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992636

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	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	Living Wage: Business
	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 number of businesses paying the national living wage in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England; and if he'll make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	182093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>This Government is committed to building an economy that works for everyone, and the National Living Wage is part of our wider commitment to ensuring this, both in terms of fair pay and fair working conditions.</p><p> </p><p>We do not hold these particular statistics. Analysis from the Low Pay Commission (published in March 2018) shows that around 2.1 million workers are on the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates, in England, which equates to 8.9% of all workers. In Coventry around 11,400 workers are on the minimum wage (equivalent to around 8.1% of all workers), and across the West Midlands 266,000 workers are on the minimum wage (equivalent to 11.5% of all workers in the region).</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 29/10/2018 15:43:59 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 80904 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

772367

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2017
	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: Debts
	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 level of personal debt associated with unpaid energy bills; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	108128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>Figures on levels of personal debt associated with unpaid energy are sourced from the Ofgem report ‘vulnerable consumers in the retail energy market 2017’. Ofgem estimates that in 2016 the proportions of customers in debt for gas by nation were: England: 2.5%, Scotland: 2.7%, and Wales: 2.3%. For electricity the proportions are similar with England: 2.5%, Scotland: 2.5%, and Wales: 2.2%. The average level of debt owed at the point customers started repaying was for gas £622 and for electricity £628.</p><p>The full report can be found at <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2017/10/consumer_vulnerability_report_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2017/10/consumer_vulnerability_report_web.pdf</a></p><p>When a supplier becomes aware a customer is having difficulties paying their energy bills they are required by license conditions to offer:</p><ul><li>A means where payment may be deducted at source from benefits received by that customer;</li><li>Regular instalments paid through a means other than a prepayment meter - taking all reasonable steps to ascertain the customer’s ability to pay.</li><li>using a prepayment meter, where it is safe and reasonably practicable in all the circumstances of the case for the Domestic Customer to do so, and taking all reasonable steps to ascertain the customer’s ability to pay.</li></ul> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/10/2017 10:21:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 16639 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

767734

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	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: Price Caps
	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 effect of the statutory obligation on Ofgem to consult with energy firms on an energy price cap across standard variable tariffs on the time taken to implement such a cap.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	106537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>The draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill was published for pre-legislative scrutiny on the 12<sup>th</sup> October 2017. Clause 2 (3) of the draft Bill requires Ofgem to consult certain stakeholders on the methodology. Clause 1 of the draft Bill sets out a requirement for Ofgem to modify the standard licence condition to impose a cap as soon as practicable after the Act is passed.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/10/2017 12:57:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 14148 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

733002

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	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	Fracking
	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 civil servants work full-time in the shale gas team in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	1326
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The staff allocation to the shale gas team is 12.4 full time equivalents for this financial year (2017/2018).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/07/2017 14:40:51 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 1479 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

732990

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	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: 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 estimate his Department has made of the proportion of households (a) with prepayment meters, (b) on standard variable tariffs and (c) on fixed-price tariffs; what the average price paid was for a dual fuel energy bill on each available tariff and type in the last year; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	1297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Customer proportions and energy bill estimates are based on a BEIS survey of energy providers which covers around 84 per cent of the market. This data is published as part of our Quarterly Energy Prices publication.</p><p>a) At the end of Q1 2017 the proportion of GB households on a prepayment meter was 14 per cent for standard electricity, 21 per cent for Economy 7 electricity and 13 per cent for gas.</p><p>b) At the end of Q1 2017 the proportion of GB households on variable tariffs was 66 per cent for standard electricity and 65 per cent for gas.</p><p>c) Data is supplied to BEIS in confidence so dual fuel bills are not available for each individual tariff, however aggregate statistics of average bills by payment and tariff type can be published. The table below shows average 2016 dual fuel bills based on combined UK standard electricity bills and GB gas bills, using consumption levels of 3,800kWh/year of standard electricity and 15,000kWh/year of gas.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Credit</p></td><td><p>Direct Debit</p></td><td><p>Prepayment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Variable Tariff</p></td><td><p>£1345</p></td><td><p>£1269</p></td><td><p>£1337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fixed Tariff</p></td><td><p>£1233</p></td><td><p>£1059</p></td><td><p>£1309</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Domestic energy price statistics are also published by Ofgem at <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/data-portal/retail-market-indicators" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/data-portal/retail-market-indicators</a>.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 10/07/2017 15:43:46 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 1475 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

746731

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	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	Hinkley Point C Power Station: Compensation
	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 total compensation payable to the NNB Generation Company in the event of the shutdown of the Hinkley Point C project due to the existing Secretary of State Investor Agreement; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	1935
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>Under the Secretary of State Investor Agreement (SOSIA) the total compensation payable to the NNB Generation Company in the event of the shutdown of the Hinkley Point C project is set down in the Departmental Minute* laid before Parliament on 21 October 2015. This explains:</p><p> </p><p>Under the SOSIA, in certain, highly unlikely, scenarios e.g. HMG permanently prevents the construction or operation of the facility or a reactor or where there is a political shut down of HPC by a UK, EU or international Competent Authority, payments could be up to around £22bn excluding non-decommissioning operational costs that may be incurred after any shutdown. However, the liability to make payments under the SOSIA is almost entirely within the control of HMG.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/425357%5Coriginal%5C20151021%20Minute%20to%20Parliament%20HPC%20contingent%20liabilities.docx" target="_blank">*http://qna.files.parliament.uk/qna-attachments/425357%5Coriginal%5C20151021%20Minute%20to%20Parliament%20HPC%20contingent%20liabilities.docx</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 05/07/2017 13:50:55 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 1833 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

626571

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2016
	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	Research: EU Grants and Loans
	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 he has made of the funding to UK-based consortia from the EU Horizon 2020 programme in each of the next four years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	51506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2016 answer text <p>From the start of Horizon 2020 to February 2016 UK participants won a total of €1.8bn or around 15% of all awards made<sup>1</sup>.</p><p> </p><p>While the UK remains a member of the EU, funding and collaboration arrangements continue unchanged. Researchers can continue to bid for competitive EU research funding such as Horizon 2020 while we remain a member of the EU. The Government will work with the Commission to ensure payment when funds are awarded. The Treasury will underwrite the payment of such awards, even when specific projects continue beyond the UK’s departure from the EU. Access to apply to Horizon 2020 and subsequent funding programmes after we leave the EU will be a matter for the negotiations that will follow the triggering of Article 50.</p><p><sup>1</sup><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-participation-in-horizon-2020-and-framework-programme-7" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-participation-in-horizon-2020-and-framework-programme-7</a></p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 04/11/2016 15:04:54 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 18828 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

712142

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2017
	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: Taxation
	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 discussions he has held with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the structure of the Levy Control Framework for 2021 to 2026.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	68357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has regular discussions with ministerial colleagues on a number of issues, including the Levy Control Framework.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/03/2017 17:07:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 41819 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

711131

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	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	Renewable Energy
	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 he has made of the total proportion of UK energy supply which will come from renewable sources in each of the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	67819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The EU 2020 renewable energy target requires the UK to achieve 15% of final energy consumption from renewables in electricity generation, heating and transport by 2020.</p><p>We are currently progressing in line with the trajectory set out in the Renewable Energy Directive, having met the Directive’s interim targets for 2011/12 and 2013/14.</p><p>The latest progress report can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/493857/3RD_UK_PROGRESS_REPORT_ON_RENEWABLE_ENERGY.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/493857/3RD_UK_PROGRESS_REPORT_ON_RENEWABLE_ENERGY.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/03/2017 14:18:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 41212 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

711125

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2017
	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	Renewable Energy: Construction
	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 completion dates for renewable energy projects across the UK for which (a) planning permission has been approved and (b) the installed capacity is to be equal to or above one gigawatt; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	67976
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>In England and Wales, the following offshore wind projects have development consent and capacities equal or higher than one gigawatt: Dogger Bank Creyke Beck A (1.2GW), Dogger Bank Creyke Beck B (1.2GW), Dogger Bank Teeside A (1.2GW), Dogger Bank Teeside B (1.2GW), Hornsea One (1.2GW), Hornsea Two (1.8GW) and Triton Knoll (1.2GW).</p><p>Hornsea One is currently under construction with target commissioning dates of 31 March 2019, 31 March 2020 and 31 March 2021 for its three phases. Completion dates for the other projects listed above are not known.</p><p>In Scotland, the Moray Firth offshore wind project has consent for 1.116GW. The completion date for this project is not known.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/03/2017 11:08:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 41209 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham