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1660624

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2023
	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	Local Area Energy Plans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of funding arrangements for local authorities to develop local area energy plans; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of amending the funding arrangements on (a) planning and (b) levels of participation in the process.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	199519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>Local government has significant discretion about how best to use its funding, including economic growth funding, and will need to consider how best to add value to its planning and strategic work.</p><p> </p><p>Numerous local authorities have adopted or are developing Local Area Energy Plans to explore routes to decarbonisation in their area.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 19/09/2023 11:06:28 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1658224

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2023
	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	Large Goods Vehicles: Carbon Emissions
	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 estimate of the level of carbon emissions from road haulage in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	197831
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero publishes annual statistics on UK territorial greenhouse gas emissions:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Ffinal-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics-1990-to-2021&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C8b503595925b4a290cf608dbb47822e5%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638302200289002683%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=v5mk7h1PrAx73eErcYPsvGEAQJL0lE%2Futc%2Bm3W90WXA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/final-uk-greenhouse-gas-emissions-national-statistics-1990-to-2021</a></p><p> </p><p>Emissions from road transport by vehicle type from 1990 up to 2021 can be found in table 1.2.</p><p> </p><p>Emissions by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), which include ‘freight transport by road and removal services’ as a category, can be found in the supplementary tables.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/09/2023 16:42:10 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1657878

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2023
	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	Climate Change Committee
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) rules, (b) agreements and (c) guidance her Department uses to decide what information to share with the Climate Change Committee.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	197525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department’s approach to sharing information with the CCC is underpinned by the Arm’s Length Body Sponsorship Code of Good Practice on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Climate Change Committee's Framework Document sets out more information about the working practices between the CCC and the Department. This includes a Memorandum of Understanding on economic modelling and sharing of analysis and research; and a regular working group. The Department is drafting an updated version of this document.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 12/09/2023 09:46:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1657879

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2023
	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	Climate Change Committee
	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 publish all the information her Department has shared with the Climate Change Committee to assist it in writing its annual progress report in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	197526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>Under the Climate Change Act 2008, there is no requirement to publish any information the Department shares with the CCC. It has no plans to do so.</p><p> </p><p>As required under the Act, the Department is due to publish its response to the CCC’s 2023 Progress Report in October.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 12/09/2023 06:48:10 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1656659

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	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	Carbon Emissions: Local Government
	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 much funding the Government has allocated through grant funding schemes for local authorities to implement net zero projects in the last year.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	196424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide a figure for the total amount of net zero grant funding available to local authorities because this depends on the decisions local authorities make themselves about how they use the funding available to them. Through their core settlement, grant funding schemes, and UK growth funding, Government provides a wide range of funding to support local authorities to tackle net zero goals.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has established the UK Infrastructure Bank with an initial £12 billion of capital. One of the bank’s core objectives is to support regional and local economic growth. This includes a lending facility of £4 billion for local authorities at preferential rates.</p><p> </p><p>Individual Government grant funding schemes each have their own monitoring and evaluation processes.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 196425 196427 196428 196429 question first answered 11/09/2023 10:55:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1656660

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	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	Carbon Emissions: Local Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what (a) funding schemes and (b) initiatives are available to local authorities to support net zero initiatives.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	196425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide a figure for the total amount of net zero grant funding available to local authorities because this depends on the decisions local authorities make themselves about how they use the funding available to them. Through their core settlement, grant funding schemes, and UK growth funding, Government provides a wide range of funding to support local authorities to tackle net zero goals.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has established the UK Infrastructure Bank with an initial £12 billion of capital. One of the bank’s core objectives is to support regional and local economic growth. This includes a lending facility of £4 billion for local authorities at preferential rates.</p><p> </p><p>Individual Government grant funding schemes each have their own monitoring and evaluation processes.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 196424 196427 196428 196429 question first answered 11/09/2023 10:55:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1656662

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	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	Carbon Emissions: Local Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has put in place (a) performance targets and (b) other accountability measures to help ensure the effective utilisation of funding provided to local authorities for net zero projects.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	196427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide a figure for the total amount of net zero grant funding available to local authorities because this depends on the decisions local authorities make themselves about how they use the funding available to them. Through their core settlement, grant funding schemes, and UK growth funding, Government provides a wide range of funding to support local authorities to tackle net zero goals.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has established the UK Infrastructure Bank with an initial £12 billion of capital. One of the bank’s core objectives is to support regional and local economic growth. This includes a lending facility of £4 billion for local authorities at preferential rates.</p><p> </p><p>Individual Government grant funding schemes each have their own monitoring and evaluation processes.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 196424 196425 196428 196429 question first answered 11/09/2023 10:55:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1656663

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	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	Carbon Emissions: Local Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what mechanisms she has to monitor the (a) progress and (b) impact of net zero projects that are funded by her Department and implemented by local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	196428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide a figure for the total amount of net zero grant funding available to local authorities because this depends on the decisions local authorities make themselves about how they use the funding available to them. Through their core settlement, grant funding schemes, and UK growth funding, Government provides a wide range of funding to support local authorities to tackle net zero goals.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has established the UK Infrastructure Bank with an initial £12 billion of capital. One of the bank’s core objectives is to support regional and local economic growth. This includes a lending facility of £4 billion for local authorities at preferential rates.</p><p> </p><p>Individual Government grant funding schemes each have their own monitoring and evaluation processes.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 196424 196425 196427 196429 question first answered 11/09/2023 10:55:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1656664

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	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	Carbon Emissions: Local Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of funding allocated to local authorities for net zero projects.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	196429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide a figure for the total amount of net zero grant funding available to local authorities because this depends on the decisions local authorities make themselves about how they use the funding available to them. Through their core settlement, grant funding schemes, and UK growth funding, Government provides a wide range of funding to support local authorities to tackle net zero goals.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has established the UK Infrastructure Bank with an initial £12 billion of capital. One of the bank’s core objectives is to support regional and local economic growth. This includes a lending facility of £4 billion for local authorities at preferential rates.</p><p> </p><p>Individual Government grant funding schemes each have their own monitoring and evaluation processes.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 196424 196425 196427 196428 question first answered 11/09/2023 10:55:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1656665

	registered interest
	date	01/09/2023
	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	Carbon Emissions: Local Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure equitable distribution of funding among local authorities to support their net zero initiatives.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	196430
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2023 answer text <p>There is a diverse range of grant funding schemes provided by HM Government to support local net zero delivery. This includes the core local government settlement from which all local authorities receive funding as well as grant programmes with competitions for funding into which local authorities can bid.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside funding opportunities, the Department provides further support to local authorities to deliver net zero, which is outlined in the Net Zero Strategy and Net Zero Growth Plan.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 11/09/2023 10:53:56 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse