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1271289

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	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 estimate he has made of the real terms increase in household energy bills since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	130108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2020 answer text <p>The Energy White Paper, which has affordability at its heart and includes measures we are bringing forward to keep bills affordable, was published earlier this month, and sets out the historic context for consumer energy bills. The average household dual fuel bill in 2019 was similar to 2010. However, the underlying costs have changed. Over the past decade, electricity prices have risen because of policy and network costs, while gas prices have fluctuated, reflecting movements in the wholesale gas price. However, consumers have used less energy, which has balanced out the cost increase.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 23/12/2020 09:47:50 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1258456

registered interest
date	04/12/2020
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	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 assessment his Department has made of the effect of working from home during the covid-19 outbreak on the average cost of household energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	125251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2020 answer text <p>We will publish estimates for household bills in 2020 shortly.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 09/12/2020 15:01:13 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1258222

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	Energy: Arrears
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 effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the number of households in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England that have fallen into arrears with their energy supplier; and what steps his Department is taking to protect vulnerable households in energy arrears during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	124767
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government has introduced a number of financial support mechanisms to support households who may be under greater financial pressure due to Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p>On top of the support to household incomes, including uplift to Universal Credit and the wage support schemes, the £2 billion Green Homes Grant will support domestic energy efficiency measures, and the Energy Company Obligation scheme provides around £640 million per year to help fuel poor and low income households stay warm while reducing their energy bills.</p><p> </p><p>We also successfully negotiated an agreement with energy suppliers to support customers impacted by COVID-19. Based on the circumstances, this could include reassessing, reducing, or pausing debt repayments for households in financial distress and support for prepayment meter customers to stay on supply.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 08/12/2020 17:55:44 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1254905

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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	Fuel Poverty: 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, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of fuel poverty in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England; and what assessment he has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on levels of fuel poverty in those areas.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	120061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>The table below illustrates a timeseries in the level of fuel poverty for the requested areas:</p><p><em>Proportion of households that are fuel poor (%)</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry North East constituency</p></td><td><p>16.1</p></td><td><p>15.6</p></td><td><p>12.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td><td><p>14.7</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>13.7</p></td><td><p>12.6</p></td><td><p>11.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>11.1</p></td><td><p>10.9</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Modelled estimates of fuel poverty at the sub-national level (Coventry North East constituency, Coventry and the West Midlands) should only be used to look at general trends and identify areas of particularly high or low fuel poverty. They should not be used to identify trends over time as they are based on very small numbers.</p><p> </p><p>Latest data for Coventry North East constituency, Coventry and the West Midlands can be found in tables 5, 2 and 1 respectively, of the Fuel Poverty Sub-regional tables at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics</p><p>Data for England can be found in table 1 of the Fuel Poverty detailed tables at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics</p><p> </p><p>We have gathered new evidence through MHCLG’s Household Resilience survey about the impact of Covid-19 on incomes, housing costs and households occupancy patterns and will use this to make a projection of fuel poverty in England in our 2021 Annual Report.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/11/2020 17:07:31 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1254910

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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	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 estimate his Department has made of the average spend on energy bills by households in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	120063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Statistics, showing average bills by payment method and meter type, are published at:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fannual-domestic-energy-price-statistics&amp;data=04%7C01%7Csteven.may%40beis.gov.uk%7C530d57326dbc40c72c6708d892395faa%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637420122394655503%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=4tETUNalZXcNkv7pEFyCGIopTbMVgOfUVGR6aJm3Ens%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics</a>.</p><p>Table 2.2.2 provides electricity data for the UK countries and Table 2.2.3 for UK regions.</p><p>Tabl3 2.3.2 provides gas data for the UK countries and table 2.3.3 for GB regions.</p><p>Data is not collected at city, town or constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 30/11/2020 17:22:27 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1254444

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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	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 he has made of the effect of the use of smart meters on (a) domestic household energy bills and (b) the level of domestic energy switching in (i) Coventry, (ii) the West Midlands and (iii) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	119252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>Smart meters provide households accurate, near real-time information about energy consumption in pounds and pence via an In-Home Display, so consumers can easily understand how to use less and save money on their bills.</p><p> </p><p>Consumers with smart meters are making energy and bill savings. Smart Energy GB has found that almost 7 in 10 customers with smart meters are more conscious of their energy use, while British Gas has reported that its dual-fuel customers with smart meters are making sustained annual energy savings of more than 3%. A dual-fuel household that has smart meters installed in 2020 is expected to realise average bill savings of £290 over the remainder of the rollout.</p><p> </p><p>Research from Ofgem shows that households with smart meters are no less likely to switch energy supplier to receive a better deal than those with traditional meters.</p><p> </p><p>The Department holds data on the impact of smart meters on household energy bills and switching for Great Britain; we do not collect it at a local level or for England.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 26/11/2020 14:58:46 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1237556

registered interest
date	24/09/2020
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	Fuel Poverty
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 reduce levels of fuel poverty in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	95104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>Energy efficiency is the most sustainable way to reduce fuel bills and tackle fuel poverty. Half of the England-wide £2 billion Green Homes Grant has been earmarked to provide low income, vulnerable and fuel poor households with energy efficiency and low carbon heating measures. Low income households can receive a voucher of up to £10,000 towards eligible measures. We are working with local authorities and local energy hubs to tackle fuel poverty across England through the £500 million Local Authority Delivery portion of the Green Homes Grant.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Energy Company Obligation drives £640 million of investment in energy efficiency measures for low income, vulnerable and fuel poor households each year. Up to 25% of this funding is delivered through the Local Authority Flexible Eligibility portion of the scheme each year. More than 15,000 households in Coventry and nearly 150,000 households in the West Midlands have received energy efficiency measures through the Energy Company Obligation since 2013.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 29/09/2020 15:37:33 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher