To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Marland on 21 October (WA 104–5), whether they will estimate the effects of environmental policies on (a) fuel cost per household, and (b) fuel poverty; and, if so, when.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Marland on 21 October (WA 104–5), whether they will estimate the effects of environmental policies on (a) fuel cost per household, and (b) fuel poverty; and, if so, when.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the total cost to the consumer has been to date of energy and environment policies that are funded by levies on energy companies; and what each of those levy-funded policies has cost.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the total cost to the consumer has been to date of energy and environment policies that are funded by levies on energy companies; and what each of those levy-funded policies has cost.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many households are currently in fuel poverty, according to the standard definition; and what proportion of that total they estimate is the result of extra costs on the consumer due to environmental policies.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many households are currently in fuel poverty, according to the standard definition; and what proportion of that total they estimate is the result of extra costs on the consumer due to environmental policies.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many households they expect to be in fuel poverty in 2020; and what proportion of that total they expect to be the result of costs on the consumer due to environmental policies applied at that time.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many households they expect to be in fuel poverty in 2020; and what proportion of that total they expect to be the result of costs on the consumer due to environmental policies applied at that time.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many households they expect to avoid fuel poverty in 2020 as a result of their energy efficiency policies.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many households they expect to avoid fuel poverty in 2020 as a result of their energy efficiency policies.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the load factor for fully commissioned offshore wind turbines for the past 12 months.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the load factor for fully commissioned offshore wind turbines for the past 12 months.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to instruct the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency to look into the re-use of spent nuclear waste rather than burying it, given recent rises in the world price of uranium.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to instruct the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency to look into the re-use of spent nuclear waste rather than burying it, given recent rises in the world price of uranium.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will include in the Energy Security and Green Economy Bill provisions for making transparent the cost transferred to consumers from energy suppliers of meeting the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will include in the Energy Security and Green Economy Bill provisions for making transparent the cost transferred to consumers from energy suppliers of meeting the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure consumers are informed of how much they are paying through energy prices towards the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target as part of the United Kingdom's obligations to meet European Union targets.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure consumers are informed of how much they are paying through energy prices towards the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target as part of the United Kingdom's obligations to meet European Union targets.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many megawatt-hours of energy they anticipate will be saved over the next 10 years through the introduction of smart meters; and what proportion of national energy consumption they estimate that will represent over that period.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many megawatt-hours of energy they anticipate will be saved over the next 10 years through the introduction of smart meters; and what proportion of national energy consumption they estimate that will represent over that period.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will introduce a code of conduct for providers of smart meters to protect consumers from any factually incorrect or misleading information, mis-selling, or cross-selling of additional services and products.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will introduce a code of conduct for providers of smart meters to protect consumers from any factually incorrect or misleading information, mis-selling, or cross-selling of additional services and products.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to secure private finance to manufacture key components for the United Kingdom's nuclear industry, following the withdrawal of their loan to Sheffield Forgemasters.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to secure private finance to manufacture key components for the United Kingdom's nuclear industry, following the withdrawal of their loan to Sheffield Forgemasters.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will request utility companies providing electricity to show on their invoices the cost of their support for wind and other renewable forms of energy, including the Climate Change Levy and the Renewables Obligation.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will request utility companies providing electricity to show on their invoices the cost of their support for wind and other renewable forms of energy, including the Climate Change Levy and the Renewables Obligation.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the cost of transmitting electricity from Scotland to London was taken into account when the economic viability of wind turbines in Scotland was assessed.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the cost of transmitting electricity from Scotland to London was taken into account when the economic viability of wind turbines in Scotland was assessed.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated additional cost to households in England of upgrading the national grid to take the surplus load from wind turbines due to be installed in Scotland.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated additional cost to households in England of upgrading the national grid to take the surplus load from wind turbines due to be installed in Scotland.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated cost of upgrading the national grid from Scotland to London to take the surplus load from wind turbines due to be installed in Scotland as part of any undertaking to meet European Union carbon reduction targets.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated cost of upgrading the national grid from Scotland to London to take the surplus load from wind turbines due to be installed in Scotland as part of any undertaking to meet European Union carbon reduction targets.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what level of standby generation will be needed to fill any gaps in supply caused by the intermittency of wind generation when the programme to build wind turbines has been completed.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what level of standby generation will be needed to fill any gaps in supply caused by the intermittency of wind generation when the programme to build wind turbines has been completed.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the forecast increase in the number of those classified as being in fuel poverty due to electricity cost increases from increasing expenditure on renewable energy infrastructure and payments under the feed-in tariff scheme due to Government and European Union carbon reduction targets.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the forecast increase in the number of those classified as being in fuel poverty due to electricity cost increases from increasing expenditure on renewable energy infrastructure and payments under the feed-in tariff scheme due to Government and European Union carbon reduction targets.