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1567408

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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: Northern Ireland
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 vulnerable households in Northern Ireland receive energy support payments.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	903124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>Households are receiving a £600 payment in January. This is comprised of £400 under the Energy Bills Support Scheme Northern Ireland, and £200 of support under the Alternative Fuel Payment. Households also continue to benefit from the Energy Price Guarantee which means that tariffs in Nothern Ireland are 30% cheaper than in the Republic of Ireland and are 20% cheaper than (EPG-subsidised) tariffs in Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>Further support in direct payments is also being provided to vulnerable households this year, including cost of living payments for pensioners, people receiving disability-related allowances and those on means-tested benefits.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/01/2023 13:48:39 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1567409

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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	National Grid: East of England
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 he plans to make a decision on development consent for the East Anglia Green Energy Enablement project.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	903125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>No planning application has yet been made, so I cannot answer that directly. <br></p><p>We are working flat out to minimise the impacts of network infrastructure on my Rt hon Friend’s constituents, and I pay tribute to her for championing their interests so assiduously.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/01/2023 13:49:37 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1567414

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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	Renewable Energy: Community Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps he has taken to support the development of community energy projects.
tabling member constituency	Kenilworth and Southam
tabling member printed	Sir Jeremy Wright
uin	903128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2023 answer text <p>Ofgem supports community energy projects and welcomes applications from the sector to the Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme. The Government is also helping local authorities and community energy groups to work together to develop projects within UK Growth Funding schemes.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/01/2023 13:52:03 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright

1567475

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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: Northern Ireland
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 the £600 payment to Northern Ireland households for energy costs (a) can be split between gas, oil and electric bills or (b) must be used for a single form of energy.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	125361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2023 answer text <p>The £600 payment is going to Northern Ireland households with a domestic contract with an electricity supplier. The payment comprises the Energy Bills Support Scheme (£400) and the Alternative Fuel Payment (£200), recognising the widespread use of other fuels for heating in Northern Ireland. The £600 payment can be used for any fuel; direct debit customers receive the payment direct to their bank account. Credit or keypad prepayment meter customers are receiving vouchers which can be redeemed at a Post Office and paid into a bank account. If necessary, the sum can be taken as cash.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/01/2023 12:03:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1567493

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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: Prices
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 extent to which regional differences in the energy price cap accurately reflect the variation in energy distribution costs between regions.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	125253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans for an assessment. Ofgem, as the independent regulator, is responsible for the operation of the price cap.</p><p> </p><p>Electricity and gas distribution charges, which are incurred by suppliers and passed through to consumers, vary regionally. These variations reflect the costs of maintaining and upgrading the distribution network in a specific area and the number of consumers between whom those costs are spread. This cost reflective approach helps to minimise overall network costs across Great Britain by ensuring that each network company has to account to its local stakeholders for the costs it has incurred.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/01/2023 12:30:29 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1567494

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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: Prices
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of equalising energy standing charges across regions of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	125254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>The standing charge reflects the ongoing costs that fall on energy suppliers to provide and maintain a live supply, regardless of a consumer’s usage. One component of these costs relates to distribution. It costs more to distribute electricity to some regions than others, therefore there are regional variations in standing charges to reflect higher costs to serve.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Energy Price Guarantee, average standing charges for customers on default tariffs remain capped in line with the levels set by Ofgem.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/01/2023 12:31:36 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1567503

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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	Utilities: Telephone Services
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 requiring energy companies to provide freephone customer helplines; and whether he (a) has had and (b) plans to have discussions with energy companies on the provision of freephone customer helplines.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	125428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>Domestic customers should be able to access their energy supplier’s telephone customer services easily and without high call charges by offering freephone or low-cost geographic numbers. The decision to provide a freephone number is a commercial matter for individual companies and there are no plans to discuss this matter. Energy suppliers who have signed up to Energy UK’s Vulnerability Commitment must have a freephone number for consumers who are in debt. Some also have a designated freephone line for prepayment meter and Priority Service customers.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/01/2023 12:29:27 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1567554

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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	Renewable Energy: Prices
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 his Department has taken steps to decouple the cost of renewable energy from gas prices, including through Contracts for Difference.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	125260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>Contracts for Difference are the main support mechanism for new low-carbon generation in Great Britain. They guarantee a fixed ‘strike price’ for renewable generators on the scheme, which decouples their costs from gas prices as their revenue is not impacted by wholesale market changes.</p><p> </p><p>The Review of Electricity Market Arrangements is considering how the broader role of gas as a price setter for renewable energy could be reduced. This includes examining reforms that accelerate low-carbon deployment, so that gas sets the price of electricity for shorter periods, as well as wholesale market reform options that ensure lowest overall costs.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/01/2023 12:28:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1567572

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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, if he will make an estimate of the number and proportion of households on traditional prepayment meters that have failed to redeem their Energy Bills Support Scheme vouchers for October 2022 to January 2023 before the deadline on 14 January 2023.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	125279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>As of 1 December, energy suppliers had issued 4,044,554 vouchers to customers with traditional prepayment meters, of which 2,659,344 had been redeemed. The latest data is here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fenergy-bills-support-scheme-payments-made-by-electricity-suppliers-to-customers&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C0b310d28c69f4690ecd008dafad69e74%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638098096922613961%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=O4euYIPtgku8hQr2vxMhvd1SpE0jABEm1eW1Sk7Fx3Y%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-bills-support-scheme-payments-made-by-electricity-suppliers-to-customers</a></p><p>Data to end December will be published shortly. Figures for January will be published next month.</p><p> </p><p>Suppliers have an obligation and must evidence that they have attempted to make a minimum of three attempts by at least two different methods to contact customers who have not redeemed their voucher. Replacement vouchers can be issued but must be redeemed by the 30 June 2023.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 125280 question first answered 20/01/2023 12:27:12 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1567577

registered interest
date	17/01/2023
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
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 value of remaining energy bill discount vouchers that were not redeemed by 14 January 2023 claimant deadline.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	125280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2023 answer text <p>As of 1 December, energy suppliers had issued 4,044,554 vouchers to customers with traditional prepayment meters, of which 2,659,344 had been redeemed. The latest data is here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fenergy-bills-support-scheme-payments-made-by-electricity-suppliers-to-customers&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C0b310d28c69f4690ecd008dafad69e74%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638098096922613961%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=O4euYIPtgku8hQr2vxMhvd1SpE0jABEm1eW1Sk7Fx3Y%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-bills-support-scheme-payments-made-by-electricity-suppliers-to-customers</a></p><p>Data to end December will be published shortly. Figures for January will be published next month.</p><p> </p><p>Suppliers have an obligation and must evidence that they have attempted to make a minimum of three attempts by at least two different methods to contact customers who have not redeemed their voucher. Replacement vouchers can be issued but must be redeemed by the 30 June 2023.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 125279 question first answered 20/01/2023 12:27:12 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy