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1536734

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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: Rented 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, on what date his Department will require landlords to pass benefits they receive from energy price support onto tenants as set out in the provisions in the Energy Prices Act.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Kim Johnson
uin	73155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Prices Act 2022 contains a provision requiring intermediaries to pass on energy price support to end users. Further detail will be set out in regulations and guidance in due course, however, the requirement will be retrospective which means landlords will be required to pass on payments from October onwards.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 07/11/2022 15:07:07 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4824 label Biography information for Kim Johnson

1536747

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	Warm Home Discount Scheme
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 an assessment of the number of people who were previously eligible for the Warm Home Discount Scheme that are no longer eligible following changes in eligibility criteria in the 2022-23 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
uin	73172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government published an impact assessment for expanding and reforming the scheme in England and Wales which compared the number of rebates under the assessed options. The Government does not hold data on who received a rebate under the Broader Group in previous scheme years and therefore has not conducted an assessment of the number of people who were previously eligible, who will no longer be eligible in this scheme year.</p><p> </p><p>There will be an online eligibility checker on gov.uk to help people understand if they may be eligible, and the Government is sharing information on the new scheme with energy suppliers and charities.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 07/11/2022 15:04:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 29726 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1536749

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	Warm Home Discount Scheme
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 is taking steps to provide financial support to people who were previously eligible for the Warm Home Discount Scheme and are no longer eligible following changes in eligibility criteria.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
uin	73173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government has expanded and reformed the Warm Home Discount scheme in England and Wales to target fuel poverty better, provide the majority of the rebates automatically, and standardise the eligibility across all participating energy suppliers. Over 3 million households will receive a rebate this winter.</p><p> </p><p>Energy suppliers can provide additional support to households through the Industry Initiatives portion of the scheme, through measures such as financial assistance, debt write-off, benefit entitlement checks, energy advice, and energy efficiency.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 01/11/2022 18:09:39 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 29727 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood

1536750

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the answer of Answer of 20 October 2022 to Question 64063 on Housing: Insulation, what recent steps his Department has taken to help increase the level of cavity wall insulation in homes.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	72980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>BEIS is continuing to provide Cavity Wall Insulation as a measure through the Sustainable Warmth scheme, the Energy Company Obligation scheme, the Home Upgrade Grant scheme and the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund to low income and vulnerable households, and households which have the poorest Energy Performance Certification rating.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/11/2022 17:10:57 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1536751

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage: Job Creation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the policy paper entitled The Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, published on 18 November 2020, how many jobs have been created in carbon capture, usage and storage since the publication of the plan.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	72981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not hold data on all jobs which have been created in carbon capture, usage and storage since the publication of the plan. The Government estimates the carbon capture industry could support up to 50,000 jobs in the UK in 2030.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/11/2022 17:11:04 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1536755

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	Carbon Capture and Storage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the policy paper entitled The Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, published on 18 November 2020, what recent progress has his Department made on finalising the new carbon capture, usage and storage business models since the publication of the plan.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	72982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>In January, the Government published updates on the Transport and Storage business model with a further update due by the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2022, draft form contracts were published for both power and Industrial Carbon Capture business models. Government is working to develop adaptations to the industrial business model for waste management CCS projects.</p><p> </p><p>The Government expects to publish a response to the Power Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage business model consultation in the new year.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/11/2022 17:11:11 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1536762

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the policy paper entitled The Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, published on 18 November 2020, how many jobs have been created in offshore wind since the publication of the plan.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	72983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics publish statistics on employment in the offshore wind sector. Their data, published in February 2022, shows 10,100 people are estimated to have been directly employed, and 14,200 indirectly employed, in the offshore wind sector in 2020, the latest year for which data is available:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/bulletins/finalestimates/2020" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/bulletins/finalestimates/2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/11/2022 17:11:18 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1536765

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	Nuclear Power: Job Creation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the policy paper entitled The Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, published on 18 November 2020, how many jobs have been created in nuclear power since the publication of the plan.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	72984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2022 answer text <p>Since the publication of the Ten Point Plan, this Government has been in constructive negotiations on the Sizewell C project which is likely to support 10,000 jobs at peak construction. In addition, the British Energy Security Strategy announced an aim for up to 24GW of nuclear capacity by 2050, which will create highly skilled jobs at a local, regional, and national level.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/11/2022 17:11:25 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1536798

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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	Paternity Leave and Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2022 to Question 65958 on Parental Pay, what estimate his Department has made of the number of working new fathers who were eligible for (a) Statutory Paternity Leave and (b) Statutory Paternity Pay in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	73112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not routinely collect data on the number of fathers eligible for Statutory Paternity Leave and Pay. However, in order to gather information among parents on how parental entitlements, including Paternity Leave and Pay, are used in practice, the Government commissioned the Parental Rights Survey as part of the Shared Parental Leave (SPL) evaluation.</p><p> </p><p>We intend to publish the SPL evaluation and underpinning research, which includes information on the take-up of Statutory Paternity Leave and Pay, in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 04/11/2022 14:32:57 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1536802

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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 his Department will take steps to provide support for people who do not have electricity provided through a domestic electricity supply contract and cannot access the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
uin	73174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>As announced on 29 July, the EBSS Alternative Funding will be available to provide equivalent support of £400 for energy bills for households that will not receive the EBSS. This includes those who do not have a domestic electricity meter or a direct relationship with an energy supplier.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is finalising the details of the Alternative Funding to ensure the process is up and running for applications this winter.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 03/11/2022 17:24:50 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood