To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans the Government have for investment in gas import projects over the next 10 years. (322029)

Investment is a commercial activity. Details of future commercial investment in gas import projects can be found in National Grid's latest Ten Year Statement (published in December 2009).

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the (a) gas import capacity of and (b) demand for gas in the UK (i) in 2010 and (ii) in each of the next five years. (322030)

The latest estimates of gas import capacity and demand for gas in the UK for 2010 and each of the next five years can be found in the latest edition of the Energy Markets Outlook (published in December 2009). This can be found on the DECC website at:

http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/what_we_do/uk_supply/markets/outlook/outlook.aspx