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1241291

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2020
	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	Small Businesses: Coronavirus
	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 make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) notifying the European Commission that local authority grants to businesses impacted by local lockdown restrictions fall outside of any state aid provisions restricting businesses receiving full compensation and (b) directing local authorities that payments can be made to local businesses outside of such state aid restrictions.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	100352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>The United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020. Under the Withdrawal Agreement, EU State aid rules continue to apply during the transition period, subject to regulation by the EU Commission.</p><p>In administering the Local Restrictions Support Grant, the Government will provide to an eligible business up to £1,500 of funding for each three-week period that the business is required to close by local restrictions implemented by Government. Local authorities administering the schemes must be satisfied that all State Aid requirements have been fully met and complied with when making grant payments.</p><p>Although payments under this scheme and certain other Covid-19 related business grant schemes are treated as State aid and therefore count toward the total de minimis State Aid limit of €200,000, if firms have reached that threshold they may still be eligible for funding under the Covid-19 temporary State aid framework where the limit is €800,000.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 12/10/2020 16:15:51 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1402411

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2022
	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: Working Hours
	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 compliance of his Department's staff working from home with the Working Time Regulations 1998.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	102588
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>Line managers and individuals have joint responsibility for ensuring that staff work their agreed hours and take breaks in accordance with the Working Time Regulations 1998, and to manage any issues if they arise. This applies to both where the employee is attending the workplace and where they are working from home.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 17/01/2022 17:54:54 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1402419

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2022
	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	Warm Home Discount Scheme
	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 require all utility companies to provide the Warm Homes Discount to both the (a) core group and (b) broader group.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	102591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>Currently, energy suppliers with over 150,000 domestic customer accounts are obligated to deliver the Warm Home Discount Core Group, and those with over 250,000 are obligated to deliver both the Core and Broader Groups. These thresholds are in place following a consultation in 2020, and are set out in Regulations. Energy suppliers below these thresholds are able to voluntarily participate in the delivery of rebates.</p><p> </p><p>The Government <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/warm-home-discount-better-targeted-support-from-2022" target="_blank">consulted last summer</a> on the future of the scheme, which included proposals to reduce the energy supplier participation thresholds to 50,000 domestic customer accounts in 2022/23, and 1,000 domestic customer accounts from 2023/24 onwards. These balances are increasing access to the scheme, while ensuring costs are not prohibitive for new market entrants. The Government has also proposed to reform the scheme and replace the Broader Group in order to better target households in fuel poverty. The Government will be publishing its response to the consultation in Spring 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/01/2022 15:11:03 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1402421

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2022
	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	Warm Home Discount Scheme
	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 commission a public information campaign to raise awareness of the Warm Homes Discount Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	102592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>In the 2021/22 scheme year, all low-income pensioners who are potentially eligible for a rebate under the Warm Home Discount Core Group will have received a letter from the Government by mid-December 2021. Most will receive the rebate automatically; in 2020/21, around 95% of Core Group recipients received their rebates automatically. In addition, the Warm Home Discount website is widely signposted and used by consumer groups, charities, and energy comparison websites to maximise uptake.</p><p> </p><p>Energy suppliers are responsible for administering their Broader Group rebates, including setting their eligibility criteria and providing the rebates to eligible households. Suppliers make their customers aware of the scheme and are usually over-subscribed with applications.</p><p> </p><p>Last summer, the Government <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/warm-home-discount-better-targeted-support-from-2022" target="_blank">consulted</a> on extending, expanding, and reforming the scheme such that from winter 2022/23 the vast majority of all Warm Home Discount rebates would be provided automatically.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/01/2022 15:10:28 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1402422

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2022
	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	Warm Home Discount Scheme
	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 standardise the eligibility criteria for the Warm Homes Discount.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	102593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/warm-home-discount-better-targeted-support-from-2022" target="_blank">consulted last summer</a> on the future of the Warm Home Discount scheme. While the Core Group of low-income pensioners would be maintained, the Government has proposed to replace the Broader Group and instead identify households on low incomes with the highest energy costs through data matching. Eligibility would be the same across all participating energy suppliers and this would enable most rebates to be provided automatically without customers having to apply, including working-age households for the first time.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will be publishing its response to the consultation in Spring 2022, with the reforms coming into force from the 2022/23 scheme year.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/01/2022 15:09:58 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1402423

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2022
	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	Warm Home Discount Scheme
	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 remove the limits on the number of Warm Home Discounts a supplier can issue.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	102594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government sets the overall spending target for each Warm Home Discount scheme year. For 2021/22, the spending target is £354 million, and around 2.2 million households will receive a rebate worth £140. However, the Warm Home Discount is not funded by the Government – it is paid for by energy suppliers, who generally recoup the costs from customers’ energy bills. This is currently estimated to be around £14 per customer bill.</p><p> </p><p>Having a spending target is therefore necessary to balance providing significant numbers of rebates to as many households as possible, while minimising the impact on consumers’ bills. Energy suppliers can also support their customers through other means, such as through Industry Initiatives under the Warm Home Discount, or measures outside of the scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/01/2022 15:09:27 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1314496

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	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	Animal Experiments: Surveys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department plans to publish an update to the Public Attitudes to Animal Research survey last published in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	1041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of this research; the Department is working to ensure that this survey can be undertaken and the results published as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/05/2021 14:59:30 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1550492

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2022
	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: Maritime UK
	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 hours officials in his Department have worked to (a) attend and (b) support the policy agenda of the National Council of Maritime UK since 2019-20 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	108152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>BEIS officials regularly engage with Maritime UK as a key trade body for Marine in the UK, including attending and updating on BEIS activities at the National Council – work to support the Marine agenda is a key priority across Government and as such officials spend a great deal of time working directly and indirectly on Marine policy issues which are often discussed at National Council meetings.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/12/2022 16:12:47 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

773337

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	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	Housing: 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 grants and other financial support are available to help sick and terminally ill people improve home energy efficiency and replace inefficient boilers.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	108622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) is an obligation on energy suppliers, worth £640m per year, under which households in Great Britain are eligible to receive subsidised or free energy efficiency measures including boilers. From April 2017, an element of the scheme has been established under which local authorities can refer households for support. Local authorities can, for example, refer people based on their vulnerability and health conditions.</p><p>The Warm Home Discount (WHD) scheme, worth over £320m per year, provides direct financial assistance to over 2 million low income and vulnerable households each winter. Ofgem is currently consulting on introducing a price cap for WHD recipients on standard variable and default tariffs. In addition, the Government has published draft legislation to cap the prices paid by customers on standard variable and default tariffs, many of whom are vulnerable.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 24/10/2017 11:28:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 17084 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1247147

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	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	Small Businesses: Coronavirus
	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 12 October 2020 to Question 100352 on Small Businesses: Coronavirus, if he will take account of the European Commission’s revised framework allowing for an additional provision of €3m funding for businesses materially impacted by the covid-19 outbreak and notify local authorities of that increased provision immediately.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	109298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>On October 13 2020 the European Commission announced a further amendment to its State aid Framework - introducing a new measure to enable greater support to be provided to companies facing a decline in turnover during the eligible period of at least 30% compared to the same period of 2019 due to the coronavirus outbreak.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has notified the European Commission of its intention to take up this new provision and must await approval to do so.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 04/11/2020 17:22:27 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris