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1609994

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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 Company Obligation
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 benefits of increasing the amount that can be claimed through the ECO4 scheme to match that of the Great British Insulation scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	180127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Amounts are not claimed through either scheme as they are not grant schemes. Instead, they obligate energy suppliers to deliver energy efficiency measures to meet a legislative target based on annual bills savings. The ECO4 scheme is worth £4 billion over four years while the Great British Insulation Scheme is worth £1billion over three years.</p><p> </p><p>ECO4 delivers to those on the lowest incomes and the most vulnerable. To complement this, the GB Insulation Scheme will deliver to a wider group of households, who would otherwise be ineligible for support under existing government energy efficiency schemes, as well as the most vulnerable.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/04/2023 15:21:08 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1609995

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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 Company Obligation
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of inflation on the effectiveness of the ECO4 scheme.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	180128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The modelling used to set ECO4 targets was based on estimated costs in 2021 prices, with an allowance for general inflation over time. Officials are working with analysts and stakeholders to determine current installation costs and if the assumptions being used for the scheme require review.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/04/2023 15:21:17 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1609997

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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 Company Obligation
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 extending the ECO4 scheme to 2028.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	180130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>ECO4 is the current iteration of the Energy Company Obligation scheme which began in April 2022 and is scheduled to run until March 2026.</p><p> </p><p>Last autumn, the Government announced a new national ambition to reduce the UK’s final energy consumption from buildings and industry by 15% by 2030 against 2021 levels. The Government has also announced £6 billion of additional funding for energy efficiency from 2025-2028.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will implement the most suitable domestic energy efficiency policies to meet our net zero and fuel poverty commitments.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/04/2023 15:21:25 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1610580

registered interest
date	14/04/2023
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	Warm Home Discount Scheme: Disability
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 assessment the Government has made of the adequacy for people with disabilities who require extra property space of the property size guidelines used to administer the Warm Homes Discount.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	180713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government expanded the Warm Home Discount scheme to support more low-income and vulnerable households. The Government published impact assessments when consulting and publishing the Government’s response.</p><p>To be eligible for a rebate under Core Group 2, a household must be in receipt of a qualifying means-tested benefit and living in a property which we have estimated to have relatively high heating costs. Broadly speaking, larger properties, as well as older and more detached properties, have higher heating costs and therefore are more likely to be eligible for a rebate.</p><p>These changes do not apply in Scotland, where customers apply for a Broader Group rebate through their energy suppliers, who can set their own eligibility criteria.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 24/04/2023 15:28:26 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1607122

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
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	Alternative Fuel Payments
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 estimate her Department made of the number of people who would receive the Alternative Fuel Payment before its introduction; and how many people have received the Alternative Fuel Payment since its introduction.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	173070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>The Department estimated that around 2 million people in the UK use alternative fuels and are eligible for this payment.</p><p>The Alternative Fund for the Alternative Fuel Payment, the element which requires an application, launched recently on 6 March and early data is still being collected. Electricity suppliers, who deliver the automatic enrolment element of the scheme, recently provided MPAN-level delivery data to the Government. Transparency data will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 03/04/2023 13:52:16 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1604852

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
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	Nuclear Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for what reason it is his policy that nuclear power will be classed as environmentally sustainable subject to consultation.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	167201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>New nuclear energy is central to our goals of tackling climate change, diversifying the UK’s supply, and enhancing the UK’s long-term energy security and sustainable growth. In the Spring Budget, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer stated the Government’s intention to include nuclear in the UK Green Taxonomy, subject to consultation, incentivising private investment in this important technology alongside renewables. The Government will provide a further update on the taxonomy as part of its publication of the Green Finance Strategy shortly.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie grouped question UIN 167202 167203 question first answered 23/03/2023 16:39:28 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1604858

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
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	Nuclear Power
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 impact assessment of his decision to class nuclear power as environmentally sustainable subject to consultation.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	167202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>New nuclear energy is central to our goals of tackling climate change, diversifying the UK’s supply, and enhancing the UK’s long-term energy security and sustainable growth. In the Spring Budget, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer stated the Government’s intention to include nuclear in the UK Green Taxonomy, subject to consultation, incentivising private investment in this important technology alongside renewables. The Government will provide a further update on the taxonomy as part of its publication of the Green Finance Strategy shortly.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie grouped question UIN 167201 167203 question first answered 23/03/2023 16:39:28 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1604864

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
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	Nuclear Power
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 representations he has received on the Government's proposal to class nuclear power as environmentally sustainable subject to consultation.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	167203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2023 answer text <p>New nuclear energy is central to our goals of tackling climate change, diversifying the UK’s supply, and enhancing the UK’s long-term energy security and sustainable growth. In the Spring Budget, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer stated the Government’s intention to include nuclear in the UK Green Taxonomy, subject to consultation, incentivising private investment in this important technology alongside renewables. The Government will provide a further update on the taxonomy as part of its publication of the Green Finance Strategy shortly.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie grouped question UIN 167201 167202 question first answered 23/03/2023 16:39:28 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1604871

registered interest
date	16/03/2023
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	Carbon Emissions
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 introducing a right of local supply that would enable community and smaller-scale low carbon generation schemes to sell directly to local people.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	167204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>The right to local energy supply already exists under the Electricity Act 1989 and Ofgem has existing flexibility to award supply licences that are restricted to specified geographical areas or premises type. Energy suppliers already offer local tariffs which offer discounted prices at times when electricity is generated locally. The Government is considering what reforms are needed to the retail market regulatory framework to support the uptake of new and innovative business models by consumers.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/03/2023 12:08:08 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1587743

registered interest
date	21/02/2023
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	Alternative Fuel Payments: 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, on what date people who live on boats will be able to access the application portal for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	149547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The GOV.UK portal and contact centre helpline will open on 27 February 2023 for all eligible households, including residents of houseboats on registered moorings.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/02/2023 14:01:02 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse