Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the cost of the Access to Work scheme was in (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b) South Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK in each month since July 2010.
Answered by Mark Harper - Secretary of State for Transport
The most up-to-date statistics on individuals helped by Access to Work were published on 20th January 2015, and are available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics-on-recipients--2#2014
No data is included for Northern Ireland as Access to Work has been devolved to that administration.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency, (b) South Lanarkshire, (c) Scotland and (d) the UK received support through the Access to Work scheme in each month since July 2010.
Answered by Mark Harper - Secretary of State for Transport
The most up-to-date statistics on individuals helped by Access to Work were published on 20th January 2015, and are available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/access-to-work-statistics-on-recipients--2#2014
No data is included for Northern Ireland as Access to Work has been devolved to that administration.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of officiating the 13th onshore oil and gas licensing round; and how much his Department recouped from the sale of licences in that round.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The 13th onshore oil and gas licensing round was held in 2008. A review of the time spent considering 13th Round applications by staff involved in oil gas licensing estimated that the resource cost to the departmental had been £86,180.
Licences are not sold, but there is a fee for applications. Licence application fees for the 13th Round totalled £60,000.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of gas meters and (b) mean annual gas consumption per meter in each local authority in each year since 2010.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Statistics on the number of gas meters and mean annual gas consumption by local authority for each year since 2005 can be found on the DECC website:
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of (a) the number of elecricity meters and (b) the mean annual electricity consumption per meter in each local authority for each year since 2010.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Statistics on the number of electricity meters and mean annual electricity consumption by local authority for each year since 2005 can be found on the DECC website:
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the level of gas consumption by (a) consumers and (b) all gas users was in each month of 2014.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The Department publishes natural gas consumption statistics on a quarterly basis back to 1998 here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388417/et4_1.xls
The level of gas consumption by final consumers for 2014 (up to and including provisional data for Q3 2014) is:
(GWh) | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 |
1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter p | |
Final consumption | 184,427 | 86,567 | 58,973 |
Iron & steel | 1,492 | 1,385 | 1,293 |
Other industries | 28,786 | 17,930 | 15,209 |
Domestic | 120,684 | 45,558 | 24,391 |
Other final users | 32,065 | 20,294 | 16,680 |
Non energy use | 1,399 | 1,399 | 1,399 |
The total level of gas consumption by all gas users, including transformation etc. for 2014 (up to and including provisional data for Q3 2014) is:
(GWh) | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 |
1st quarter | 2nd quarter | 3rd quarter p | |
Total demand | 253,938 | 154,565 | 136,149 |
Transformation | 53,996 | 53,715 | 64,335 |
Electricity generation | 46,455 | 48,519 | 60,030 |
Heat generation | 7,541 | 5,197 | 4,305 |
Energy industry use | 13,485 | 12,638 | 11,194 |
Losses | 2,030 | 1,645 | 1,647 |
Final consumption | 184,427 | 86,567 | 58,973 |
Iron & steel | 1,492 | 1,385 | 1,293 |
Other industries | 28,786 | 17,930 | 15,209 |
Domestic | 120,684 | 45,558 | 24,391 |
Other final users | 32,065 | 20,294 | 16,680 |
Non energy use | 1,399 | 1,399 | 1,399 |
Provisional data for quarter 4 2014 will be published on Thursday 26 March 2015 at 9.30am.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the average cost to domestic consumers per GWh of (a) gas and (b) electricity in each month of 2014.
Answered by Matt Hancock
DECC do not produce monthly estimates of gas and electricity costs. A monthly index of the price of domestic gas and electricity is published by the Office for National Statistics as part of their Consumer Price Index. This series is an index with 2005 prices = 100.
Electricity | Gas | |
Jan-14 | 199.9 | 250.7 |
Feb-14 | 200.4 | 251.3 |
Mar-14 | 199.8 | 250.5 |
Apr-14 | 198.6 | 249.4 |
May-14 | 198.6 | 249.4 |
Jun-14 | 198.6 | 249.4 |
Jul-14 | 198.6 | 249.4 |
Aug-14 | 198.6 | 249.4 |
Sep-14 | 198.6 | 249.4 |
Oct-14 | 198.6 | 249.3 |
Nov-14 | 198.6 | 249.3 |
Dec-14 | 198.6 | 249.3 |
In 2014 DECC estimates that the average price of electricity was 15.57 pence/kWh based on annual consumption of 3,800 kWh/year, with the average price of gas 5.02 pence/kWh based on consumption of 15,000 kWh / year.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he plans to publish an update to the sub-national total final electricity consumption statistics.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The sub-national electricity consumption statistics for 2013 were published on Thursday 18th December 2014 on the DECC website. A summary report highlighting the key statistics can be found here:
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the total area of (a) England and (b) Wales covered by groundwater protection zones (i) 1, (ii) 2 and (iii) 3.
Answered by Dan Rogerson
Approximately 15% of the area of England is covered by defined Source Protection Zones (SPZs) 1, 2 and 3.
- SPZ1s cover approximately 2,000 km2 (1.5%) of the area of England.
- SPZ2s, which include the area covered by SPZ1s, cover approximately 7,700 km2 (6.5%) of the area of England.
- SPZ3s, which include the area covered by SPZ1s and SPZ2s, cover approximately 20,000 km2 (15%) of the area of England.
In addition, a large number of small private water supplies will be considered to be within an SPZ1 and SPZ2, and may amount to an additional 5%.
The Welsh Government is responsible for SPZs in Wales.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of Government expenditure in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the UK in each year since 1990.
Answered by Danny Alexander
Data for identifiable public expenditure can be found in the annual publication ‘Country and Regional Analysis’. The latest version, published in November 2014, can be found here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/country-and-regional-analysis-2014
It is not possible to provide comparable data for the period requested, as the methodology used to calculate the data in the CRA is frequently revised.