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1612469

registered interest
date	19/04/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Supply: Business
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number and proportion of businesses that are on deemed contracts for their energy supply.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	181759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem are in the process of conducting a review of the non-domestic market which will provide up-to-date data on Deemed Contracts. They have published their initial findings which found that the prevalence of Deemed Contracts has increased amongst some non-domestic customers. The full findings of Ofgem’s review are due to be published in the summer.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 25/04/2023 15:02:01 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1601394

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate: Boats
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to ensure that people who live on boats and continuously cruise and stay in different moorings have access to the Energy Bill Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	158801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>In order to protect public funds against potentially fraudulent activity, the Government require applicants to show proof of address. The Government understands some households on boats not on registered moorings may not be able to provide proof of main or sole residence.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working to find an acceptable method for these households, to provide this proof so they can claim their support.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 14/03/2023 14:40:34 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1600334

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Warm Home Discount Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the Warm Home Discount scheme to people who reside in properties that cannot be insulated.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	156063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>The Warm Home Discount is targeted at low income households some of whom live in homes that cannot be insulated.</p><p>There is no reliable dataset of homes that cannot be insulated so we could not equitably expand the Warm Home Discount eligibility criteria to specifically include that.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 09/03/2023 16:04:35 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1600335

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Warm Home Discount Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of altering the metrics of type, floor space and EPC of properties to increase accessibility to the Warm Homes Discount for households in colder northern areas of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	156064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>The options for eligibility criteria for Warm Home Discount were set out in full in the scheme consultation. Adjusting the eligibility of the Warm Home Discount to take into account temperature by location would add significantly to the complexity of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 09/03/2023 16:04:42 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1600336

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Warm Home Discount Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of adjusting the eligibility criteria for the Warm Home Discount scheme to include people with ill health whose homes are ineligible due to (a) a low energy performance certificate rating or (b) being ineligible for a home insulation grant.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	156065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>Under the Warm Home Discount, eligibility is not linked to the energy performance rating nor the eligibility for insulation grants. The scheme was designed to reach the maximum proportion of households in fuel poverty and for as many rebates as possible to be provided automatically.</p><p> </p><p>There is no central dataset of people whose ill health increases their likelihood of being in fuel poverty.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 09/03/2023 16:05:00 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1600337

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Warm Home Discount Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what methodology his Department uses to determine eligibility for Warm Home Discount payments.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	156066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>Under Core Group 1 in England and Wales, and Core Group in Scotland, recipients of the Guaranteed Credit element of Pension Credit are eligible.</p><p>Under Core Group 2 in England and Wales, people who are both in receipt of a qualifying means-tested benefit or Tax Credit and living in a property with estimated high relative heating costs, calculated on the basis of property characteristics.</p><p>Under the Broader Group in Scotland, customers must apply through their energy supplier, who may set additional eligibility criteria on top of the minimum eligibility criteria set by the Government.</p><p>Further information can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fthe-warm-home-discount-scheme&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cb343219ca99f4eabb8b208db1f23fd12%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638138011645804936%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fFth9aoqQzOkxPtaeDEcMzfEw%2Bx5bVLYXowYqMHknZs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/the-warm-home-discount-scheme</a>; <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fwarm-home-discount-eligibility-statement-england-and-wales&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cb343219ca99f4eabb8b208db1f23fd12%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638138011645804936%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5qTKtVVzZ8epKIyRQ29osFk%2Bmnw1r6J5KNhig4AEmo4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/warm-home-discount-eligibility-statement-england-and-wales</a>.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 09/03/2023 16:05:24 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1599903

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 135157 on Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant, whether his Department has created a framework to further define just and reasonable with reference to landlords passing on support through to end users under the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	155029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>Intermediaries must pass on the Government support irrespective of how the end users pay for their energy. They can adjust the amount, and demonstrate why the amount is just and reasonable. For example, if a landlord has fully passed on the increased energy prices to their tenants, then it would be just and reasonable to pass on the full scheme benefit. Whereas, if they shielded their tenants from the impact of increased energy prices, they may retain some or all the benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has published guidance which sets out illustrative examples of how the pass-through requirements can be calculated: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fpass-through-requirements-for-energy-price-support-provided-to-intermediaries&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C8a2e72d658d64fc334cc08db1e35c29e%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638136988458357287%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=M5P9zVJwEw5m%2B14AuSnY%2F0O%2BEvZ5uc41FK%2FD7mQaPLE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pass-through-requirements-for-energy-price-support-provided-to-intermediaries</a>.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 08/03/2023 12:47:32 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1599925

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 135157 on Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a regulatory framework to ensure that tenants have access to information on intermediary landlord recipients of the Energy Bills Support Scheme so they know whether they should enter civil proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	155032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government has not undertaken such an assessment. The Government does not hold data on which meter points receiving the Energy Bills Support Scheme are rented properties where the landlord receives the discount.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already introduced regulations to require intermediaries to inform end users of benefits received from the Government’s energy affordability schemes and to pass on these benefits in a just and reasonable way. Where an intermediary has failed to meet their obligations, the end-user has the ability to pursue the civil debt through the courts.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 08/03/2023 12:47:52 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1599942

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 135157 on Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant, if his Department will define what reasonably practical equates to as a defined timescale in the context of the pass through requirement of the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	155033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of the intermediary to take reasonable steps to notify the end user in writing. This should be done within 30 days of the intermediary receiving the relevant scheme benefit (or 1 November 2022 for EBSS Great Britain and 12 January 2023 for EBSS Northern Ireland, if later).</p><p> </p><p>The information includes, the amount of scheme benefit received; the amount that the intermediary intends to pass on; when and how they will pass-through the benefit; and that the end user can recover amounts to which they are entitled to but do not receive as a civil debt.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 08/03/2023 12:47:41 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1585809

registered interest
date	09/02/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what specific support his Department is providing for people living with arthritis to assist with increasing energy costs.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	143689
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>To help UK consumers with rising energy costs, the Government launched various energy support schemes. These include the Energy Price Guarantee, Alternative Fuel Payment, and Energy Bills Support Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will provide free energy efficiency upgrades to low-income and vulnerable households through local authorities and energy suppliers. Government-funded upgrades will be available for poorly insulated homes via the Energy Company Obligation from spring 2023. The most vulnerable households will receive a Cost-of-Living Payment of £900 for means-tested benefits, £300 for pensioners, and £150 for individuals on disability benefits. Furthermore, from April 2023, benefits, including working-age and State Pension, will increase by over 10%.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/02/2023 14:10:03 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman