-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if he will write to Sussex county councils setting out detailed reasons why the bid to the Green Deal Communities Fund from Sussex Energy Saving Partnership was turned down and how the organisations involved could have strengthened their bid; whether there is a process for unsuccessful bids to be reviewed; if he will publish (a) copies of all bids received and (b) the reasons for each decision on such bids; whether there are funds remaining in the Fund; whether there will be further opportunities for projects to bid; and when further bids will be entertained.

Gregory Barker

All Green Deal Communities bids were assessed against the criteria set out in the published application pack using a consistent process, treating each bid equally. For your information I attach a list of the lead LAs for the 24 successful bids. These utilised all the available Green Deal Communities’ funds.

LIST OF SUCCESSFUL LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND AMOUNTS AWARDED

Authorities to which grant is to be paid	Total funding
East Hampshire	£2,944,668
Dartford	£4,026,855
Leeds	£4,943,200
Bristol	£7,292,200
Nottingham	£5,473,300
Hillingdon	£2,975,900
Telford	£4,859,900
Worcestershire	£3,630,100
Lewisham	£1,656,222
Broadland	£1,444,300
Woking	£2,550,491
Plymouth	£3,068,800
South Bucks	£2,574,991
Oldham (Greater Manchester)	£6,119,700
Ashfield	£1,097,098
Suffolk	£5,712,600
Cambridgeshire	£7,857,400
Peterborough	£3,945,100
Haringey	£6,560,012
Bracknell Forest	£1,820,714
Eastleigh	£3,336,900
Nuneaton	£2,084,502
Harrow	£1,457,100
Bath	£929,300
Total	£88,361,353

01/11/2022

Dominic Raab – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dominic Raab on 2014-04-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 10 January 2013, Official Report, column 424W, on fossil fuels: imports, how much (a) oil and (b) gas was exported from the UK to (i) Russia, (ii) Norway, (iii) the Middle East and (iv) Latin America in each year from 2002 to 2013.

Michael Fallon

The table below shows the export of oil and gas from the UK to Russia, Norway, the Middle East and Latin America for the years 2002 to 2013.

Export of crude oil (thousand tonnes)

	*2002*	*2003*	*2004*	*2005*	*2006*	*2007*	*2008*	*2009*	*2010*	*2011*	*2012*	*2013*
Norway	77	287	648	948	302	1222	407	355	344	158	236	323
Latin America	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	824	751	672	274	1107

Source: HMRC

Note: ‘-‘ less than 5.

No exports of oil were recorded to Russia or the Middle East

Export of gas (GWh)

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Norway

–

153

389

266

158

125

Source: DECC

There was no gas exported to Russia, Middle East and Latin America by the UK.

Exports to Norway commenced in 2007.

01/11/2022

Dominic Raab – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dominic Raab on 2014-04-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 10 January 2013, Official Report, column 424W, on fossil fuels: imports, how much (a) oil and (b) gas was imported into the UK from (i) Russia, (ii) Norway, (iii) the Middle East and (iv) Latin America in each of the last two years.

Michael Fallon

Oil imported into the UK from Russia, Norway, the Middle East and Latin America in each of the last two years:

*Crude Oil Imports (thousand tonnes)*	*2012*	*2013 (provisional)*
Russia	6,583	3,831
Norway	24,555	19,789
Middle East	7,786	11,326
Latin America	1,186	778

Gas imported into the UK from Russia, Norway, the Middle East and Latin America in each of the last two years:

*Gas Imports (GWh)*	*2012*	*2013 (provisional)*
Russia	0	0
Norwegian pipeline	294,586	305,516
Norwegian LNG	1,709	1,052
Middle East LNG	145,702	98,966
Latin America	0	0

01/11/2022

Peter Luff – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Peter Luff on 2014-04-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 8 April 2014, Official Report, column 208W, on Common Agricultural Policy, if he will assess the value and purpose of advertising the merits of the EU Common Agricultural Policy in British cinemas.

George Eustice

We do not have any plans to assess the value and purpose of advertising the merits of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in British cinemas. Using cinema advertising is not part of the Government’s approach to communicating information on the CAP. My Department is informed by the European Commission that the advert ran for four weeks across the EU, including in the UK, but it has now ended and that the campaign was funded by reducing other activities, such as European Commission attendance at certain events.

01/11/2022
Tracey Crouch – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tracey Crouch on 2014-04-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the changes in quarantine due to be implemented in December 2014 will help prevent commercial dealers fraudulently using the Pet Travel Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the steps being taken to improve enforcement in this area.

George Eustice

A new EU pet travel Regulation comes into effect on 29 December 2014 and introduces a number of measures which will strengthen enforcement regimes, in particular. For example, pets being prepared for travel after the 29 December 2014 will be issued with a new style pet passport that will be harder to forge or tamper with. New rules governing the movement of more than five pets will be introduced together with a new requirement for all EU countries to carry out some compliance checks on pets moving between EU member states. A 12 week minimum age for rabies vaccination will also be applied across the EU which will assist compliance checking and restrict the movement of very young animals. The fundamental requirements of the scheme (including microchip, rabies vaccination, pet passport and a waiting period) will remain the same and non-compliant animals will continue to be either placed into quarantine, re-exported or, as a measure of last resort, euthanased. Defra will continue to work closely with its operational partners to clamp down on the illegal puppy trade and prosecute those responsible.

01/11/2022
Tracey Crouch – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tracey Crouch on 2014-04-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effects of puppy trafficking on the welfare of the UK dog population.

George Eustice

A comprehensive risk assessment carried out in 2011prior to the UK’s harmonisation with the EU Pet Travel Scheme concluded that the risk of an animal with rabies coming into the UK is very low and the risk of rabies being passed from a pet to a person is lower still. The details of this assessment are available at http://www.defra.gov.uk/animal-diseases/a-z/rabies/. This risk assessmentconsidered how the risk of rabies introduction from all countries would change based on (a) where the rules are followed with 100% compliance and (b) where the rules are followed with varying degrees of less than 100% compliance. The risk assessment also incorporated both intra-EU and third country movements and its conclusions are valid for animals moving under both the EU Pet Travel Scheme and commercial movements as the risk mitigation measures are the same for both categories.

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01/11/2022
Adam Afriyie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Adam Afriyie on 2014-04-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made on the Lower Thames Scheme.

Dan Rogerson

Further to my answer to the hon. Member for Windsor on Monday, 24 February 2014, Official Report column 83W, the Environment Agency is continuing to work with partners to develop the River Thames Scheme (Datchet to Teddington). This includes flood channel capacity improvements, property level protection measures and the construction of three new channels.

Preparatory work, which is under way, includes establishing appropriate consents and approval needed with planning authorities, undertaking surveys needed to gain consents, and the development of a funding package with other risk management authorities. The Environment Agency is planning to submit its Strategic Outline Case for this project to Defra as part of the HM Treasury and the Cabinet Office’s Major Projects Authority approvals process.

The Environment Agency aims to start the work on improving weir capacity in 2016.

Full appraisal and outline design of the flood channel and capacity improvements will commence this summer. It is expected that this will take three to four years to enable the proposal for the new flood channels to be submitted for planning consents and authorisations. It is estimated that the construction of the flood channel will commence in 2020 and will take five to six years to complete.

01/11/2022
Laurence Robertson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Laurence Robertson on 2014-04-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his policy is on the exporting of live horses and ponies for slaughter.

George Eustice

There is no ban in place on the export of live horses for slaughter. However, there is a system of inspections and checks in place to make sure that horses are healthy and fit for transport. The Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) undertakes risk based inspections of equines destined for export. Local authorities also undertake inspection work and are responsible for investigating breaches of the welfare legislation with a view to prosecution.

01/11/2022
John Stanley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Stanley on 2014-04-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will list the government departments and public authorities to which borough councils for areas where there is no unitary authority can apply for funding towards (a) their own costs in dealing with flooding and (b) the cost of flood protection schemes in their area, stating in each case the name of the funding scheme and the government department or public authority to which the application should be made.

Dan Rogerson

(a) There are a number of schemes where borough councils can apply for funding towards their own costs in dealing with flooding and these are listed below.

The Bellwin Scheme of emergency financial assistance (funding to help Local Authorities in the emergency phase of the flooding to protect lives or property) – through the Department for Communities and Local Government.

Funding for repair of damages to roads (hit by weather damage) – through the Department for Transport

The business support scheme (hardship funding for SME businesses in areas affected by the floods) – through the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

(b) Borough councils can also apply for funding towards the cost of flood protection schemes from Flood Defence Grant in Aid through the Environment Agency. Second tier local authorities including Borough Councils can apply for capital grants towards flood and coastal erosion risk management projects. Where there are two tiers of local government, local authorities should work together to decide which authority is best placed to lead in different circumstances.

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