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1582999

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date	01/02/2023
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, whether park home residents who pay for their energy usage through an intermediary such as a park home owner will be eligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme discount where the intermediary has benefited from the Energy Bill Relief Scheme.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	137949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>The Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS AF) will provide £400 support to those households who do not have a direct relationship with a domestic electricity supplier in England, Scotland, and Wales, with the application portal due to open by 27 February. Park home residents, where the park home owner procures their electricity through a commercial contract and is therefore eligible for the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, are likely to be eligible for the EBSS AF.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 09/02/2023 17:01:27 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 53387 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1583004

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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 Bill Discount Scheme: Hospices
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 potential effect of replacing the Energy Bill Relief Scheme with the Energy Bill Discount Scheme on the UK hospice sector.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	138043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The new Energy Bill Discount Scheme (EBDS) will run from April until March 2024 and continue to provide a discount to eligible non-domestic customers, including hospices.</p><p> </p><p>An HMT-led review into the operation of the current Energy Bill Relief Schemes was conducted with the objective of significantly reducing the overall burden on the taxpayer/public finances, and ensuring support is targeted at those most in need and unable to adjust to recent energy price rises. The review considered a range of qualitative and quantitative evidence, including input from businesses and stakeholders. The new scheme strikes a balance between supporting non-domestic customers and limiting taxpayer’s exposure to volatile energy markets, with a cap set at £5.5 billion.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/02/2023 15:40:21 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1582779

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	Postage Stamps
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 the Department has made of the (a) feasibility and (b) contribution to the national heritage of continuing the use of stamps without barcodes after 31 July 2023.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	137974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>The development of stamp products is an operational matter for Royal Mail. The Government is not involved in the operational decisions of Royal Mail, a private business.</p><p> </p><p>Royal Mail is not barcoding special stamp issues, which are printed to commemorate a person or event.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 07/02/2023 15:45:50 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

1582880

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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: Contracts
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 average number of months' notice given for new tender opportunities through the BEIS Commercial Pipeline was in each calendar year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	137895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and can only be provided at disproportionate cost. However, BEIS has published a Bi-Annual copy of its pipeline on Gov.uk for the past two years, which provides at least an 18 month forward look of potential procurements.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 07/02/2023 15:17:14 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1582887

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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: Contracts
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 and what proportion of his Department's tenders were awarded by direct award in the financial year 2021-2022.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	137902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>BEIS awarded 17 direct award contracts in financial year 2021/2022, which equates to 5% of contracts awarded by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 07/02/2023 15:16:22 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1582890

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the policy paper entitled BEIS small and medium enterprises (SME) action plan: 2022 to 2025, published on 26 January 2023, what recent estimate his Department has made of when the facility to capture feedback from suppliers at the end of a competitive tender process will be introduced.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	137904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2023 answer text <p>The current planned timeline would be to implement the feedback mechanism in quarter one of financial year 2023/2024.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 07/02/2023 15:15:38 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1582897

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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: Contracts
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 proportion of invoices his Department paid to small and medium-sized enterprises within five days in the 2021-2022 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	137906
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>BEIS publishes quarterly information on the overall percentage of all invoices (including SME invoices) paid within 5 to 30 days on GOV.UK. The BEIS payment performance for the financial year 2021-22 is that 87.24% of invoices were paid within 5 days.</p><p> </p><p>The Procurement Bill currently progressing through the Commons contains a Clause (68) that will require all contracting authorities to publish specified information relating to invoice payments. BEIS will ensure that it continues to publish payment information and will comply with the new requirements once they are implemented.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 08/02/2023 09:16:29 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1583094

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	Audit: Reform
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the draft Audit Reform Bill.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL5292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government published its Response to the White Paper, ‘Restoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance’ on 31 May 2022. The Response stated that the reforms will be delivered by a variety of mechanisms. This includes changes already made by the regulator and by Ministerial Direction. The Government is committed to legislating when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 08/02/2023 11:30:31 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1583137

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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	Buildings: Energy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to introduce new energy performance standards; and when they expect them to be introduced.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL5343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2023 answer text <p>In September 2020, the Government published an Energy Performance Certificate Action Plan detailing a series of commitments to maximise the effectiveness of Energy Performance Certificates. In November (2021), the Action Plan Progress Report was published detailing the significant progress made in delivering the commitments. The Department continues to work closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on progressing the outstanding actions in the Energy Performance Certificate Action Plan.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 08/02/2023 11:31:30 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan attachment 1 file name EPC_Action_Plan.pdf title ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES - Action plan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1582811

registered interest
date	01/02/2023
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 Discount Scheme: Iron and Steel
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 25 January 2023 to Question 127746, if he will make an estimate of the average saving the Energy Bills Discount Scheme will provide to steel producers.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	137787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The new Energy Bill Discount Scheme will support steel producers facing high energy prices through issuing a per-unit discount to their energy bills. The calculated discount will depend on the terms of their contract and the future price of energy.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot provide an average estimate, but for steel firms eligible for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industry support, for electricity the maximum discount on 70% of usage will be £89 per megawatt hour (MWh) with a price threshold of £185 per MWh. For gas, the maximum discount will be £40 per MWh with a price threshold of £99 per MWh, also on 70% of usage. The remaining 30% of usage will be supported at the same level as non-domestic customers who do not qualify for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industry support.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided the steel sector more than £800m since 2013 to help with energy costs.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 137788 question first answered 06/02/2023 10:25:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson