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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 400, on extreme weather events, if he will publish the terms of reference of the review of the fourth carbon budget.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2014, Official Report, column 400, on extreme weather events, if he will publish the terms of reference of the review of the fourth carbon budget.
The scope of the Fourth Carbon Budget review was laid out by the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in his statement to Parliament on 17 May 2011, when announcing that, as advised by the Committee on Climate Change, Government had decided that net emissions over the Fourth Carbon Budget period should not exceed 1950 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent—a 50% reduction from 1990 levels.
In making this statement, the Secretary of State explained that:
“Under the Climate Change Act, emissions reductions by the UK's industrial and power sectors are determined by the UK's share of the EU Emissions Trading System cap. This protects UK industrial and power sectors from exceeding EU requirements. However if the EU ETS cap is insufficiently ambitious, this could mean placing disproportionate strain on other sectors outside the EU ETS such as transport. To overcome this and to provide clearer signals for businesses and investors, government committed to review progress towards the EU emissions goal in early 2014”.
The review is being taken forward in line with this announced scope.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on the effects of climate change on extreme weather events.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on the effects of climate change on extreme weather events.
The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change has not had any recent discussions with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on the effects of climate change on extreme weather events.
This year the green deal and the energy company obligation have already transformed the homes of 216,000 low-income and vulnerable households, cutting bills and keeping people warm. Additionally, this winter our warm home discount scheme will pay out to 2 million households, including over 1 million of the poorest pensioners. The Government have also permanently increased cold weather payments to £25 a week, and all pensioners will receive winter fuel payments.
This year the green deal and the energy company obligation have already transformed the homes of 216,000 low-income and vulnerable households, cutting bills and keeping people warm. Additionally, this winter our warm home discount scheme will pay out to 2 million households, including over 1 million of the poorest pensioners. The Government have also permanently increased cold weather payments to £25 a week, and all pensioners will receive winter fuel payments.
What steps he has taken to reduce fuel poverty this winter.
Absolutely. There will be no return to the 1970s under this Government. We will offer practical help to people struggling with energy bills. This winter, as I have said, that means: a warm home discount worth £135 for 2 million households, including 1.1 million pensioners; guaranteed winter fuel payments for all pensioners; and cold weather payments permanently uprated to £25. Of course, we are also rolling out the most ambitious energy efficiency programme to date, which I am sure will be of great help to my hon. Friend’s constituents.
Absolutely. There will be no return to the 1970s under this Government. We will offer practical help to people struggling with energy bills. This winter, as I have said, that means: a warm home discount worth £135 for 2 million households, including 1.1 million pensioners; guaranteed winter fuel payments for all pensioners; and cold weather payments permanently uprated to £25. Of course, we are also rolling out the most ambitious energy efficiency programme to date, which I am sure will be of great help to my hon. Friend’s constituents.
I thank the Minister for that answer. My constituents want practical help with energy bills, not a rearrangement of the deckchairs at the regulator, Ofgem. Will he confirm what steps the Government are taking to help my most vulnerable constituents keep warm this winter?
I apologise to the hon. Lady. I am not sure whether she actually wrote to me, which I invited her to do following her question. I will look at the issue again after these questions to see where we are, and I will write to her later today.
I apologise to the hon. Lady. I am not sure whether she actually wrote to me, which I invited her to do following her question. I will look at the issue again after these questions to see where we are, and I will write to her later today.
The Minister previously promised me that he would discuss cold alarms with the energy suppliers and let me know their response, but he has not. With people choosing between heating and eating, and with prices ridiculously high, will he please now tell me what progress he has made on cold alarms, which will alert vulnerable people and their carers when temperatures become dangerously low and prevent more unnecessary deaths this winter?
What steps he has taken to reduce fuel poverty this winter.
What steps he has taken to reduce fuel poverty this winter.
This year the green deal and the energy company obligation have already transformed the homes of 216,000 low-income and vulnerable households, cutting bills and keeping people warm. Additionally, this winter our warm home discount scheme will pay out to 2 million households, including over 1 million of the poorest pensioners. The Government have also permanently increased cold weather payments to £25 a week, and all pensioners will receive winter fuel payments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to keep pensioners warm in winter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to keep pensioners warm in winter.
The Government is committed to supporting older and vulnerable people keep warm and we have a strong package of policies which are already delivering assistance to those in need. These include the Energy Company Obligation and the Warm Home Discount. ECO is expected to generate investment worth around £540 million annually to fund efficient boilers and insulation measures to some 230,000 low income and vulnerable households, including pensioner households, each year.: This year, around 2 million households will get help under the Warm Home Discount—including an automatic electricity bill discount of £135 for over 1.1 million of the poorest pensioners. The Warm Home Discount scheme is worth £1.1 billion during this Parliament.
The Government has also provided £900,000 to fund the creation of the ‘Big Energy Saving Network’ which will focus on helping consumers understand tariffs and switching options as well as how they could benefit from energy efficiency programmes available to them.
As we approach winter, my officials are seeking opportunities to maximise the use of the Energy Saving Advice Service (ESAS—contact number 0300 123 1234), which provides a referral service for ECO affordable warmth. Plans are already-in motion to promote it through existing correspondence from the Department for Work and Pensions to qualifying benefit recipients, and DECC's communications to nearly 1.5 million pensioners in the Warm Home Discount Core Group.
The Department of Health's Cold Weather Plan, supported by the Keep Warm Keep Well campaign, setting out a series of clear actions to minimise the health impact of severe winter weather on the elderly and vulnerable is due to be published in early November.
Last winter, £2.15 billion of winter fuel payments were made to 12.5 million pensioners, providing very valuable support at a time of year when it is most needed.
Cold weather payments are also made to the elderly and vulnerable during periods of very cold weather. Cold weather payments will remain at £25, for each qualifying period, for the duration of this administration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what analysis or research his Department has conducted or commissioned on the relationship between outside temperature and (a) energy expenditure and (b) energy usage among (i) elderly people and (ii) people in fuel poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what analysis or research his Department has conducted or commissioned on the relationship between outside temperature and (a) energy expenditure and (b) energy usage among (i) elderly people and (ii) people in fuel poverty.
The Department has not commissioned any research specifically on these relationships. However, it has a number of monitoring projects underway primarily
for other purposes, and some of these may allow limited analysis of such relationships in a few years time.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will publish a table showing the average global temperature for each year since 1997.
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will publish a table showing the average global temperature for each year since 1997.
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The Met Office already makes such information publicly available. A table of global average near-surface annual temperatures, including each year since 1997, is available on the Met Office website at:
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/monitoring/climate/surface-temperature
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to ensure elderly and vulnerable people do not suffer ill health or die as a result of severe weather in the winter of 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to ensure elderly and vulnerable people do not suffer ill health or die as a result of severe weather in the winter of 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what advice he has received from the Met Office about likely weather conditions in the winter of 2010-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what advice he has received from the Met Office about likely weather conditions in the winter of 2010-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what representations his Department received on winter weather forecasts from the Met Office between October and December 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what representations his Department received on winter weather forecasts from the Met Office between October and December 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what representations he has received on proposals for a national winter emergency plan; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what representations he has received on proposals for a national winter emergency plan; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for (a) Communities and Local Government and (b) Health on the prevention of excess winter deaths in 2010-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for (a) Communities and Local Government and (b) Health on the prevention of excess winter deaths in 2010-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on the regulation of cloud seeding; what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on cloud seeding; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on the regulation of cloud seeding; what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on cloud seeding; and if he will make a statement.