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	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	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	Electricity: Prices
	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 plans to hold a public consultation on proposals to decouple electricity from wholesale gas prices.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	11838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>As part of the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) programme, the Government is considering a range of potential options to shield consumers from the impacts of potential future commodity price spikes and to ensure they benefit from renewables. The Government plans to publish a second REMA consultation in early 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The CfD scheme already insulates consumers against electricity price spikes. Over time this scheme will significantly reduce dependence on fossil fuelled power generation, lowering consumer exposure to gas prices.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 05/02/2024 10:11:37 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1685512

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2024
	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	Renewable Energy: Finance
	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 her Department will allocate funding to (a) planning authorities and (b) statutory consultees to help reduce approval times for renewable (i) generation and (ii) storage projects.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	11839
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>Measures for improving resource and capability in the Planning Inspectorate and statutory consultees were set out in the Nationally significant Infrastructure Planning Action Plan published by the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Local Communities in February last year (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fnationally-significant-infrastructure-projects-nsip-reforms-action-plan%2Fnationally-significant-infrastructure-action-plan-for-reforms-to-the-planning-process&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C6960772f53754e6c7f1a08dc26447f7b%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638427322844915980%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=6cM9lGBoSaWVbF72oIu0rMQNdS6tr8rLBwPACev%2BXfU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationally-significant-infrastructure-projects-nsip-reforms-action-plan/nationally-significant-infrastructure-action-plan-for-reforms-to-the-planning-process</a>), and were then consulted on in July last year. In parallel, provisions for cost recovery were included in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act. That is now being taken forward. This Department does not plan to allocate additional funding to these bodies.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 05/02/2024 12:25:12 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1662922

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	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 from the public purse the Government has provided to local authorities to support Net Zero initiatives in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	200776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide this information because it depends on the decisions local authorities make about using the funding available to them, such as their core local authority settlement. In addition to their core funding, local authorities can also use other funding to support net zero, such as UK growth funding and grant funds for specific programmes.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, DESNZ funds the Local Net Zero Hubs Programme which supports local authorities to develop net zero projects and attract commercial investment.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also established the UK Infrastructure Bank with an initial £12 billion of capital for the twin goals of tackling climate change and levelling up. This includes a loan facility for local government.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/10/2023 07:09:06 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1662923

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2023
	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 proportion of grant funding schemes funded by her Department are performing to a satisfactory standard according to their respective monitoring and evaluation processes as of 13 October 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	200777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department will review the performance of grant schemes through the completion of its first assessment of grant operations later in the year. This is a well-established process, administered by the Cabinet Office, for determining alignment with Government Functional Standards. Alongside this review, as a new department, the Department will establish the mechanisms to report specifically on grants and whether they meet their objectives.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/10/2023 08:17:01 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse