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1309081

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2021
	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	Carbon Emissions
	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 is taking to help vulnerable consumers make the transition to net zero.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	180965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has extended the Energy Company Obligation to 2026 and expanded the Warm Home Discount to £475 million per year from 2022 to 2025/2026. This will see targeted support continue to be provided to low-income and vulnerable households to install energy saving measures and heat their homes over the winter months, while making savings on their energy bills through having better insulated homes. The future Home Upgrade Grant scheme, due to commence in 2022, will support low-income households with upgrades to the worst-performing homes off the gas grid in England. These upgrades will create warmer homes at lower cost and support low-income families with the switch to low-carbon heating. This increased energy efficiency is complemented by the Government’s rollout of over 26 million smart meters, which help consumers see how much energy they are using in near real-time and make sure they are ready to take advantage of the next wave of flexible, low-carbon technologies and energy tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to getting the transition to net zero right for all consumers, including those in vulnerable circumstances, and will shortly publish a call for evidence to begin an ongoing strategic dialogue between consumers, industry and the Government on affordability in the energy system.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 19/04/2021 15:39:29 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1466355

	registered interest
	date	26/05/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate he has made of the amount of PM 2.5 emissions that has been produced by the (a) manufacturing and combustion sector as a whole, (b) burning of all types of biomass and (c) burning of wood pellets for energy.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	9950
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>Emissions of key air pollutants, including PM<sub>2.5</sub>, are compiled and reported by Defra</p><p>on an annual basis through the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory. The latest data is available to view at <a href="https://naei.beis.gov.uk/data" target="_blank">https://naei.beis.gov.uk/data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 09/06/2022 16:34:53 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1304849

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2021
	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	Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how the UK carbon budget contributes to the Government's Climate Change mitigation strategy; and what assessment he has made of what investment is required in educational buildings to retro-fit those building to net zero emissions standards as part of the Build Back Better Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
	tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
	uin	173229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>The Climate Change Act 2008 introduced our framework of carbon budgets to mitigate climate change by ensuring continued progress towards our emission reduction target, capping emissions in successive five-year blocks. Through this legal framework and ambitious policy action, we have shown that cutting emissions and growing the economy go hand-in-hand – reducing our emissions by over 43% since 1990 while growing the economy by 78%.</p><p> </p><p>We are going further and faster to mitigate climate change. This year we will set the sixth carbon budget in legislation and publish a Net Zero Strategy ahead of COP26, setting out the Government’s vision for transitioning to a net zero economy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to its manifesto pledge to invest £9.2 billion in the energy efficiency of homes, schools, and hospitals, helping to decarbonise buildings to keep us on track to reach net zero emissions by 2050.</p><p> </p><p>The Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme is a government-funded grant scheme to help public sector organisations in England, including schools, colleges and universities, and reserved public services across to the UK to install low carbon heating and energy efficiency measures on their estates. On 17th March 2021, £75m of funding was announced for Phase 2 Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 25/03/2021 17:16:40 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1460099

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the Government's policy is on creating a register of carbon offset schemes in the UK to monitor the purchase of viable agricultural land used for this purpose.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	158942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The UK Land Carbon Registry is operated on behalf of the UK and Devolved Governments. It contains information about projects registered under the UK Woodland Carbon Code and the UK Peatland Code, the location of registered projects, and the quantity of carbon units issued to date and expected to be issued in future subject to verification of the carbon savings delivered ( <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.woodlandcarboncode.org.uk%2Fuk-land-carbon-registry&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C23221dac361e40e0381e08da286c3c2b%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637866742568858561%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=tJIt2UJXaR%2BkPo3CqQJ1V%2BsbD0d9r26aTFz%2B53ttZtI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.woodlandcarboncode.org.uk/uk-land-carbon-registry</a>).</p><p>Agricultural and planning policies are devolved matters. In England Her Majesty's Land Registry publishes information on all companies (UK and overseas) which own property in England and Wales ( <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Forganisations%2Fland-registry&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cpqteam%40defra.gov.uk%7C23221dac361e40e0381e08da286c3c2b%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637866742568858561%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=C1OgodPYrMfmFKAZdWxB%2BX1FHpUt7KC7j5rOtygcb0c%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/land-registry</a>).</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 28/04/2022 09:46:44 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

923955

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2018
	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 Emissions
	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 it his policy to match the Scottish Government's target of reducing carbon emissions by 90 per cent by 2050.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
	tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
	uin	153874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in April that we will be seeking advice from the UK’s independent advisers, the Committee on Climate Change, on the implications of the Paris Agreement for the UK’s long-term emission reduction targets after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s report later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Clean Growth Strategy made clear that the Government believes the UK will need to legislate for a net zero emissions target at an appropriate point in the future, to provide legal certainty on where the UK is heading.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/06/2018 12:42:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1288308

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2021
	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	Carbon Emissions
	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 plans the Government has to incentivise investment capital in low carbon (a) innovation, (b) technology and (c) energy solutions to help accelerate the delivery of regional decarbonisation targets.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	156316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s 10 Point Plan for a green industrial revolution will create long-term advantage for the UK in low-carbon technologies and services. It will support up to 250,000 green jobs, levelling up regions across the UK, and reinvigorate our industrial heartlands. The Plan will mobilise £12 billion of government investment to unlock three times as much private sector investment by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>Delivering clean investment at the scale and pace required will mean taking bold steps. That is why we will issue the UK’s first Sovereign Green Bond and we will create a new infrastructure bank for the UK which will co-invest alongside private sector investors in infrastructure projects.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Plan, we announced £1 billion for the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio to develop the cutting-edge technologies needed to reach our energy ambitions. We are also investing up to £500 million for low carbon hydrogen production across the decade with £240 million confirmed out to 2024/2025 and £1 billion to capture carbon from power stations and industry, helping to support 50,000 jobs.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 02/03/2021 16:55:25 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

849983

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2018
	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 Emissions
	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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on Government support for (a) local authorities and (b) communities to meet the UK's targets for carbon emissions.
	tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
	tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
	uin	129551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Climate change is one of the most urgent and pressing challenges we face today, and the UK Government is committed to tackling it. The Clean Growth Strategy, published in October 2017, sets out the Government’s ambitious plans for decarbonising the economy through the 2020s. We continue to engage with Departments on implementing the strategy, including the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.</p><p>The joint BEIS and MHCLG office for Cities and Local Growth works closely with Ministers from both Departments, as well as Local Enterprise Partnerships and local authorities. BEIS has launched a Local Energy Programme which will provide support to Local Enterprise Partnerships and local authorities to help them implement energy projects which benefit their communities. To date, £7m has been committed to this. Additionally a further £16m has been provided to Local Authorities by the Heat Networks Delivery Unit (HNDU) and £24m through the pilot phase of the £320m Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP). Local Authorities can also bid for funding in the main scheme of HNIP.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/03/2018 16:50:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

932373

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	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 Emissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the 2018 Progress Report to Parliament of the Committee on Climate Change published on 2 June, what measures they intend to take to meet its recommendation that action must be taken now to avoid unnecessary costs to the public in the shift to a low-carbon economy.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL9085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>Since the Climate Change Act came into force 10 years ago the UK has proven to be a world-leader in tackling climate change – including by cutting emissions faster than any other G7 country since 1990. As the Committee on Climate Change has recognised, the UK has made strong progress to date in cleaning up the power and waste sectors. Our ambitious Clean Growth Strategy sets out our plans to go further, looking across the whole of the economy and the country. It includes ambitious policies and proposals on housing, business, transport, the natural environment and green finance and our priority is now on delivering these.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will respond formally to the Committee on Climate Change’s 2018 progress report in the Autumn.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 12/07/2018 12:52:17 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

63493

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2014
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of carbon reduction targets on jobs in the wood panelling sector.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
	tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
	uin	202115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that industrial sectors maintain their competitiveness during the transition to a low-carbon economy, and continue to invest and provide employment in the UK. We have recognised the additional costs that climate and energy policies can place on energy-intensive industries, including the wood panelling sector, and announced a range of new measures in Budget 2014 to radically reduce these costs, in addition to the compensation measures already in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Gregory Barker question first answered 01/07/2014 14:39:19 answering member 1389 label Biography information for Lord Barker of Battle
	tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

1337294

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2021
	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	Carbon Emissions
	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 in response to the Environmental Audit Committee's recommendations to (a) remove the barriers to community energy and (b) implement practical support measures to enable community energy to fulfil its role of engaging people and communities in net zero.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	16857
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of community energy. We have responded to the Environmental Audit Committee’s recommendations, our response can be viewed here:</p><p><a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/62/environmental-audit-committee/publications/3/correspondence/" target="_blank">https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/62/environmental-audit-committee/publications/3/correspondence/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 21/06/2021 13:44:57 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed