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1546857

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2022
	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 take steps with Cabinet colleagues to provide an energy assistance payment for families of disabled children and young people who have a high energy usage.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	99876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is delivering the Energy Bills Support Scheme, a £400 non-repayable grant to support families with their energy bills. Additionally, The Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) will save a typical household in Great Britain £900 this Winter. Families with disabled children are also entitled to a one-off £150 Disability Cost of Living Payment. The Government is currently reviewing the EPG. This consultation will explore the best ways to ensure that vulnerable high energy users, such as those with medical requirements, are not put at risk.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 05/12/2022 17:12:09 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1544823

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2022
	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	Working Hours: Conditions of Employment
	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 take steps to provide additional statutory protections for night shift workers, in the context of the potential health risks associated with night shift work.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	94781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The Working Time Regulations provide extensive protections to night workers. Before someone starts working at night, they must be offered a free health assessment to see if they are fit to work nights before they become a night worker and on a regular basis after that. A record of this must be kept by the employer. Employers must also make sure that night time workers do not work more than an average of 8 hours in a 24-hour period. Employers can make collective or workforce agreements to change or exclude this limit.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 28/11/2022 17:12:29 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1544555

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2022
	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	Employment: Health
	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 is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to assess the health and wellbeing of the night shift workforce.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	93563
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The Working Time Regulations provide specific protections to night workers. Before someone starts working at night, they must be offered a free health assessment to see if they are fit to work nights before they become a night worker and on a regular basis after that. A record of this must be kept by the employer. Employers must also make sure that night time workers do not work more than an average of 8 hours in a 24-hour period. Employers can make collective or workforce agreements to change or exclude this limit.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 93564 question first answered 25/11/2022 14:57:52 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1544558

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2022
	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	Working Hours: Conditions of Employment
	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 create a departmental working group which brings together industry stakeholders to discuss conditions for night shift workers.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	93564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2022 answer text <p>The Working Time Regulations provide specific protections to night workers. Before someone starts working at night, they must be offered a free health assessment to see if they are fit to work nights before they become a night worker and on a regular basis after that. A record of this must be kept by the employer. Employers must also make sure that night time workers do not work more than an average of 8 hours in a 24-hour period. Employers can make collective or workforce agreements to change or exclude this limit.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake grouped question UIN 93563 question first answered 25/11/2022 14:57:52 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1538647

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2022
	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	Employment: Menopause
	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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a legal requirement for employers with 250 or more employees to have a workplace Menopause Policy to protect and support people experiencing menopause.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	77449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government considers the best approach is to engage with employers to promote best practice and to support them to implement approaches that work for their own individual workplace. Through the Business Champion for Older Workers, and with external partners, Government is seeking to ensure that employers are aware of how best to support their staff experiencing menopause.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 07/11/2022 17:09:03 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1490963

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2022
	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	Lamp Insurance Company: Insolvency
	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 liquidation of the Lamp Insurance Company Limited, if he will make an estimate of the value of the assets and liabilities of the Lamp Insurance Company Limited when it entered liquidation; and for what reason that company's liabilities were not assigned to an acquiring company.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	40810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Official Receiver in Gibraltar is liquidator of Lamp Insurance Company Limited. Their preliminary report of 25 July 2019, available at <a href="http://www.lampinsurance.com/" target="_blank">www.lampinsurance.com</a> detailed the company’s assets and liabilities. The treatment of a company’s assets and liabilities is a matter for Gibraltarian insolvency law and the decisions of the liquidator.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 05/09/2022 08:37:28 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1490655

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2022
	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	Insolvency
	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 case of the Lamp Insurance Company Limited, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the steps required of (a) liquidators and (b) regulatory bodies in (i) Gibraltar and (ii) the UK to ensure that (A) creditors and (B) consumers are protected when a company goes into liquidation.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	39879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>LAMP Insurance Company Limited is a Gibraltar-incorporated and registered company which was authorised and regulated by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission. The company was placed into liquidation in Gibraltar on 31 May 2019 in accordance with the Gibraltar Insolvency Act 2011. The UK Government has no involvement in the legal or regulatory functions of the authorities in Gibraltar.</p><p> </p><p>LAMP Insurance Company Limited also operated in the UK and was authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. In the event that an authorised insurer fails operating in the UK or Gibraltar, there are consumer protections in place. Eligible policyholders can seek compensation from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme and refer claims disputes to the Financial Ombudsman Service. Creditors of the company who are not policyholders can lodge their claims and obtain further information via the Liquidator’s appointed agents, Grant Thornton Limited, who can be contacted by email at <a href="mailto:lampinsurance@gi.gt.com" target="_blank">lampinsurance@gi.gt.com</a>.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 05/09/2022 08:34:55 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1454913

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2022
	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: Dialysis Machines
	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 the Government plans to take to help ensure that people with kidney failure receiving home dialysis treatment, which uses large volumes of electricity, are able to maintain their energy requirements as energy costs rise; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	148238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>Consumers in vulnerable situations due to health issues are protected by the energy price cap if they are on a supplier’s default or standard variable tariff. They will also receive a £200 discount on their electricity bill this autumn, as part of the Government’s package worth £9.1 billion to help domestic households with rising energy bills. The Government will continue to support eligible vulnerable and low-income households through the Warm Home Discount, Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 148239 question first answered 31/03/2022 15:50:33 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1454914

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2022
	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: Dialysis Machines
	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 plans to take to mitigate the potential effect of rising energy costs on health inequalities for people with kidney failure receiving home dialysis treatment, which uses large volumes of electricity; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	148239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>Consumers in vulnerable situations due to health issues are protected by the energy price cap if they are on a supplier’s default or standard variable tariff. They will also receive a £200 discount on their electricity bill this autumn, as part of the Government’s package worth £9.1 billion to help domestic households with rising energy bills. The Government will continue to support eligible vulnerable and low-income households through the Warm Home Discount, Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 148238 question first answered 31/03/2022 15:50:33 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

1316123

	registered interest
	date	19/05/2021
	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	UK-china Green Finance Centre: Companies
	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 publish a list of UK companies who participate in the UK-China Green Finance Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Bootle
	tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
	uin	3903
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/05/2021 answer text <p>UK-China Green Finance Centre Partners can be found on the UK China Green Finance Centre website: <a href="https://www.ukchinagreen.org/about-us/partners/" target="_blank">https://www.ukchinagreen.org/about-us/partners/</a></p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 28/05/2021 12:25:16 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd