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1148156

registered interest
date	03/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fuel Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households were in fuel poverty in the UK in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	294165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Fuel poverty is a devolved issue, with each nation in the UK having its own fuel poverty definition. Due to both definitional and methodological differences, fuel poverty is not published for the UK level.</p><p>Latest data for each of the four nations is available at the following links:</p><p>England: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-fuel-poverty-statistics-report-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-fuel-poverty-statistics-report-2019</a></p><p>Scotland: <a href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-house-condition-survey-2017-key-findings/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-house-condition-survey-2017-key-findings/</a></p><p>Wales: <a href="https://gov.wales/fuel-poverty-estimates-wales" target="_blank">https://gov.wales/fuel-poverty-estimates-wales</a></p><p>Northern Ireland: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/estimates-of-fuel-poverty-in-northern-ireland-in-2017-and-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/estimates-of-fuel-poverty-in-northern-ireland-in-2017-and-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 08/10/2019 10:19:23 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1147846

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate she has made of the number of smart meters that have been replaced as a result of customers switching energy suppliers in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	293548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Smart meters continue to record energy consumption accurately when a consumer switches energy supplier, even when the new energy supplier is temporarily unable to operate the meter in smart mode. Smart meters are rarely replaced when a consumer switches energy supplier. Of the total number of smart meters installed in Great Britain as of the end of 2018, less than 0.4% were replaced in the preceding 12 months following a consumer switch.</p><p> </p><p>Smart meters will give households the information to allow them to be more active consumers and more easily act upon poor service or expensive tariffs, and in time make switching suppliers easier and faster.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 07/10/2019 16:41:08 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1147969

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing the share of the miners' pension scheme’s surplus that goes to former miners.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	293487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 08/10/2019 16:57:14 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1147995

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Ofgem is able to collate accurate data on the installation of solar power units.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	293680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Solar photovoltaics deployment report, published on the gov.uk website, provides information on solar photovoltaic capacity in the United Kingdom. It currently includes solar installations reported in BEIS' major power producers survey, the Renewable Energy Planning Database, the Microgeneration Certification Scheme database, and those subsidised by the Renewables Obligation, Feed-in Tariff, and Contracts for Difference. It does not currently include unsubsidised solar installations below 1MW capacity that are not registered on the Microgeneration Certification Scheme database, although we are reviewing data sources to improve coverage.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 08/10/2019 14:00:30 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng previous answer version 138025 answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1147399

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Single Energy Area for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland will continue in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement on 31 October 2019.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	292933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>It is the UK Government’s position that by far the best outcome for electricity in Northern Ireland is to maintain the Single Electricity Market (SEM). The UK is committed to seeking to maintain the SEM in any scenario and will therefore take all possible measures to do so.  Both the Ireland and Northern Ireland energy regulators have stated that they expect the SEM to continue if the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement. We will continue to work with the Irish Government to ensure that technical, operational and legal arrangements are in place for the SEM to continue in this scenario.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 07/10/2019 16:44:50 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1147442

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fuel Poverty: Merseyside
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many households in (a) Wallasey constituency, (b) Wirral and (c) Merseyside are living in fuel poverty.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	292836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The number of households living in fuel poverty in 2017 in Wallasey constituency, Wirral and Merseyside can be found in the table below.</p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Estimated number of households living in Fuel poverty, 2017</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wallasey Constituency</p></td><td><p>Wirral (Local Authority)</p></td><td><p>Merseyside[1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estimated number of households in fuel poverty</p></td><td><p>6,300</p></td><td><p>19,900</p></td><td><p>92,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proportion of households in fuel poverty (%)</p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td><td><p>13.5</p></td><td><p>14.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Household figures have been rounded to the nearest 100.</p><p>The latest sub-regional statistics can be found here : <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2019</a>, Table 2, Table 4 and Table 5</p><p> </p><p>[1] Figures for Merseyside County has been derived from the 5 Metropolitan districts – Liverpool, Knowsley, St. Helens, Sefton and Wirral.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 07/10/2019 16:35:30 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1147449

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Renewable Energy: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many tonnes of carbon dioxide were displaced by renewable (a) electricity and (b) heat generation in (i) the UK, (ii) England, (iii) Scotland and (iv) Wales in (A) 2016, (B) 2017 and (C) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	292949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has not estimated how many tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions for electricity and heat generation have been displaced using renewable sources, as without renewable sources the mix of other sources would have differed.</p><p>Statistics on UK greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are published annually by BEIS. The statistics are broken down by source sector.</p><p>Final statistics covering GHG emissions up to 2017 broken down by source sector can be found in table 3 of the publication: Final UK greenhouse gas emissions national statistics 1990-2017.</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Ffinal-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics-1990-2017&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJacob.Rose%40beis.gov.uk%7Cc55153f37078489e543308d747fd769d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637057026251049777&amp;sdata=9w%2FM1qej9LjVcVEehSaGTOUemNH1adQ8j6ileLA7zmc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/final-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics-1990-2017</a></p><p>Equivalent statistics for England, Scotland and Wales up to 2017 are available on the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) website.</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnaei.beis.gov.uk%2Freports%2Freports%3Freport_id%3D991&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJacob.Rose%40beis.gov.uk%7Cc55153f37078489e543308d747fd769d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637057026251059766&amp;sdata=iQseFJNJXPXvlFpIbWGhQhrNj3SlXoPmkksbGZNcGa0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://naei.beis.gov.uk/reports/reports?report_id=991</a></p><p>Provisional statistics covering carbon dioxide emissions up to 2018 broken down by source sector can be found in table 1 of the publication: Provisional UK greenhouse gas emissions national statistics 2018.</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fprovisional-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics-2018&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJacob.Rose%40beis.gov.uk%7Cc55153f37078489e543308d747fd769d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637057026251059766&amp;sdata=HaeU3fCOxtrjSqO0QCsQyRY8KPYEsF292%2B9COFC1ZfM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provisional-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 08/10/2019 13:50:48 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng previous answer version 138012 answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1147484

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Industry: Coal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps her Department is taking to support research into cost-effective alternatives to coal for heavy industry.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	292851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department understands the need for industry to decarbonise as the UK moves towards net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. To support this priority, the Department is currently running, or intending to run, the following R&amp;D programmes that focus on industrial decarbonisation, which may consider bids for cost-effective alternatives to coal:</p><p>- The Industrial Fuel Switching Competition is a £20m competition, funded by the BEIS £505m Energy Innovation Portfolio (2016-2021), which aims to identify and test the processes and technologies required for industries in the UK to switch to low carbon fuels;</p><p>- The Industrial Energy Transformation Fund was announced at Budget 2018 as a new fund worth up to £315 million to support businesses with high energy use to transition to a low carbon future and to cut their bills through increased energy efficiency;</p><p>- The Clean Steel Fund, is a £250m programme, currently under consultation, will support the UK steel sector to transition to lower carbon iron and steel production through new technologies and processes;</p><p>- The Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund has two relevant challenges, including the industrial decarbonisation challenge which is focused on heavy industry, and the Transforming Foundation Industries challenge, which is focused on energy and resource efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 07/10/2019 16:33:21 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1147517

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timetable is for the publication of the White Paper on energy policy.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	292952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State will provide the timetable for the publication of the Energy White Paper in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 07/10/2019 16:36:54 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1147575

registered interest
date	01/10/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 291262, if he will place in the Library a copy of the provisions of the referenced fuel supply contingency programme which would be deployed in the event of disruption to fuel supplies in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	292845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s long-standing fuel supply contingency programme is not publicly available to protect the sensitive operational information it contains, and to prevent the efficacy of the plans from being compromised. The specific plans for Brexit also contain sensitive commercial information.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in my previous answer, the Government believes that in most circumstances the fuel industry is well positioned to respond to disruptions to the supply chain. However, if required, our contingency programme includes measures to help the industry coordinate their response and increase its effectiveness as well as a reserve fleet of road tankers to increase the logistics capacity available for fuel supplies in the event of a disruption. The appropriate elements of this programme required will be decided in the context of any specific incident.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 07/10/2019 16:39:58 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane