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1582749

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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: Park Homes and Ports
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 what date people who live in (a) park homes and (b) marinas will be able to apply online for the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	137842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government is finalising several elements of the scheme that are critical to delivery. There are significant complexities in delivering a novel scheme with a wide variety of eligible groups with different energy arrangements. The Government must ensure consumers are protected; public money is well spent with robust verification and anti-fraud checks; and that local authorities are prepared to deliver support to eligible households.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 137843 question first answered 06/02/2023 10:30:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1582750

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason the application portal for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding did not open in January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	137843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government is finalising several elements of the scheme that are critical to delivery. There are significant complexities in delivering a novel scheme with a wide variety of eligible groups with different energy arrangements. The Government must ensure consumers are protected; public money is well spent with robust verification and anti-fraud checks; and that local authorities are prepared to deliver support to eligible households.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 137842 question first answered 06/02/2023 10:30:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1582751

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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 estimate his Department has made of the number of individuals eligible to make an application for payment under Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	137844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding will provide support of £400 for energy bills for around 900,000 households without a direct relationship to a domestic electricity supplier.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/02/2023 10:28:40 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1564951

registered interest
date	09/01/2023
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: Park Homes and Marinas
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 what date people who live in (a) park homes and (b) marinas will be able to apply online for the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	119178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The application portal for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding is due to open later this month.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 12/01/2023 15:41:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1552681

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	Heating Oil: 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 recent assessment he has made on the availability of heating oil in the North West of England.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	112115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/12/2022 answer text <p>The supply of heating oil remains sufficient to meet demand in the UK. The Government enjoys a robust supply chain for heating oil, with around 500 local distribution depots across the nation and with demand being met by a combination of domestic refinery production and imports.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains in regular contact with UK and Ireland Fuel Distributors Association (UKIFDA), the trade association for the industry, who report that most customers will have at least 4 different distributors within a 25-mile radius. UKIFDA have a ‘find a distributor’ function on their website (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fukifda.org%2Ffind-a-distributor%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Ccb5e9087dda4451b0f7e08dae813105e%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638077465810087742%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=8txLnIpdD6B%2FFLAvu3ACTSu7YVNRQeVwV1yjgOtRTtY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://ukifda.org/find-a-distributor/</a>).</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/12/2022 10:08:21 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1551998

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
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	Small Businesses: Lancaster and Fleetwood
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 SMEs in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency have received Government funding for support during the cost of living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	111616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the impact rising prices are having on businesses, including those in Lancaster and Fleetwood.</p><p> </p><p>Businesses in Lancaster and Fleetwood will have benefitted from the Government’s reversal of the National Insurance rise, saving SMEs on average £4,200, cut fuel duty for 12 months and the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, to protect SMEs from high energy costs over the winter. The Employment Allowance was increased to £5,000 from April and we have continued to provide business rate relief worth over £7bn, freezing the business rates multiplier for a further year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is providing financial support - 102 SMEs in Lancaster and Fleetwood have received Start Up Loans to the value of £866,495 as of November 2022.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 21/12/2022 13:13:27 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1551999

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
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	Business: Lancaster and Fleetwood
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 discussions he has had with businesses in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency on the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on those businesses.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	111617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the impact rising prices are having on businesses, including those in Lancaster and Fleetwood, and is engaging with businesses across the UK to understand these challenges and explore ways to mitigate them.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has reversed the National Insurance rise, saving SMEs £4,200 on average; cut fuel duty for 12 months; raised the Employment Allowance to £5,000 and introduced the Energy Bill Relief Scheme which is shielding businesses across the country from soaring energy prices, saving some around half of their wholesale energy costs.</p><p> </p><p>We have also announced £13.6 billion of support for businesses over the next five years, reducing the burden of business rates for SMEs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 21/12/2022 13:13:02 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1552000

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
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: Housing
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 increase the rate of energy efficiency measure installations in homes in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	111618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the energy performance of homes across the country, including in Lancaster and Fleetwood.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is already investing £6.6 billion over this parliament on decarbonising heat and energy efficiency measures.</p><p> </p><p>An additional £6 billion of new Government funding, announced in the Autumn Statement, will be made available from 2025 to 2028. This provides long-term funding certainty, supporting the growth of supply chains, and ensuring we can scale up our delivery over time.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/12/2022 14:39:38 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1552001

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
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	Renewable Energy: Lancaster and Fleetwood
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 plans to increase funding for renewable energy sources in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	111619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>Grant funding for renewable innovation or community-based renewable schemes is open for both local authorities and private investors to bid. The Contract for Difference scheme, the Government’s main mechanism for supporting low carbon generation, is awarded through a competitive process, ensuring that the most cost-effective projects are supported regardless of their location.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/12/2022 14:40:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1552002

registered interest
date	15/12/2022
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 Bill Relief Scheme: Lancaster and Fleetwood
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 is his Department taking to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises are receiving the correct level of support from the Energy Bill Relief Scheme in Lancaster and Fleetwood constituency.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	111620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Bill Relief Scheme is set out clearly in legislation and will be applied in a uniform way by all licensed suppliers. The regulations include a robust compliance and enforcement regime to ensure requirements are being met. Suppliers are also required to inform customers about the details of support, including the amount of the discount and discounted supply price.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/12/2022 08:21:39 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith