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 the value to the Exchequer of tax receipts on oil and gas extracted from the North Sea in each year since 1990.
Answered by Priti Patel
Government revenues from UK oil and gas production for all years to 2013-14 are published by HMRC as National Statistics on the GOV.UK website, in Table 11.11, at the following link:
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 the value of tax revenues, excluding those from oil and gas extracted from the North Sea, (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the UK for each year since 1990.
Answered by Priti Patel
HMRC Tax Revenues by different tax type since 1999-00 from (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) the UK are available and published on the GOV.UK website at the following address:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/disaggregation-of-hmrc-tax-receipts
Estimates are not available for earlier years.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate she has made of the mean wind speed in each constituent part of the UK in each month of 2014.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Based on data from its network of wind observing stations, the Met Office’s estimate of mean wind speed in each of the constituent parts of the UK in each month of 2014 is shown in the following table:
Mean wind speed (knots) | |||||
Month (2014) | UK | England | Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland |
January | 11.0 | 10.2 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 10.3 |
February | 13.7 | 12.9 | 16.4 | 14.5 | 13.0 |
March | 10.5 | 8.9 | 10.3 | 13.4 | 10.1 |
April | 9.1 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 11.1 | 8.8 |
May | 8.0 | 7.7 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
June | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.6 | 7.4 | 6.5 |
July | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.3 | 8.1 | 6.9 |
August | 9.2 | 8.4 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 8.6 |
September | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 7.6 | 5.3 |
October | 10.6 | 9.1 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 9.9 |
November | 8.2 | 7.5 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 7.8 |
December | 11.3 | 10.1 | 12.5 | 13.3 | 10.1 |
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 amount of electricity transferred (a) from Scotland to England and (b) from England to Scotland on each day from 21 December 2014 to 7 January 2015.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Information for the time period requested is not available.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much electricity was produced by (a) onshore wind, (b) offshore wind, (c) solar, (d) hydro, (e) nuclear, (f) coal and (g) gas in each of the constituent parts of the UK from 21 December 2014 to 7 January 2015.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Information for the time period requested is not available.
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 electricity consumption in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland from 21 December 2014 to 7 January 2015.
Answered by Matt Hancock
Information for the time period requested is not available.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the contribution of the Under-Secretary of State in the Fourth Delegated Legislation Committee on 4 December 2014, Official Report, column 7, when the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West will receive correspondence responding to matters raised regarding the capacity market and demand-side reduction for nuclear.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West will receive a letter shortly responding to matters raised at the Delegated Legislation Committee session on the 4 December 2014.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the Government's policy is on handling and sharing personal data.
Answered by Simon Hughes
The UK Government takes the protection of people’s personal data very seriously. Where there is a legal basis to share information, the handling and sharing of personal data is primarily governed by the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA), which establishes a legal framework of rights and obligations which protect personal information. The EU is currently negotiating a new data protection framework, which when agreed will repeal and replace the DPA.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what constraints there are on the carbon emissions of fossil fuel plant falling beneath the 20MW threshold.
Answered by Amber Rudd
Several Government policies apply. These include the Climate Change Levy (CCL), Climate Change Agreements (CCAs) and the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC). In addition, this Government has introduced the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) to further encourage business energy efficiency.
Asked by: Tom Greatrex (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2014 to Question 212486, when he expects the assessment of the applications received under the 14th Onshore Oil and Gas Licensing round to be completed; and when he expects to set a date for announcement of the award of licences.
Answered by Matt Hancock
The assessment of the applications is ongoing. We hope to be able to announce licence offers in the early part of 2015.