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	registered interest
	date	02/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Work Capability Assessment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If she will make it her policy to allow virtual or telephone Work Capability Assessments for (a) universal credit and (b) employment support allowance claimants including those who (i) need an interpreter (including BSL), (ii) have hearing difficulties, (iii) have speech difficulties, (iv) have learning disabilities and (v) suicidal ideation or behaviour and a history of self harm to make the process equivalent to that for personal independence payments.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	161834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The assessment criteria for Personal Independence Payment are very different to those for the Work Capability Assessment (WCA), which assesses whether claimants to Employment and Support Allowance, and Universal Credit have limited capability for work.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that there are some claimants who are unable to undertake a WCA telephone assessment because of their health condition and we are currently developing ways in which we can support these individuals. We are continuing to assess as many people as we are able to on paper evidence, using this route as often as possible. We are also undertaking some video assessments, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals invited for a telephone assessment are encouraged to inform their assessment provider of any additional requirements they may have, and the provider will endeavour to meet any reasonable requests. This is explained to the individual in the initial invitation letter for all telephone assessments. For example, companions are able to join a telephone assessment, as they could for a face to face assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Claimants who we are unable to assess by telephone or video because of their health condition will be prioritised when we are able to safely resume face-to-face assessments.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 160754 question first answered 09/03/2021 15:49:44 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1698441

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	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	Electricity Interconnectors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many electricity interconnectors are operational; and what the megawatt capacity is per interconnector.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	20216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Great Britain currently has nine operational interconnectors, listed alongside their deployed capacity:</p><ul><li>IFA 2000MW (GB - France)</li><li>Moyle 500MW (GB - Northern Ireland)</li><li>BritNed 1000MW (GB - Netherlands)</li><li>East-West 500MW (GB - Republic of Ireland)</li><li>Nemo Link 1000MW (GB - Belgium)</li><li>IFA2 1000MW (GB - France)</li><li>North Sea Link 1400MW (GB - Norway)</li><li>ElecLink 1000MW (GB - France)</li><li>Viking Link 1400MW (GB - Denmark)</li></ul> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/04/2024 05:32:15 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1698442

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	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	Electricity Generation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many gigawatt hours of electricity was produced domestically in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	20217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>Figures for UK electricity generation are published in Energy Trends table 5.1, available at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Felectricity-section-5-energy-trends&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C9d6e08ea304f4fe054f308dc5deb7d91%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638488513200535248%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5G9cUrmHypaleUHYpBBwd0qf4RCae%2FOMlfr0sZ6%2BOwY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/electricity-section-5-energy-trends</a>. Provisionally, in 2023, UK generators produced 285,606 GWh of electricity.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/04/2024 05:31:45 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1712862

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	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	Net Zero Innovation Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many meetings of the Net Zero Innovation Board have taken place since February 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Alistair Strathern
	uin	23077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The Net Zero Innovation Board provides strategic oversight of government funding of net zero innovation programmes and has met four times since February 2023 – in July, October and December 2023 and March 2024.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson grouped question UIN 23076 question first answered 25/04/2024 05:54:32 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	5000 label Biography information for Alistair Strathern

1698552

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	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	Offshore Industry: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many people are employed in the gas and oil industry; and what methodology her Department uses to calculate this statistic.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
	uin	20459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department uses widely recognised industry estimates provided by Offshore Energies UK (OEUK). According to OEUK’s 2022 workforce estimates (<a href="https://oeuk.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/OEUK-Workforce-Insight-2022.pdf" target="_blank">https://oeuk.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/OEUK-Workforce-Insight-2022.pdf</a>), oil and gas companies support around 200,000 jobs across the supply chain and wider local economy. This includes 30,000 people who are employed directly by the sector.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the methodology used by OEUK to estimate workforce numbers was provided in the answer given to the hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion on 25 March 2024 to Question UIN <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2024-03-15%2F18876&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C4b5af0b3915147184ed908dc5deacc0e%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638488510230977267%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=41n2YCbYL6E0uk%2FknB1qbz3L1J30KtHyEShcf86Rfpw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">18876</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 17/04/2024 05:29:33 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna

1700398

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Mineworkers' Pension 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, how many people are recipients of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme in (a) Rother Valley constituency and (b) the rest of the UK as of 16 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	21285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>As at June 2023, there were 1,778 Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (MPS) members living in the Rother Valley constituency. As at 29 February 2024, there were 116,143 MPS members. These are the latest available figures.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/04/2024 14:03:01 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1700401

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	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	Coal: Concessions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many people receive fuel under the National Concessionary Fuel Scheme in Rother Valley constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
	tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
	uin	21288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>There are 45 individuals in receipt of solid fuel in Rother Valley constituency postcode areas as of 15<sup>th</sup> April 2024. There are an additional 517 individuals that have selected the cash-in-lieu of fuel alternative available under National Concessionary Fuel Scheme arrangements.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 22/04/2024 14:01:38 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1700878

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	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	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Termination of Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many staff have left her Department since its creation.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	uin	21689
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The number of employees that have left the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) since Department records began is 389.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/04/2024 05:24:03 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1701809

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2024
	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	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Aberdeen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many staff will employed in her Department's offices in Aberdeen at grade (a) 6, (b) 7 and (c) SCS by 2027.
	tabling member constituency	Angus
	tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
	uin	22389
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Aberdeen has 102 staff (as at end March 24) and our ambition is to increase this to 135 by March 2027, however this is the overall target for this location; targets are not specific to grades or staff groups.</p><p> </p><p>Relocation of roles out of London is being managed via voluntary relocation of internal staff and through recruitment, therefore we are unable to predict grade composition of staff that will be based in Aberdeen in 2027.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/04/2024 14:20:14 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1702553

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2024
	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	National Grid
	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 she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the recommendations on upgrading the electricity grid in the report by Electricity Systems Operators entitled Beyond 2030, published on 19 March 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Green
	uin	22829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The network build proposed in ‘Beyond 2030’ supports the connection of 21GW of offshore wind and other low carbon generation, covering £58 billion estimated investment into the electricity network.</p><p> </p><p>Network expansion will support energy security and decarbonisation goals including connecting renewable energy to the grid, and the electrification of industry, heat and transport. The proposals will accelerate delivery of low-cost, homegrown energy to homes and businesses and reduce curtailment of renewable energy resulting from network constraints.</p><p> </p><p>National Grid ESO estimates the proposals could add £15 billion to the UK economy and support over 20,000 jobs annually.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 24/04/2024 14:24:23 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green