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1435587

registered interest
date	25/02/2022
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	Hydrogen: North West
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 he plans to take to ensure (a) investment in and (b) benefits for the local area from a hydrogen village in the North West by 2025.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	129828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2022 answer text <p>The location for the hydrogen heating village trial has not yet been decided. The Gas Distribution Network Operators submitted their outline proposals in December 2021. The Government is expecting that one or more of these proposals will require detailed planning during 2022, including understanding local impacts, before location selection in 2023.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 07/03/2022 17:44:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1435129

registered interest
date	24/02/2022
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: Prices
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 hold discussions with Citizen's Advice on targeted support for low income households in April 2022 through an energy support grant.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	129157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2022 answer text <p>BEIS Ministers and officials meet regularly with Citizens Advice to discuss a range of issues relating to the energy retail market. The energy price cap ensures millions of households pay a fair price for their gas and electricity. Support for energy bills is available to eligible low-income households through the Warm home Discount, the Winter Fuel Payment and the Cold Weather Payments.</p><p> </p><p>On 3 February, the Government announced a package of support worth £9.1 billion to help domestic energy customers with the cost of rising energy bills. This includes a £150 non-repayable Council Tax rebate in April 2022 to all households in Council Tax Bands A-D, £144 million of discretionary funding for local authorities to support those not eligible for the Council Tax rebate and a £200 discount on energy bills this Autumn for domestic electricity customers’ bills, to be paid back automatically over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 04/03/2022 15:43:49 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1434648

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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: Prices
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 he has made of the implications for his policies on provision of financial support for energy costs of polling commissioned by Citizens Advice in January 2022 that found potentially 8.5 million people would not be able to cover the anticipated average price cap rise of £60 per month.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	128300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The published fuel poverty projections for 2022, show that while most households will need to pay more for their energy bills from April, the financial support offered combined with action on energy efficiency will keep the number of households in fuel poverty on a declining trend. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is providing a package of support worth £9.1 billion in 2022-23 which includes a £150 Council Tax rebate for bands A-D, £144 million discretionary funding for local authorities and a £200 energy bill reduction which will help over 28 million households.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the support the Government will continue to provide through the Warm Home Discount Scheme, which this winter is providing over 2 million households a £140 rebate off their energy bill. The Government has announced that it would be increasing to £150 and help an extra 780,000 households next winter. Further, Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments help ensure the most vulnerable are better able to heat their homes over the colder months.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 128301 question first answered 03/03/2022 15:19:29 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1434649

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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	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, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on provision of financial assistance for energy costs of polling commissioned by Citizens Advice in January 2022 that found potentially 27 per cent of disabled people and 36 per cent of people on Universal Credit would not be able to cover the anticipated average price cap rise of £60 per month.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	128301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The published fuel poverty projections for 2022, show that while most households will need to pay more for their energy bills from April, the financial support offered combined with action on energy efficiency will keep the number of households in fuel poverty on a declining trend. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is providing a package of support worth £9.1 billion in 2022-23 which includes a £150 Council Tax rebate for bands A-D, £144 million discretionary funding for local authorities and a £200 energy bill reduction which will help over 28 million households.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the support the Government will continue to provide through the Warm Home Discount Scheme, which this winter is providing over 2 million households a £140 rebate off their energy bill. The Government has announced that it would be increasing to £150 and help an extra 780,000 households next winter. Further, Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments help ensure the most vulnerable are better able to heat their homes over the colder months.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 128300 question first answered 03/03/2022 15:19:29 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1422967

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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	Power Failures
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 made an assessment of the location and frequency of power cuts in England; and whether that information is used to inform investment priorities in power infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	125258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>Distribution Network Operators are obligated under their license conditions to plan and develop their distribution systems to meet a minimum reliability standard, incentivising investment in resilience measures.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem monitors performance to ensure operators meet their obligations and can take enforcement action against those who fail to meet them.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/02/2022 16:24:24 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1422973

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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	Visas: EU Countries
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 discussions he has had with EU representatives on the 90 in 180 day rule on UK citizens working in the EU.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	125262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>UK nationals are able to travel visa-free for short stays for up to 90 days in a rolling 180-day period, for a limited number of business-related activities, as well as for tourism. UK nationals who plan to stay longer than 90 in 180 days or are carrying out activities that are not exempt from a Member State’s visa or work permit requirements, may need a visa, work permit or other documentation. Visa and work permit arrangements are set by individual EU Member States.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to engage with the EU, in line with the structures established by the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), which allow for both Parties to raise issues of concern about compliance with that agreement.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 28/02/2022 16:23:25 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1422979

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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	Park Homes: Energy Supply
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 he has made of the effect of the exclusion of the energy reseller arrangements from the energy price cap on mobile park homeowners.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	125266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The energy price cap on standard and default domestic supply tariffs was put in place in response to the problem of the ‘loyalty penalty’ as identified by the Competition and Markets Authority’s energy market investigation.</p><p> </p><p>The maximum price set by Ofgem for resupplying gas or electricity which has already been bought from an authorised supplier, exists to protect people such as those who are residents of mobile park homes and buy their fuel from the park owner.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/02/2022 16:22:19 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1423232

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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	Hydrogen: Liverpool City Region
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 take into account the Mayor of Liverpool City Region's 2021 manifesto commitment to replace methane with hydrogen in the city region’s gas grid by 2035 when assessing areas to progress hydrogen village trials.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	125270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is supporting industry to deliver community trials of 100% hydrogen heating. BEIS and Ofgem received Gas Distribution Network Operators’ outline proposals for the village trial in December 2021. The Government expects that one or more of these will be selected to be developed into detailed proposals. The final decision on where the village trial will take place is expected in 2023 ahead of a trial start date of 2025.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/02/2022 17:16:16 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1423234

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
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	Hydrogen: North West
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 made an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that the north west can benefit from a live hydrogen project in a similar way to the north east and its Hydrogen House demonstration site in Winlation.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	125271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government is supporting a range of projects that will help to reach our ambition for 5GW low carbon hydrogen production capacity across the UK by 2030. For example, in the North West, the Government are supporting HyNet which has been prioritised for CCUS deployment in the mid-2020s. The scheme has a core focus on industrial capture and CCUS-enabled (blue) hydrogen production. It will deliver low carbon hydrogen to a range of end use projects.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/02/2022 17:15:05 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1420238

registered interest
date	07/02/2022
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 Company Obligation
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 his timetable is for (a) analysing the feedback and (b) responding to the Design of the Energy Company Obligation ECO4: 2022-2026 consultation.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	119645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>The consultation responses have been analysed and the Government intends to publish its response before the current ECO3 scheme ends at the end of March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/02/2022 13:54:24 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders