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1507401

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2022
	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	Fuel Oil: Rural 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 plans his Department has to support households in rural areas with the rising cost of domestic heating oil.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	David Warburton
	uin	53471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2022 answer text <p>Households not on standard gas or electricity contracts, such as those in rural areas, will receive equivalent support to that provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme, and the Energy Price Guarantee. The Government is working at pace to determine the most practical and tested routes to deliver this support. As part of this, for households who do not use gas for domestic heating, the Government has committed to provide an additional payment of £100 to compensate for the rising costs of other fuels such as coal.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/10/2022 14:41:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1518931

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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	Energy Bills Rebate: Park Homes
	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 help ensure that households living in park homes who do not directly deal with an energy supplier have prompt access to the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	David Warburton
	uin	58989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave the hon. Member for St Albans on <del class="ministerial">14th</del> <ins class="ministerial">22nd</ins> September to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-06/48498" target="_blank">48498</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/10/2022 16:18:55 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2022 17:02:29 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 23922 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1519841

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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	Renewable Energy: Community Development
	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 bring forward legislative proposals to help support the growth of community energy schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	David Warburton
	uin	59940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Legislative mechanisms already exist which enable community energy groups to produce renewable energy, and the Government has no plans to bring forward further legislative proposals, at this time.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/10/2022 16:33:37 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1525018

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2022
	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	Energy Bills Rebate
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, in addition to the one-off £100 support payment, what steps he will take to ensure that off-grid energy users are able to receive equal support to on-grid households.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	David Warburton
	uin	68565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p><em>The Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) delivers a £400 non-repayable discount to households with an electricity meter. For those not on standard gas or electricity contracts the EBSS Alternative Fund will provide equivalent support.</em></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 27/10/2022 17:00:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1535160

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	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	Energy Bills Rebate
	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 off-grid energy users will be able to access the one-off support payment towards their energy bills this winter.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	David Warburton
	uin	69745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>Eligible households in Great Britain will receive £100 as a credit on their electricity bill this winter. For Northern Ireland, the Government is working with electricity suppliers to explore how the payment could be delivered via electricity bills.</p><p> </p><p>Households that are eligible for, but do not receive AFP, because they do not have a relationship with an electricity supplier, will receive £100 via the AFP Alternative Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Bill Support Scheme (EBSS) will provide equivalent support of £400 for energy bills to the small minority of households who will not be reached through the EBSS. This includes those who do not have a domestic electricity meter or a direct relationship with an energy supplier, such as those who live off-grid.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 27/10/2022 16:55:10 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1359730

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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	Nuclear Power Stations: Economic Situation
	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 potential to replicate the economic benefits of Hinkley Point C to Somerton and Frome constituency in other areas of the country through the development of future gigawatt nuclear new builds.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	David Warburton
	uin	57221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The construction of Hinkley Point C shows that new gigawatt nuclear power stations can provide economic benefits to their local area, as well as to regions across the UK through the supply chain. EDF have reported that £3.5 billion has been spent with companies in the South-West during the construction period, with Hinkley Point C creating 12,786 job opportunities and 787 apprentices trained to date. The government expects future larger scale nuclear new build project to have similar benefits to Hinkley Point C, and we have committed to at least one more gigawatt power plant during this Parliament, subject to clear value for money for both consumers and taxpayers and all relevant approvals.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/10/2021 16:33:15 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1359731

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	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	Nuclear Power Stations: Somerton and Frome
	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 he plans to take to help ensure that the businesses in Somerton and Frome constituency that have benefited from the construction of Hinkley Point C will have a future pipeline of contracts to move on to through the development of further gigawatt nuclear new build in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	David Warburton
	uin	57222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that it wants more new nuclear power. Our Net Zero Strategy confirms plans for at least one large-scale nuclear project brought to the point of Final Investment Decision by the end of this Parliament, subject to clear value for money and all relevant approvals. Any large-scale nuclear new build project would be expected to offer similar opportunities for the supply chain as at Hinkley Point C.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 26/10/2021 09:52:27 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1378384

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2021
	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	Trees
	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 publish a table showing the number of (a) tree equivalents burnt at the Drax power station and (b) trees planted in the UK in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	David Warburton
	uin	75085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not model tree equivalents of biomass used by power generators. Ofgem reports volumes of biomass fuel, such as wood pellets, used by power generators on a per-tonne basis.</p><p> </p><p>UK tree planting statistics, held by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), are reported in terms of area (hectares). The most recent data was published on 30th September (<a href="https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/forestry-statistics/forestry-statistics-2021/1-woodland-area-planting/" target="_blank">https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/tools-and-resources/statistics/forestry-statistics/forestry-statistics-2021/1-woodland-area-planting/</a> and <a href="https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/documents/8144/Ch1_Woodland_FS2021_kRWbQlW.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/documents/8144/Ch1_Woodland_FS2021_kRWbQlW.xlsx</a>). UK tree planting over the past five years was as follows: 6,520 ha (2016-17); 9,050 ha (2017-18), 13,540 ha (2018-19), 13,660 ha (2020-21) and 13,290 ha (2020-21)</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/11/2021 17:37:53 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1378385

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2021
	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	Drax Power Station: Carbon Emissions
	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 transport costs per MWh in terms of carbon dioxide emissions for power generated at Drax from (a) coal and (b) wood pellets.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	David Warburton
	uin	75086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this information. Electricity generators only receive subsidies for biomass where they comply with the UK’s stringent sustainability criteria. The criteria requires that electricity generation from biomass does not exceed a set GHG threshold and produces life-cycle GHG emission savings (including transport and supply chain emissions) compared to fossil fuels. Suppliers/generators must demonstrate to the regulator (Ofgem) that they meet the criteria. Their evidence is independently audited.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 25/11/2021 17:36:51 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1387757

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2021
	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	Drax Power Station: Timber
	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 the maximum number of years is following the cutting down of trees used to make wood pellets for the Drax power station within which replanting must (a) start and (b) match the number of trees felled.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	David Warburton
	uin	93001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this information. In accordance with the government’s strict sustainability criteria, where biomass is sourced from forests, it needs to be sourced from areas managed in a way that is consistent with sustainable forest management practices, irrespective of location.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/12/2021 10:52:10 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton