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1582236

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
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: Meters
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 effectiveness of regulations on the circumstances in which energy suppliers can force customers to use prepayment meters.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	136487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>Ofgem restricts the force-fitting of a prepayment meter on customers who are in debt, except as a last resort. When installing a PPM, suppliers must consider whether this is safe and practicable, including whether a PPM is appropriate for the customer, before remotely switching or installing a PPM under warrant.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has set out its 5-point plan regarding PPM and Ministers will keep the House updated on its progress. Ofgem has launched a new PPM investigation, in response to the plan. I have spoken to Ofgem to discuss the specific case of British Gas.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/02/2023 10:19:13 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1582237

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
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: Meters
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 with Ofgem to ensure energy suppliers adhere to existing rules on prepayment meters.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	136488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>Ofgem has stringent rules on the force-fitting of prepayment meters and is responsible for ensuring licensed energy suppliers comply with those rules. Ofgem publishes details of its compliance and enforcement action on its website at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofgem.gov.uk%2Fenergy-policy-and-regulation%2Fcompliance-and-enforcement&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C4cc1c7118c014386772208db0766fe4e%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638111911145518250%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=y7V1Hupe0VSvreUSNGZ4T3Edcb6Y7lmVosiaGYACBZA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.ofgem.gov.uk/energy-policy-and-regulation/compliance-and-enforcement</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has set out its 5-point plan regarding prepayment meters and Ministers will keep the House updated on its progress. Ofgem has launched a new prepayment meter investigation, in response to the 5-point plan. I have spoken to Ofgem to discuss the specific case of British Gas.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/02/2023 10:20:39 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1581863

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
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	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 make an estimate of the number of people who were eligible for the Warm Home Discount in 2022 and are not eligible in 2023 with no change to their circumstances.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	135133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government has expanded the Warm Home Discount scheme this year, providing £150 rebates to over 3 million households. The Government published impact assessments when consulting and publishing the Government’s response, which compared the option for reforming the scheme to continuing the previous scheme.</p><p> </p><p>As households previously applied through their suppliers, which set their own application processes and eligibility criteria and selected successful applicants each year, the Government has not been able to assess how many households previously eligible are no longer eligible.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 03/02/2023 11:20:57 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1581899

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
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: Private Rented Housing
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 ensure that landlords share the support provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme with their tenants.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	135135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>Third-party intermediaries, such as landlords, who receive the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) must pass that support through to end users, such as tenants, in a just and reasonable way.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced regulations to require that EBSS support is provided to the people it is designed to help. Further details can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pass-through-requirements-for-energy-price-support-provided-to-intermediaries/guidance-on-the-pass-through-requirements-for-energy-price-support-in-great-britain-provided-to-intermediaries#:~:text=Pass%2Dthrough%20Requirements%20on%20Intermediaries&amp;text=The%20government%20introduced%20regulations%20setting,Britain%20on%201%20November%202022" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/02/2023 10:17:06 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1580180

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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	Warm Home Discount Scheme: Social Security Benefits
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 energy efficient households in receipt of benefits are able to receive the Warm Home Discount this winter.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	131120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>Households that meet the eligibility criteria are able to receive the Warm Home Discount this winter.</p><p> </p><p>In England and Wales, a household must either be in receipt of the Pension Credit Guarantee Credit or both in receipt of a relevant means-tested benefit and living in a property that has high costs to heat on the basis of its property characteristics. More efficient homes are less likely to meet the high costs criterion.</p><p> </p><p>In Scotland, a household must either be in receipt of the Pension Credit Guarantee Credit or apply to their energy supplier and satisfy the supplier’s eligibility criteria for a rebate under the Broader Group.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/01/2023 14:10:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1580196

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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	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, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changing the eligibility criteria for the Warm Home Discount on those no longer eligible under the new criteria.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	131121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government has expanded the Warm Home Discount scheme this year, providing £150 rebates to over 3 million households. The Government published impact assessments alongside the consultation and the final policy, which compared the option for reforming the scheme in England and Wales to continuing the previous scheme. These can be found at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fwarm-home-discount-better-targeted-support-from-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C197b48e34ef14802a54808db02cea8c1%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638106858828331618%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=7g2gAK7fa%2BGpCHOl7pHzs%2FJwxBShwhd5Y8KFcoJx%2BFc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/warm-home-discount-better-targeted-support-from-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/01/2023 14:09:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1551024

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
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	Housing: Birmingham Selly Oak
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 homes in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency with cavity walls have been insulated as of 13 December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	109418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>BEIS estimates that under the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fhousehold-energy-efficiency-national-statistics&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cad67fea21b1548f8fe3108dae4159430%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638073078563768806%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gvcNiYUvfIL1dHQeCICmaq73vRQEXEM8fZzx%2FUTSO%2FM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Energy Company Obligation (ECO), Green Deal (GD)</a>, and <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fgreen-home-grant-statistics&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cad67fea21b1548f8fe3108dae4159430%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638073078563768806%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=F9AnyR1rrjTN7CfOnr3MIMWtin81J%2FbDqxGDdWYLdek%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Green Homes Grant (GHG)</a> Government schemes, around 1,700 cavity wall insulation measures and 1,300 loft insulation measures have been installed in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency as at end of October 2022.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 109420 question first answered 22/12/2022 14:00:20 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1551025

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
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	Housing: Birmingham Selly Oak
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 homes in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency had heat pumps installed as of 13 December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	109419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>The Microgeneration Certification Scheme Installations Database shows that as of 13 December 2022, 23 heat pump installations were registered in the Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency.</p><p> </p><p>The database does not include all heat pump installations, for example, those installed without Government funding support, such as in new buildings. These not typically recorded in the Microgeneration Certification Scheme Installations Database.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 21/12/2022 16:14:03 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1551026

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
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	Housing: Birmingham Selly Oak
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 homes in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency with lofts had loft insulation installed as of 13 December 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	109420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>BEIS estimates that under the <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fhousehold-energy-efficiency-national-statistics&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cad67fea21b1548f8fe3108dae4159430%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638073078563768806%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gvcNiYUvfIL1dHQeCICmaq73vRQEXEM8fZzx%2FUTSO%2FM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Energy Company Obligation (ECO), Green Deal (GD)</a>, and <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fgreen-home-grant-statistics&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cad67fea21b1548f8fe3108dae4159430%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638073078563768806%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=F9AnyR1rrjTN7CfOnr3MIMWtin81J%2FbDqxGDdWYLdek%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Green Homes Grant (GHG)</a> Government schemes, around 1,700 cavity wall insulation measures and 1,300 loft insulation measures have been installed in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency as at end of October 2022.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 109418 question first answered 22/12/2022 14:00:21 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1551027

registered interest
date	13/12/2022
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	Energy: Housing
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 increase the rate of energy efficiency measure installations in homes in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	109421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the energy performance of homes across the country, including in Birmingham, Selly Oak.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is already investing £6.6 billion over this parliament on decarbonising heat and energy efficiency measures.</p><p> </p><p>An additional £6 billion of new Government funding, announced in the Autumn Statement, will be made available from 2025 to 2028. This provides long-term funding certainty, supporting the growth of supply chains, and ensuring we can scale up our delivery over time.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 21/12/2022 16:06:55 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe