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176781

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether joint committees of NHS England and clinical commissioning groups are permitted to deviate from national service specifications for specialised services.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	222695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is the accountable commissioner and budget holder for all specialised services as set out in The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012, with the Manual for prescribed specialised services providing further detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has achieved significant progress in developing a set of nationally consistent service standards and commissioning policies, which ensure equity of access to high quality services across the board. Those standards and policies will continue to apply for those specialised services which are to be collaboratively commissioned by NHS England and clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is currently in the process of agreeing the guidance on the collaborative commissioning arrangements which will be in place from 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has clarified that where there are collaboratively commissioned services, NHS England will retain the full financial risk for these services for 2015/16. NHS England has advised us that there will be further work conducted over the next year to advise on the range of specialised services for which NHS England should remain the accountable commissioner and budget holder for 2016/17 and future years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Copies of The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012 and the Manual for prescribed specialised services are attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name nhs-england-and-ccg-regulations.pdf title Regulations NHS Commissioning Board & CCGs 2 file name pss-manual.pdf title Manual prescribed specialised services question first answered 03/02/2015 15:09:14 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2015 15:20:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 42619 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

176783

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when NHS England will publish details of the co-commissioning of specialised services.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	222693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is the accountable commissioner and budget holder for all specialised services as set out in The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012, with the Manual for prescribed specialised services providing further detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has achieved significant progress in developing a set of nationally consistent service standards and commissioning policies, which ensure equity of access to high quality services across the board. Those standards and policies will continue to apply for those specialised services which are to be collaboratively commissioned by NHS England and clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is currently in the process of agreeing the guidance on the collaborative commissioning arrangements which will be in place from 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has clarified that where there are collaboratively commissioned services, NHS England will retain the full financial risk for these services for 2015/16. NHS England has advised us that there will be further work conducted over the next year to advise on the range of specialised services for which NHS England should remain the accountable commissioner and budget holder for 2016/17 and future years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Copies of The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012 and the Manual for prescribed specialised services are attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name nhs-england-and-ccg-regulations.pdf title Regulations NHS Commissioning Board & CCGs 2 file name pss-manual.pdf title Manual prescribed specialised services question first answered 03/02/2015 15:09:14 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2015 15:21:10 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 42620 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

176784

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS England will remain the sole budget-holder and accountable commissioner for all specialised services.
	tabling member constituency	Walsall South
	tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
	uin	222694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>NHS England is the accountable commissioner and budget holder for all specialised services as set out in The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012, with the Manual for prescribed specialised services providing further detail.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has achieved significant progress in developing a set of nationally consistent service standards and commissioning policies, which ensure equity of access to high quality services across the board. Those standards and policies will continue to apply for those specialised services which are to be collaboratively commissioned by NHS England and clinical commissioning groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England is currently in the process of agreeing the guidance on the collaborative commissioning arrangements which will be in place from 1 April 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England has clarified that where there are collaboratively commissioned services, NHS England will retain the full financial risk for these services for 2015/16. NHS England has advised us that there will be further work conducted over the next year to advise on the range of specialised services for which NHS England should remain the accountable commissioner and budget holder for 2016/17 and future years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Copies of The National Health Service Commissioning Board and Clinical Commissioning Groups (Responsibilities and Standing Rules) Regulations 2012 and the Manual for prescribed specialised services are attached.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name nhs-england-and-ccg-regulations.pdf title Regulations NHS Commissioning Board & CCGs 2 file name pss-manual.pdf title Manual prescribed specialised services question first answered 03/02/2015 15:09:14 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2015 15:23:29 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 42621 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

100157

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	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	Energy: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the likely total allocation from the levy control framework for (a) feed in tariffs, (b) renewables obligations and (c) projects agreed under the final investment decision-enabling process in each year from 2015 to 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	211400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2014 answer text <p>The projected allocation from the levy control framework for feed in tariffs, the renewables obligation and projects agreed under the final investment decision-enabling process in financial years from 2015/16 to 2020/21 <del class="ministerial">will be</del> <ins class="ministerial">is expected to be</ins> published in an annex (‘DECC’s Consumer Funded Policies – a report to Parliament’) to the Annual Energy Statement.</p><p>Publication of the Annual Energy Statement is expected in Autumn 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 24/10/2014 13:35:38 question first ministerially corrected 28/10/2014 16:37:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock previous answer version 24144 answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

78447

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the total staff cost has been of (a) the Office of Unconventional Oil and Gas, (b) the Office of Carbon Capture and Storage, (c) his Department's human resources services, (d) the EMR delivery unit and (e) his Department's press office in each year since June 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	tabling member printed	Tom Greatrex
	uin	206298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Business Area</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2010-11</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2011-12</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2012-13</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2013-14</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><del class="ministerial"> </del></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£(k)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£(k)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£(k)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£(k)</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Unconventional Oil &amp; Gas</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">-</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">-</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">-</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">448</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">OCCS</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,419</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,762</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,515</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,570</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">HR</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,385</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,614</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,968</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,044</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">EMR Delivery Unit</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">-</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">-</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">-</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">4,299</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Communications (incl. Press Office)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,764</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,408</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1,643</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2,384</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Business Area</strong></ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2010-11</strong></ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2011-12</strong></ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2012-13</strong></ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2013-14</strong></ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td></tr><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">£(k)</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">£(k)</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">£(k)</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">£(k)</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td></tr><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">Unconventional Oil &amp; Gas</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">448</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td></tr><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">OCCS</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">1,419</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">1,762</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">2,515</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">2,570</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td></tr><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">HR</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">1,385</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">1,614</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">1,968</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">2,044</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td></tr><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">EMR Delivery Unit</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">-</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">4,299</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td></tr><tr><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">Communications (incl. Press Office)</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">2,678</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">2,223</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">2,450</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td><td><ins class="ministerial"> </ins><p><ins class="ministerial">2,384</ins></p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd previous answer version 11655 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd 17532 answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd question first answered 01/09/2014 13:56:12 question first ministerially corrected 12/09/2014 11:18:56 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	4047 label Biography information for Tom Greatrex

91410

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Local Safeguarding Children Boards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who is responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of child sexual exploitation action plans by local safeguarding children's boards.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	209052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Ofsted undertakes a review of each local safeguarding children’s board (LSCB) at the same time as they undertake their inspection of local authorities’ services for children in need of help and protection and looked after children. Neither the review nor the inspection makes specific judgements about the sexual exploitation of children or the effectiveness of the local child sexual exploitation action plans. However, inspectors are required to include in the cases they evaluate “children at risk of harm from physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect; inspectors will also want to identify those children and young people where the local authority have concerns that they may be vulnerable to child sexual exploitation and those children and young people who have been missing from care, home and education”. In undertaking the LSCB review inspectors are required to “evaluate the quality and impact of the policies and procedures produced by the LSCB, such as the local thresholds document and the child sexual exploitation action plan.” An LSCB’s response to child sexual exploitation is considered as part of the overall judgement on the performance of the LSCB. Seven LSCBs of the 3<ins class="ministerial">3</ins><del class="ministerial">1</del> inspected since the new framework came into being in November 2013 have been found to be inadequate.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 13/10/2014 16:12:11 question first ministerially corrected 20/10/2014 16:41:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 21507 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

91412

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Local Safeguarding Children Boards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which local safeguarding children's boards have failed inspections on their child sexual exploitation action plans.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	209053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Ofsted undertakes a review of each local safeguarding children’s board (LSCB) at the same time as they undertake their inspection of local authorities’ services for children in need of help and protection and looked after children. Neither the review nor the inspection makes specific judgements about the sexual exploitation of children or the effectiveness of the local child sexual exploitation action plans. However, inspectors are required to include in the cases they evaluate “children at risk of harm from physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect; inspectors will also want to identify those children and young people where the local authority have concerns that they may be vulnerable to child sexual exploitation and those children and young people who have been missing from care, home and education”. In undertaking the LSCB review inspectors are required to “evaluate the quality and impact of the policies and procedures produced by the LSCB, such as the local thresholds document and the child sexual exploitation action plan.” An LSCB’s response to child sexual exploitation is considered as part of the overall judgement on the performance of the LSCB. Seven LSCBs of the 3<ins class="ministerial">3</ins><del class="ministerial">1</del> inspected since the new framework came into being in November 2013 have been found to be inadequate.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 13/10/2014 16:12:11 question first ministerially corrected 20/10/2014 16:41:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 21593 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

91483

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Local Safeguarding Children Boards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who is responsible for monitoring the effectiveness of local safeguarding children boards' child sexual exploitation action plans.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	209003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Ofsted undertakes a review of each local safeguarding children’s board (LSCB) at the same time as they undertake their inspection of local authorities’ services for children in need of help and protection and looked after children. Neither the review nor the inspection makes specific judgements about the sexual exploitation of children or the effectiveness of the local child sexual exploitation action plans. However, inspectors are required to include in the cases they evaluate “children at risk of harm from physical, emotional and sexual abuse and neglect; inspectors will also want to identify those children and young people where the local authority have concerns that they may be vulnerable to child sexual exploitation and those children and young people who have been missing from care, home and education”. In undertaking the LSCB review inspectors are required to “evaluate the quality and impact of the policies and procedures produced by the LSCB, such as the local thresholds document and the child sexual exploitation action plan.” An LSCB’s response to child sexual exploitation is considered as part of the overall judgement on the performance of the LSCB. Seven LSCBs of the 3<ins class="ministerial">3</ins><del class="ministerial">1</del> inspected since the new framework came into being in November 2013 have been found to be inadequate.</p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 13/10/2014 16:12:11 question first ministerially corrected 20/10/2014 16:41:22 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 21592 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

62968

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2014
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Parliamentary Information and Communications Technology Service
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, which contractors have been hired by PICT during the current financial year; and which such contractors have had their contracts terminated due to poor performance.
	tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
	tabling member printed	Thomas Docherty
	uin	201451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>So far during the financial year 2014/15 PICT has employed <del class="ministerial">57</del><ins class="ministerial">61</ins> contractors, of whom <del class="ministerial">14</del><ins class="ministerial">15</ins> have been supporting services for Members. Further details cannot be provided without identifying individuals. Many are on short term contracts. None has had a contract terminated early.</p> answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso question first answered 24/06/2014 10:19:35 question first ministerially corrected 26/06/2014 12:08:43 answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso previous answer version 4754 answering member constituency Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross answering member printed John Thurso answering member 1399 label Biography information for Viscount Thurso
	tabling member	3962 label Biography information for Thomas Docherty

89915

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2014
	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	Energy: Prices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to encouraging energy companies to use income-differentiated tariffs as a means of addressing fuel poverty.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
	uin	HL1757
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Energy suppliers provide direct bill support for low income households through the Government’s Warm Home Discount scheme. <del class="ministerial">As the original impact assessment for the scheme made clear, the scheme grew in part out of a concern about affordability of energy bills and accessibility of appropriate tariffs for those on low incomes. The scheme is now hugely successful.</del> <del class="ministerial">This year the</del> <ins class="ministerial">The </ins>Warm Home<ins class="ministerial">s</ins> Discount will<ins class="ministerial"> increase to</ins> give eligible low-income bill payers £140 money off their energy bills, helping over 2 million people including 1.4 million of Britain’s most vulnerable pensioners.</p><p>There has been consideration of the role of differentiated tariffs as part of the Hills Review of Fuel Poverty, and in the development of Fuel Poverty: Framework for future action and Cutting the cost of keeping warm, the consultation to prepare for a new fuel poverty strategy.</p><p>We continue to monitor the impacts of the Ofgem’s Retail Market Review and wider Government action to ensure consumers are treated fairly in the energy market and are better able to the choose a deal that suits them. We expect to keep the case for further action under review as part of this.</p> answering member printed Baroness Verma question first answered 08/09/2014 08:09:35 question first ministerially corrected 15/09/2014 12:14:23 answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma previous answer version 18278 answering member printed Baroness Verma answering member 3790 label Biography information for Baroness Verma
	tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans