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Deposited Paper HDEP 2004/815

Deposited by

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Deposited papers

Date

15 December 2004

Reference

HDEP 2004/815

House

House of Lords

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress has been made by the Environment Agency towards developing a voluntary code of practice with the oil industry on raising standards for delivering oil to domestic heating tanks; and if she will make a statement. -...

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 December 2004

Reference

203409; 428 c808W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the incidence of pollution caused by leakage from domestic oil tanks. - (Holding answer 8 December 2004).

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

13 December 2004

Reference

203412; 428 c809W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received from the (a) Environment Agency and (b) Oil Firing Technical Association on improving the training of installers of oil-fired heating equipment.

Asked by

Peter Ainsworth (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 December 2004

Reference

203410; 428 c546W

House

House of Commons

Northern Ireland Office

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many jobs are on waiting lists for (a) insulation measures and (b) heating systems to be fitted under the Warm Homes Scheme managed by the Eaga Partnership, broken down by constituency. - Inc table.

Asked by

Peter Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party)

Answering body

Northern Ireland Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

1 December 2004

For answer on

7 December 2004

Answered on

7 December 2004

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many jobs are on waiting lists for (a) insulation measures and (b) heating systems to be fitted under the Warm Homes Scheme managed by the Eaga Partnership, broken down by constituency. [202847] Mr. Spellar: The information is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Constituency Homes waiting for insulation measures Homes waiting for heating measures Belfast, East 2 32 Belfast, North 11 53 Belfast, South 14 26 Belfast, West 12 28 East Antrim 8 51 East Londonderry 3 21 Fermanagh and South Tyrone 5 31 Foyle 8 12 Lagan Valley 5 12 Mid Ulster 18 6 Newry and Armagh 6 4 North Antrim 1 69 North Down 14 40 South Antrim 57 82 South Down 8 20 Strangford 9 20 West Tyrone 12 12 Total 193 519 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

7 December 2004

Reference

202847; 428 c452W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanisms are in place to monitor private landlords' compliance with the requirement to freeze rents for a one or two year period after a Warm Front improvement.

Asked by

Brian White (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 2004

Reference

200449; 428 c190-1W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discretion her Department allows Warm Front Scheme managers to (a) repeat grants for households which have already benefited from Warm Front and (b) fast track exceptionally vulnerable households.

Asked by

Brian White (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 December 2004

Reference

200448; 428 c190W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she expects to publish the study funded by her Department into health improvements for families and individuals whose homes have benefited from energy improvements under the Warm Front scheme.

Asked by

Sandra Gidley (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 December 2004

Reference

199972; 428 c118W

House

House of Commons

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of households in the Greater London area were lacking the use of a hot water supply according to the 2001 Census; what percentage of households within the Greater London area were lacking the use of a bathroom according to the 2001...

Asked by

Tom Cox (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 November 2004

For answer on

30 November 2004

Answered on

30 November 2004

Tom Cox: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what percentage of households in the Greater London area were lacking the use of a hot water supply according to the 2001 Census; [199677] (2) what percentage of households within the Greater London area were lacking the use of a bathroom according to the 2001 Census. [199678] Mr. Timms: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician, who has been asked to reply. Letter from Karen Dunnell to Mr. Tom Cox, dated 30 November 2004: The National Statistician and Registrar General for England and Wales has been asked to reply to your recent questions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer asking: 1. what percentage of households in the Greater London area were lacking the use of a hot water supply according to the 2001 Census (199677) 2. what percentage of households in the Greater London area were lacking the use of a bathroom according to the 2001 Census (199678) I am replying in his absence. A question about the availability of a hot water supply was not asked in the 2001 Census and consequently no figures are available. In the 2001 Census respondents were asked whether they had sole use of a bath, shower or toilet for their household as opposed to whether they lacked the use of a bathroom altogether. On Census day (29 April 2001) 1.06% of households in the London Government Office Region (GOR) were without the sole use of a bath, shower or toilet. That figure includes households with shared access and households with no access. The London GOR is equivalent to the administrative area of the Greater London Authority covering the 32 London Boroughs and the City of London. The figures have been extracted from Table UV60 on the Census 2001--Census Area Statistics (CAS) for Output Areas, wards and higher administrative geographies in England and Wales DVD, which is available in the House of Commons library.

Date

30 November 2004

Reference

428 c93-4W; 199677;199678

House

House of Commons

RENEWABLE HEAT OBLIGATION

That this House believes that the Government's targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions require a step-change in the take-up of renewable energy; notes that while Government policies promote renewable electricity generation, little is done to promote the renewable generation of heat through technologies such as biomass, including biogas, solar heating...

Primary sponsor

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Early day motions

Date

24 November 2004

Reference

176

House

House of Commons

Treasury;Office for National Statistics

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many deaths were attributed to cold weather and lack of adequate heating in homes in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) Tyne and Wear and (d) the UK in each year since 1997; and what the average age of death was...

Asked by

Stephen Hepburn (Labour)

Answering body

Treasury

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

199225; 426 c1715W;426 c1719W

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) total energy use and (b) total cost has been of heating his Department's headquarters in Whitehall in each year since 1990. - Will write.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

426 c1818W;426 c1822W; 192244

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to cut heat loss in his Department's headquarters in Whitehall; and if he will make a statement. - Will write.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

426 c1818W;426 c1822W; 192245

House

House of Commons

Ministry of Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he takes to ensure that the buildings comprising his Department's headquarters in Whitehall are heated according to occupancy and climatic conditions rather than a standard date and time. - Will write.

Asked by

Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Ministry of Defence

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

426 c1818W;426 c1822W; 192246

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action is being taken to reduce the number of winter deaths of pensioners due to cold weather.

Asked by

Stephen Hepburn (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

16 November 2004

For answer on

18 November 2004

Answered on

18 November 2004

Mr. Hepburn: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action is being taken to reduce the number of winter deaths of pensioners due to cold weather. [199224] Dr. Ladyman: There are four main strands to the efforts nationally to reduce avoidable winter deaths: Immunisation of older people against influenza and pneumococcal disease. Increasing awareness among older people of the risks of cold weather, and the benefits and other help available to keep homes warm. The national fuel poverty strategy. Improving our ability to link the forecasting of cold weather with measures designed to prevent people from becoming ill, as well as to improve the ability of the health service to plan for surges in demand, especially for hospital admission. Winter fuel payments are significant, well-timed payments that are part of the Government's strategy on eradicating fuel poverty. They provide help for older households towards their winter fuel bills. Households with someone aged 60 or over receive £200 and those with someone aged 80 or over receive £300. They provide help for older people to heat their homes adequately during the coldest months without being fearful of the ability to meet the extra cost. The majority of payments are made by Christmas. In addition to the winter fuel payment, customers receiving pension credit, who are not in a care home, are eligible to receive cold weather payments. Cold weather payments are made when the average temperature at a particular weather station is recorded as, or is forecast to be, zero degrees Celsius or below over seven consecutive days. Every residential postcode in the country is linked to one of the 73 weather stations used in the scheme. When a period of cold weather occurs, or is forecast, then payments to qualifying customers in receipt of pension credit are made automatically. The amount paid is £8.50 for each period of cold weather. A target for influenza vaccination in those aged 65 and over has been set since the change in policy in 2000-01. In 2000-01, the target was 60 per cent., in 2001-02 65 per cent, and in 2002-03; and 2003-04, 70 per cent. Uptake achieved has been 65 per cent., 68 per cent., 69 per cent, and 71 percent. respectively. The number of people aged 65 and over receiving their flu immunisation this year was 5,781,440--over 295,000 more people than last year. This year's result is an excellent achievement and exceeds our target of 70 per cent. set at the start of the campaign. The joint committee on vaccination and immunisation (JCVI) has recommended extending pneumococcal immunisation to all aged 65 years and over. The new policy is to offer immunisation with pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine to all people aged 65 years and over. However, we are introducing the policy in stages. To start with, people aged 80 and over, who are most at risk from pneumococcal disease, will be offered the vaccine in 2003-04. They will be followed by all those aged 75 and over in 2004-05. By 2005-06, all those aged 65 and over should routinely be offered pneumococcal vaccine. People under these ages who are at higher risk from pneumococcal disease are already recommended to receive the vaccine. This includes people who have a heart condition, chronic lung disease, diabetes mellitus, a weakened immune system due to disease or treatment, a damaged spleen or no spleen. We will be collecting data on the number of people receiving their pneumococcal vaccination, but this will not be available until after April 2004. A "Keep Warm, Keep Well" campaign operates in England each winter. This provides free booklets for the public and special literature for health professionals; a telephone helpline, and advice on how those most in need may apply for grants, such as the Warm Front grant--a scheme providing grant for comprehensive packages of insulation and heating improvements for those on low incomes most vulnerable to cold-related ill health; advice on benefit payments, as well as the health benefits of keeping warm. The relationship between indoor temperatures and ill health is complex, with other factors such as outside exposure and behavioural factors involved. However, the likelihood of ill health is increased by cold damp homes. Illnesses such as influenza, heart disease and strokes are all exacerbated by the cold and older people are especially vulnerable. The Department is working together with other Government Departments to reduce the number of households in fuel poverty. Good progress has already been made, with the number of fuel-poor households falling from approximately 5.5 million in 1996 to about 3 million in 2001, with predictions of a further reduction of 0.5 million for 2002. Health professionals within the national health service have been made fully aware of fuel poverty as a potential health determinant and have been widely encouraged to identify and advise patients for whom cold, damp home conditions might be a health risk. At the local level, fuel poverty is on the agenda of many health professionals in delivering fuel poverty initiatives and fuel poverty has been identified as a key priority within the health inequalities programme for action. Her Majesty's Treasury funding was made available up to April 2003 to allow some exploratory work, led by the Meteorological Office, to develop models to forecast workload for primary and secondary care, built in part on weather forecasting. The evaluation of this exploratory work was inconclusive. Preliminary discussions are currently under way between the NHS, the Department and the Meteorological Office to determine next steps and in particular whether it is possible to: Refine the approaches taken to preventative interventions, targeted in time and place so as to gain maximum benefit for patients before they fall ill. Manage NHS workload more proactively than at present, so that services, including hospitals, are better placed to manage surges in demand, particularly for hospital admission.

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

199224; 426 c1945-7W;426 c1950-2W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much coal was used in the UK in the last year for which figures are available; how much was for metallurgical use; how much was used for power generation; how much metallurgical coal was imported and from where; what...

Asked by

Michael Clapham (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

29 October 2004

For answer on

17 November 2004

Answered on

17 November 2004

Mr. Clapham: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much coal was used in the UK in the last year for which figures are available; how much was for metallurgical use; how much was used for power generation; how much metallurgical coal was imported and from where; what volume of coal for power generation was imported and from where; and how much was used for domestic and industrial heating. [195702] Mr. Mike O'Brien: [holding answer 4 November 2004]: In 2003, a total of 62.4 million tonnes of coal was used in the UK. The amount of coal used by the iron and steel industry in 2003 was 6.6 million tonnes, of which 5.7 million tonnes1 was transformed2 in the coke manufacturing process and 0.9 million tonnes was transformed2 in blast furnaces. The amount used by the non ferrous industry was 0.1 million tonnes as final use3. 53.1 million tonnes was used for power generation. 1 Included in this figure is the amount of coal used for coke manufacture by companies outside the iron and steel industry ie solid fuel manufacturers. 2 Coal is used in both transformation and final use. The transformation process changes coal into a secondary commodity which is better suited for specific uses than the original form. 3 Final use covers consumption of coal that is not transformed into a secondary commodity. The table shows the origins of coal imported into the UK. It is not possible to provide country of origin for coal used in the iron and steel and non ferrous metal industries or for power generation. However of total coal used in the iron and steel and non ferrous metal industries, approximately 95 per cent. has been imported and 22.1 million tonnes was imported for use by major power producers. Total imports of coal in 20031 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total in tonnes European Union 2 368 Australia 5,665 Canada 839 Colombia 3,397 Indonesia 402 Norway 145 People's Republic of China 209 Poland 1,902 Republic of South Africa 12,193 Russia 5,089 United States of America 1,154 Vietnam 45 Other countries 481 Total all countries 31,891 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Country of origin basis 2 Includes extra-EU coal routed through the Netherlands Source: HM Customs and Excise within the Digest of UK Energy Statistics 2004. In 2003 total coal used in the domestic sector was 0.9 million tonnes and 0.7 million tonnes was used in the industrial sector. There are no official data collected on the proportions of coal used for heating, however recent studies by the Building Research Establishment show that around three quarters of domestic coal consumption is used for space heating. Previous studies have suggested that less than 5 per cent. of industrial use of coal is for space heating purposes.

Date

17 November 2004

Reference

195702; 426 c1616-7W;426 c1619-20W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much natural gas was used in the UK in the last year for which figures are available; how much was burned in power stations; how much was used for domestic and industrial heating; and what the effect of the...

Asked by

Michael Clapham (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

29 October 2004

For answer on

17 November 2004

Answered on

17 November 2004

Mr. Clapham: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much natural gas was used in the UK in the last year for which figures are available; how much was burned in power stations; how much was used for domestic and industrial heating; and what the effect of the latest price increase was on the cost of gas fired electricity generation in pence per kilowatt hour. [195700] Mr. Mike O'Brien: In 2003, a total of 1,110 TWh (Terawatt hours) of natural gas was used in the UK, of which 325 TWh was burned in power stations to produce electricity, 386 TWh was consumed for domestic use and 172 TWh was used in industry. There are no official data collected on the proportions of gas used for heating, however recent studies by the Building Research Establishment show that an estimated three quarters of domestic natural gas consumption is used for space heating. Previous studies have suggested that around 15 per cent. of industrial use of gas is for space heating purposes. The DTI publish data on the average prices of fuels purchased by the major UK power producers in its Quarterly Energy Prices publication. In Quarter 2 2004, the average price of natural gas purchased by the major UK power producers was 0.683p/kWh, 1 per cent. higher than the equivalent period of the year before. By adjusting for the efficiency of combined cycle gas turbine stations, this equates to a cost of approximately 1.2p/kWh for electricity generated from such plants. We expect costs to power producers for electricity to be about 0.2p/kWh higher in Quarter 3, due to increases in the wholesale price of gas.

Date

17 November 2004

Reference

195700; 426 c1622-3W;426 c1625-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much oil was used in the UK in the last year for which figures are available; how much was imported and from where; how much was burned in power stations; how much was used for domestic and industrial heating;...

Asked by

Michael Clapham (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 November 2004

Reference

195699; 426 c1307W;426 c1311W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential for (a) combined heat and power and (b) community heating in the UK in the (i) residential, (ii) public and (iii) commercial sectors; and if she will make a statement...

Asked by

Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 November 2004

Reference

195943; 426 c1250W;426 c1254W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much liquid gas was used in the UK in the last year for which figures are available; how much was imported and from where; how much was used for domestic and industrial heating; and what her latest estimate is...

Asked by

Michael Clapham (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 November 2004

Reference

195701; 426 c1306-7W;426 c1310W

House

House of Commons

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