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1552564

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
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 Bills Rebate
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 his Department is taking steps to support people with prepayment meters who have not yet received an Energy Bill Support Scheme voucher.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	112100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is monitoring effectiveness of the scheme closely, including receiving monthly data from energy suppliers. 4,044,554 vouchers were issued to 1 December. The latest figures were published on gov.uk on 20 December. Redemption of vouchers issued to traditional prepayment meter customers rose from 59% in October to 72% in November.</p><p> </p><p>The Government requires suppliers to evidence that they have attempted to make a minimum of three attempts by more than one method to contact customers who have not redeemed a voucher.</p><p> </p><p>Customers with smart prepayment meters receive the discount credited directly to their meter by their supplier.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 112102 112103 question first answered 28/12/2022 10:40:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1552565

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
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 Bills Rebate
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 his Department has had recent discussions with energy suppliers on taking steps to support people with prepayment meters who have not yet received an Energy Bill Support Scheme voucher.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	112101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2022 answer text <p>On 4 December 2022, my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State wrote to all energy suppliers with customers on traditional prepayment meters reiterating the importance of ensuring these customers receive their vouchers and exhorting them to ensure customers receive prompt service and accurate information.</p><p> </p><p>I then met CEOs of supplier companies on 7 December to press them further and hear about ongoing improvements.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/12/2022 10:31:54 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1552566

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
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 Bills Rebate
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 assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the delivery of the Energy Bill Support Scheme for prepayment customers.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	112102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is monitoring effectiveness of the scheme closely, including receiving monthly data from energy suppliers. 4,044,554 vouchers were issued to 1 December. The latest figures were published on gov.uk on 20 December. Redemption of vouchers issued to traditional prepayment meter customers rose from 59% in October to 72% in November.</p><p> </p><p>The Government requires suppliers to evidence that they have attempted to make a minimum of three attempts by more than one method to contact customers who have not redeemed a voucher.</p><p> </p><p>Customers with smart prepayment meters receive the discount credited directly to their meter by their supplier.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 112100 112103 question first answered 28/12/2022 10:40:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1552567

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
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 Bills Rebate
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 percentage of prepayment customers had received their Energy Bills Support Scheme voucher by 30 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	112103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is monitoring effectiveness of the scheme closely, including receiving monthly data from energy suppliers. 4,044,554 vouchers were issued to 1 December. The latest figures were published on gov.uk on 20 December. Redemption of vouchers issued to traditional prepayment meter customers rose from 59% in October to 72% in November.</p><p> </p><p>The Government requires suppliers to evidence that they have attempted to make a minimum of three attempts by more than one method to contact customers who have not redeemed a voucher.</p><p> </p><p>Customers with smart prepayment meters receive the discount credited directly to their meter by their supplier.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 112100 112102 question first answered 28/12/2022 10:40:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1552568

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
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 Bills Rebate: Edinburgh North and Leith
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 Energy Bill Support Scheme vouchers have been issued to people on prepayment meters in the Edinburgh North and Leith constituency.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	112104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not hold constituency data.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/12/2022 10:29:55 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1552582

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
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	Wind 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, on how many days did wind power provide less than 10 per cent of UK electricity output in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	112031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not hold daily electricity generation data. However, for the Public Distribution System in Great Britain only, Elexon’s figures show that up to 20th December, there were 64 days in 2022 where generation from wind provided less than 10 per cent of total generation. This excludes net imports from interconnectors.</p><p> </p><p><em>Source: Elexon half-hourly balancing mechanism reports, available at: <a href="https://www2.bmreports.com/bmrs/?q=generation/fueltype" target="_blank">https://www2.bmreports.com/bmrs/?q=generation/fueltype</a></em></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/12/2022 10:28:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1552583

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
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	Wind Power: Subsidies
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 much has been paid to wind generators in subsidies in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	112032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government supports wind generators through a number of schemes. Finalised data for total payments made in 2022 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/12/2022 10:26:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1552584

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
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	Wind 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, how much was spent on National Grid constraint payments to wind generators in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	112033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2022 answer text <p>The National Grid Electricity System Operator publishes data on the costs and volumes of electricity system balancing services monthly. This includes a breakdown of constraint costs by fuel type, including wind farms. The total amount paid to wind generators for 2022 has not yet been finalised. Further detail on wind farm payments paid in October can be found in The National Grid Electricity System Operator’s monthly Balancing Services Summary.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/12/2022 10:24:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart attachment 1 file name Monthly Balancing Services-october-2022.pdf title Monthly Balancing Services Summary 2022/23 October
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1552585

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
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	Nuclear Power Stations: Closures
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 he has reviewed the planned dates for the closure of nuclear powers stations; and whether he has made an assessment of the impact of postponing the closure dates on the safety of those stations.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	112034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2022 answer text <p>The continued operation of, and any extensions to, operational dates for any UK nuclear power station is a decision for the operator, EDF, and the independent nuclear regulator, the Office of Nuclear Regulation (ONR), based on safety and commercial considerations. If the ONR has any safety concerns, they will not let the reactor return to service unless and until those concerns have been satisfactorily addressed and may require more regular shutdowns for ongoing review. Operational dates are kept under constant review by EDF and the ONR.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/12/2022 10:15:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

1552586

registered interest
date	16/12/2022
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	Coal Fired Power Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the amount of coal generating capacity could be made available on stand by notices.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	112035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2022 answer text <p>Upon agreement between the Electricity System Operator and coal operators, there are 3 coal plants still operating in Great Britain with contingency contracts until March 2023. This totals approximately 2.4GW of capacity which can be called upon if needed for the purposes of security of supply.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/12/2022 10:13:32 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood