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867540

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	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	Energy: Meters
	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 ensure that savings from the roll-out of smart meters will be passed on to consumers.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	133515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Smart metering will give consumers the tools they need – through access to energy consumption data – to take control of their energy use. Consumers can start saving energy from the moment their smart meter is installed. In a recent survey Smart Energy GB found that 86% of people with a smart meter said they made energy saving changes to their behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>Suppliers have a strong incentive to keep costs down. If suppliers do not deliver the programme cost-efficiently, they risk losing customers to their competitors.</p><p> </p><p>Smart meters will help improve engagement and competition. The Programme will give households the information to allow them to be more active consumers and more easily act upon poor service of expensive tariffs, by being able to switch suppliers quickly and simply.</p><p> </p><p>Ahead of that, the Government is introducing legislation to cap poor value standard variable and default tariffs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/03/2018 14:06:52 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 49838 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

867585

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	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	Tidal Power: Swansea Bay
	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 discussions his Department has had with the Welsh Government onthe Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	133560
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy regularly discuss matters of mutual interest with their counterparts in the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/03/2018 14:17:03 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 49820 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

868387

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2018
	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	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, how many (a) domestic and (b) small non-domestic energy customers are presently on time of use tariffs.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	133607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>As of 31<sup>st</sup> December 2016, in Great Britain, there were 4.4 million domestic time of use (Economy 7 type meters). Of these, BEIS estimate that there were around 3.1 million domestic customers on Economy 7 or 10 tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>While a number of suppliers are offering time of use and other innovative tariffs enabled by smart metering and elective half-hourly settlement, we do not have information on the number of domestic customers on these types of tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>As of 31<sup>st</sup> December 2016, in Great Britain, there were around 500,000 non-domestic profile 4 Economy 7 type meters (used by small non-domestic customers). However some properties with Economy 7 meters will be on single rate tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>Source:</p><p>An estimate for the number of Economy 7 meters in Great Britain can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/regional-and-local-authority-electricity-consumption-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/regional-and-local-authority-electricity-consumption-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/03/2018 14:08:34 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 49818 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

869457

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	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	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2018 to Question 125469, what the difference is between the installation cost figures used in the 2016 cost-benefit analysis update and energy suppliers’ current data on installation costs; and what effect the current data on installations will have on his policy on smart meter installation.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	133971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The 2016 Cost-Benefit Analysis shows that after all costs have been considered, the rollout of smart meters overall is set to deliver £5.7bn of benefits over the lifetime of the programme. The Cost-Benefit analysis took account of real-world data on installations from energy suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department plans to update its Cost-Benefit analysis in 2019, informed by the latest available costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/03/2018 14:06:00 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 50236 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

869458

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	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	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February to Question 127494, on Energy: Meters, what progress has been made on ensuring all SMETS1 meters (a) are interoperable and (b) can be connected to the DCC.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	133972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s objective from the start of the rollout has been for SMETS1 meters to be enrolled into the Data and Communications Company (DCC), so that consumers can keep their smart services when they switch energy supplier. The DCC is working on a project to move SMETS1 meters into its national system from late 2018.</p><p> </p><p>SMETS1 meters have already been helping millions of consumers to understand their energy use better, which is why eight of ten people would recommend them to family or friends.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/03/2018 14:25:01 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 50162 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

869497

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	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	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, how many (a) men, and (b) women have been in precarious employment in each year since 2011.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	134011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not have a formal definition for precarious employment.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) provides data on various working patterns and contract type (e.g. temporary employees) as part of its Labour Market Statistics, and this data is available by gender:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/march2018" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/employmentandemployeetypes/bulletins/uklabourmarket/march2018</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 28/03/2018 14:03:18 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths previous answer version 50237 answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

867361

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	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	Private Sector: Leave
	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 assessment his Department has made of the number of companies, restaurant chains and shops that require staff to organise their own cover before taking leave to which they are entitled.
	tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
	tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
	uin	133336
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made such an assessment</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 28/03/2018 16:36:42 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

867370

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	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	Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
	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 assessment he has made of the recommendations directed towards the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate arising from the Cabinet Office's Regulatory Futures Review, published in January 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	133345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>The Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate is currently working with the Health &amp; Safety Laboratory (HSL) - part of the Health &amp; Safety Executive - on developing HSL’s Find-IT tool to link a number of datasets together. This will help EAS further develop its intelligence functionality whilst also improving its ability to maximise its resources.</p><p> </p><p>EAS are also working with HSL and other Government Departments on developing a wider information sharing protocol. This work is on-going.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 28/03/2018 15:51:08 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

867547

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	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	Employment: Mothers
	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 help women get back into work after maternity leave.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	133522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>A woman has the right to return to the same job if she has taken 26 weeks of maternity leave or less. If she has taken more than 26 weeks of maternity leave, she has the right to return to the same job or another job which is suitable and appropriate, if it is not reasonably practicable to give her the same job.</p><p> </p><p>It is also possible for a woman to work up to 10 days during a period of maternity leave (with her employer’s agreement) without bringing her maternity leave or entitlement to statutory maternity pay to an end. These days are called ‘keeping in touch days’.</p><p>The Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme can make it easier for a mother, if she wishes, to return to work sooner by curtailing part of her maternity entitlement to provide for shared parental leave and/or pay for the father or her partner to take, subject to eligibility and compliance with the correct notification requirements. The Government is currently running a communication campaign to promote the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Flexible working can also help a returning mother balance her work with other responsibilities. In addition to the statutory right to request flexible working, we have established a Flexible Working Taskforce to work with groups representing business, workers and relevant interests, to respond to the Prime Minister’s call to businesses to make flexible working a reality for all employees by advertising all jobs as flexible from Day 1, unless there are solid business reasons not to.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 28/03/2018 15:31:27 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

857839

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2018
	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	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
	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 is taking to encourage high street retailers to reduce their carbon footprint.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	131739
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Achieving clean growth, while ensuring an affordable energy supply for businesses is at the heart of the UK’s Industrial Strategy, and the Government is taking steps to encourage high street retailers to reduce their carbon footprint. Minimum energy efficiency standards and energy labelling regulations for energy-using products are making lighting and appliances that they buy more energy efficient. The Energy Technology List encourages high street retailers to invest in the most energy efficient plant and machinery, as part of the Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) for energy-saving technologies. Through energy efficiency programmes such as the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) and Climate Change Agreements (CCAs), high street retailers are encouraged to make improvements to the way in which they use energy.</p><p> </p><p>We also require certain companies to measure and report their energy use and carbon emissions. This helps them to lower their energy costs, gain a better understanding of exposure to the risks of climate change, and demonstrate leadership to strengthen their green credentials in the marketplace. We have recently consulted on proposals to introduce a new and streamlined energy and carbon reporting framework.</p><p> </p><p>Government provides support to businesses, public sector and non-profit organisations in meeting the cost of installing renewable heat technologies through the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). The scheme is designed to bridge the gap between the cost of fossil fuel heat sources and renewable and low carbon heat alternatives through financial support for owners of participating installations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also committed to ensuring that small businesses in the country are offered a smart meter by the end 2020. Smart metering will give high street retailers access to the information they need to understand and manage their energy use better, save money on bills and reduce carbon emissions.</p><p> </p><p>There is also a role for behaviour change in emissions reduction. The government has published guidance to help businesses, especially SMEs, identify simple measures like not having doors propped open for convenience, which can help save up to 30% of heating costs.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/03/2018 14:24:07 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk