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1486553

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2022
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Contracts
	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 the total value has been of contracts held by their Department with (a) G4S, (b) Serco and (c) Capita in each year since 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	31003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>The total value of contracts held by BEIS with (a) G4S, (b) Serco and (c) Capita in each year since 2020 is detailed in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023 (committed)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Capita</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,176,448</p></td><td><p>£1,662,948</p></td><td><p>£1,606,198</p></td><td><p>£264,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Serco</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,525,500</p></td><td><p>£2,510,000</p></td><td><p>£1,986,131</p></td><td><p>£6,786</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>G4S</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£4,308</p></td><td><p>£26,880</p></td><td><p>£26,880</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£4,701,948</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£4,177,256</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£3,619,209</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£297,715</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 13/07/2022 09:00:39 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1486081

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2022
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Contracts
	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 many contracts that are worth (a) between £1 million and £3 million and (b) over £3 million their (i) Department and (ii) Department’s agencies and non-departmental public bodies (A) have agreed since 2010 and (B) are due to agree within the next 12 months; how much their Department has spent on monitoring each contract in each year since 2010; and how many officials have been working on that monitoring in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	29879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Loughborough answering member printed Jane Hunt question first answered 14/07/2022 11:01:42 answering member 4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1441464

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2022
	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: 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, what recent estimate he has made of the costs of electricity and gas transmission and distribution networks to consumers.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	140370
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2022 answer text <p>Data from the independent Great Britain energy regulator, Ofgem, show that the average estimated network costs per domestic customer per year in March 2021 were: gas distribution - £121; electricity distribution - £93; electricity transmission - £35; gas transmission - £10. This data is published at <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofgem.gov.uk%2Fenergy-data-and-research%2Fdata-portal%2Fall-available-charts%3Fsort%3Dcreated%26page%3D2&amp;data=04%7C01%7CIan.Lomas%40beis.gov.uk%7Ccf7933847c1c42d86c4208da0775b30f%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637830499329528062%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=RLGtzJiEH7b0B%2BQ2ML%2B3HBehCbMAg4EUbUGsdrJnuz8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-data-and-research/data-portal/all-available-charts?sort=created&amp;page=2</a> (chart: ‘estimated network costs per domestic customer’).</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 18/03/2022 15:09:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1441467

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2022
	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: Investment Income
	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 report entitled Profiting amid the energy crisis: the distribution networks at the heart of the UK's gas and electricity system, published on 14 March 2022, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report's findings on the level of dividends paid by electricity distribution and gas distribution network operators to shareholders since 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	140371
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>Network regulation is a matter for Ofgem as the energy regulator. While dividends are a matter for the individual companies and are a normal part of returns to equity capital providers, the return on capital network companies can earn is regulated by Ofgem.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem uses the RIIO price control to establish a regulatory framework which allows network companies to attract the investment they need to ensure a safe, secure and reliable supply of energy while saving consumers money by keeping returns as low as possible. In the most recent price control for gas distribution and electricity transmission RIIO-2, Ofgem has reduced the allowed return on capital to save consumers £2.3 billion over the five-year price control period. Ofgem will propose a similar reduction in allowed returns in the forthcoming electricity distribution price control.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 140372 question first answered 23/03/2022 17:03:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1441468

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2022
	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: Profitability
	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 report entitled Profiting amid the energy crisis: the distribution networks at the heart of the UK's gas and electricity system, published on 14 March 2022, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report's findings on the profitability of electricity and gas distribution industries in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	140372
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>Network regulation is a matter for Ofgem as the energy regulator. While dividends are a matter for the individual companies and are a normal part of returns to equity capital providers, the return on capital network companies can earn is regulated by Ofgem.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem uses the RIIO price control to establish a regulatory framework which allows network companies to attract the investment they need to ensure a safe, secure and reliable supply of energy while saving consumers money by keeping returns as low as possible. In the most recent price control for gas distribution and electricity transmission RIIO-2, Ofgem has reduced the allowed return on capital to save consumers £2.3 billion over the five-year price control period. Ofgem will propose a similar reduction in allowed returns in the forthcoming electricity distribution price control.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 140371 question first answered 23/03/2022 17:03:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1388763

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	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	Fuel Poverty: Yorkshire and the Humber
	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 estimate his Department has made of the number of households at risk of fuel poverty following the increase in the energy price cap in (a) October 2021 and (b) April 2022 in (i) Hemsworth constituency, (ii) Wakefield local authority area and (c) Yorkshire and Humberside.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	94291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>BEIS publish Fuel poverty statistics by Region (Table 1), Local Authority (Table 2) and parliamentary constituency (Table 4) in England, the latest data covers 2019. These are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics#2019-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics#2019-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s projection for the number of households in England that were in fuel poverty for the year 2021 is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fuel-poverty-statistics-projections-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fuel-poverty-statistics-projections-2021</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The energy price cap from 1 April 2022 will be announced by Ofgem later this year.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/01/2022 11:19:26 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1388764

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	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	Fuel Poverty
	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 he is taking to mitigate any potential increase in fuel poverty when a new energy price cap is announced in April 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	94292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>It is Ofgem’s role, as the independent regulator, to set the price cap.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to tackling fuel poverty, reducing energy bills and delivering warmer, safer homes for the most vulnerable. The Government considers improving the energy efficiency of homes to be the best long-term method of tackling of fuel poverty. Energy efficiency schemes include the Energy Company Obligation and the Sustainable Warmth Competition.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem rules require energy suppliers to offer customers at risk of debt, or in debt, the facility to repay their debt in instalments and require suppliers to take into account a customer’s ability to pay, where they are facing financial difficulties.</p><p> </p><p>In order to further help consumers, the Government has already introduced the extra £500m Household Support Fund for those more in need this winter, on top of other schemes like the Warm Home Discount, which is being increased to £150 and extended to an extra 780,000 households, to support the most vulnerable.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 12/01/2022 11:18:02 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1388765

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	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	Energy Supply: Billing
	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 he has taken to ensure consumers are protected from increases in consumer energy bills following supplier failures.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	94293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government and Ofgem ensure all consumers going through Supplier of Last Resort process will not go off supply and will have their credit balances protected.</p><p> </p><p>Millions of domestic energy consumers on their supplier’s standard variable and default tariffs are protected by the energy price cap. The price cap limits the rates a supplier can charge for these tariffs. The cap level is set by the energy regulator Ofgem and represents a fair price for energy based on the actual costs associated with supplying energy to consumers’ homes.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 11/01/2022 17:47:31 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1388766

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	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	Utilities: 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, if he will publish the number of customers whose energy supplier has closed since August 2021 in (a) each English region, and (b) Scotland, (c) Wales, (d) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	94294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government and Ofgem strive for orderly market exits and that customers are protected, with their supply uninterrupted. The available data the Government can share on the number of customers whose energy supplier has exited the market since the beginning of August 2021 is in the table below. Government does not hold regional customer data.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Company</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Customers transferred</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hub Energy</p></td><td><p>9 August</p></td><td><p>c. 6,000 domestic, c.9,000 non-domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoneyPlus Energy</p></td><td><p>7 September</p></td><td><p>c. 9,000 domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PFP Energy</p></td><td><p>7 September</p></td><td><p>c. 82,000 domestic, c. 5,600 non-domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Utility Point</p></td><td><p>14 September</p></td><td><p>c. 220,000 domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>People’s Energy</p></td><td><p>14 September</p></td><td><p>c. 350,000 domestic, c.1,000 non-domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Green Supplier Limited</p></td><td><p>22 September</p></td><td><p>c. 255,000 domestic, non-domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avro Energy</p></td><td><p>22 September</p></td><td><p>c. 580,000 domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Symbio Energy</p></td><td><p>29 September</p></td><td><p>c. 48,000 domestic, non-domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Igloo Energy</p></td><td><p>29 September</p></td><td><p>c. 179,000 domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ENSTROGA</p></td><td><p>29 September</p></td><td><p>c. 6,000 domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colorado Energy</p></td><td><p>13 October</p></td><td><p>c. 15,000 domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pure Planet</p></td><td><p>13 October</p></td><td><p>c. 235,000 domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daligas</p></td><td><p>14 October</p></td><td><p>c. 9,000 domestic &amp; non-domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>GOTO Energy</p></td><td><p>18 October</p></td><td><p>c. 22,000 domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bluegreen Energy Services Limited</p></td><td><p>1 November</p></td><td><p>c. 5,900 domestic, non-domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ampoweruk Ltd</p></td><td><p>2 November</p></td><td><p>c. 600 domestic, c.2,000 non-domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zebra Power Limited</p></td><td><p>2 November</p></td><td><p>c. 14,800 domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MA Energy Limited</p></td><td><p>2 November</p></td><td><p>c. 300 non-domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Omni Energy Limited</p></td><td><p>2 November</p></td><td><p>c. 6,000 domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CNG Energy Limited</p></td><td><p>3 November</p></td><td><p>c. 41,000 non-domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Energy Supply Ltd</p></td><td><p>16 November</p></td><td><p>c. 5,500 domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Neon Reef Limited</p></td><td><p>16 November</p></td><td><p>c. 30,000 domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Orbit Energy Limited</p></td><td><p>25 November</p></td><td><p>c. 65,000 domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Entice Energy</p></td><td><p>25 November</p></td><td><p>c. 5,400 domestic</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Zog Energy Limited</p></td><td><p>1 December</p></td><td><p>c. 11,700 domestic</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 11/01/2022 16:59:30 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1388767

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	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	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, what steps he plans to take under the Energy Retail Market Strategy to (a) ensure that consumers can always choose the lowest price and (b) escalate duties on energy companies to finance investment in low-carbon technologies.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	94295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government is inviting views on how future policy can best achieve the vision set out earlier this year in the Energy Retail Market Strategy, and how the lessons from recent market developments should inform this to ensure the energy retail market is resilient, sustainable, and continues to protect consumers as we move to a net zero energy system. The Government aims to publish an updated Strategy as soon as possible, once the market has stabilised.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 11/01/2022 16:56:11 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett