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1518801

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Ministerial Changes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, who the Minister for Small Business is.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	58884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2022 answer text <p>I am the Minister for Enterprise, Markets and Small Business.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 23/11/2022 17:28:34 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1518814

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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: Contracts
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 she will make an estimate of the proportion of customers on fixed term energy contracts who entered those contracts before April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	58904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not collect this information. Ofgem, the independent industry regulator, publishes information about the number of domestic gas and electricity customers with fixed term energy contracts with each supplier: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fofgem.gov.uk%2Fenergy-data-and-research%2Fdata-portal%2Fretail-market-indicators&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C9d665a39be8a4330564408dab27e8616%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638018553718142267%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=cbggr7jcdhJd16286C0kJGm9MUek5r6gSahEL1Ao3zU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">ofgem.gov.uk/energy-data-and-research/data-portal/retail-market-indicators</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/10/2022 11:16:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 22353 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1518826

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Biomethane: Production
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 it his policy to use biomethane energy production facilities to reduce carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	58902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Heat and Buildings Strategy and the Net Zero Strategy published in 2021 are clear on the need to increase the proportion of biomethane injected into the gas grid. Government launched the Green Gas Support Scheme in November 2021 providing tariff-support for biomethane produced via anaerobic digestion and injected into the gas grid.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 59618 question first answered 18/10/2022 16:17:56 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1518837

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Sizewell C Power Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he expects the construction of Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station to be completed; if he will provide an update on the funding of that power station; and what recent discussions his Department has had about the construction of other new nuclear power stations.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	58900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is in commercial negotiations on Sizewell C, which are commercially sensitive. The Growth Plan 2022 states Government is targeting a Final Investment Decision for Sizewell C by the end of 2023, subject to all relevant approvals. The Government has also announced its intention to provide up to £700m of funding to the project, subject to the outcome of the current negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has launched the Future Nuclear Enabling Fund and will set up Great British Nuclear to help develop projects beyond Sizewell C. Discussions with developers are commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/10/2022 16:17:47 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1518845

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry
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 plans he has to reimburse the complex cases in the Post Office Horizon compensation scheme announced in June 2022.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	58913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department has made provision of £19.5 million for interim payments to members of the GLO who are eligible. All but 75 of these payments had been made; over 60 relate to complex cases, notably bankrupt or recently deceased claimants.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has been working with the Insolvency Service to establish the best way of ensuring that each postmaster receives as much of their interim payment as possible. The Department continues to strive to ensure that interim payments are made as soon as possible to all eligible postmasters.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 18/10/2022 16:58:48 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1518852

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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, when his Department expects to provide the additional payment of £100 to households who are not able to receive support for their heating costs through the Energy Price Guarantee to compensate for the rising costs of alternative fuels such as heating oil as announced on 21 September 2022.
tabling member constituency	Louth and Horncastle
tabling member printed	Victoria Atkins
uin	58935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The details of when this payment will be made will be confirmed shortly. The Government is committed to delivering this support to customers as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/10/2022 09:45:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 22355 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins

1518856

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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: Waste
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 conducted a recent cost-benefit analysis of energy from waste facilities.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	58948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>BEIS has assessed that energy from waste for electricity generation is economically viable without Government support, and therefore only energy from waste with combined heat and power is supported under the Contracts for Difference scheme.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/10/2022 16:18:10 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1518858

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Warehouses: 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, if he will meet with the UK Warehousing Association to discuss the potential merits of placing solar panels on the UK's public and private warehousing stock to help tackle climate change and improve energy security.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	58951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>I would be delighted to meet with the UK Warehousing Association to discuss the installation of solar panels on the roofs of warehouses in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/10/2022 16:18:17 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1518861

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Business Premises: 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, whether he has plans he has to help increase the use of solar panels on roofs of industrial and commercial buildings.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	58933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is encouraging businesses to install solar panels on their roofs in various ways, for example through a business rate exemption for a range of green technologies, including solar panels and solar &amp; storage packages, used for generating renewable energy onsite until 2035.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses installing solar panels also benefit from tax relief. My Rt. Hon. Friend the then Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Growth Plan set out that the temporary increase in Annual Investment Allowance for qualifying expenditure on plant and machinery assets (including solar panels) has been made permanent.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also reviewing existing permitted development rights to simplify planning and enable more rooftop solar deployment on industrial and commercial buildings.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/10/2022 16:18:03 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1518883

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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 the £400 energy bill discount will be payable to people who live in a Managed Independent Living retirement complex where each apartment has its own electricity meter, where each tenant pays their share of the electricity bill for the building and where gas is charged according to the square footage of each apartment, with electricity and gas quarterly bills paid to the Trust which manages that complex.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	58976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>Only those with their own contract with a supplier are eligible for the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme payments over this winter. On 29 July, the Government announced additional funding for households not eligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme and the details of this support will be announced in the coming weeks.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/10/2022 09:44:17 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 22359 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson