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810491

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Green Deal Scheme: Misrepresentation
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 his Department's policy is on tackling incidences of mis-selling of green energy deals.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	120837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department takes very seriously the issue of mis-selling.</p><p> </p><p>To help improve quality and consumer confidence, the Government commissioned the independent Each Home Counts review, led by Dr. Peter Bonfield, which published its findings in December 2016. Implementation of Each Home Counts is being led by industry with the support of Government, in line with the recommendations of the review. One of the main recommendations from the Review was to establish a quality mark for retrofit energy efficiency and renewable energy measures to help offer a clear and consistent standard for consumers. Those businesses who wish to use the quality mark will need to adhere to a customer charter and code of conduct which will ensure appropriate levels of consumer protection including around mis-selling.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has specific responsibilities for certain schemes and I set out below steps taken to protect consumers in key areas.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Green Deal: </strong>The Green Deal helps consumers make energy-saving improvements to their properties with the cost repaid via the consumer’s electricity bill. There is an established process for handling complaints. In the first instance, consumers should approach their Green Deal Provider. Where the Green Deal Provider is unable to resolve the complaint satisfactorily, the consumer may approach the Green Deal Ombudsman or for complaints relating to the mis-selling of credit, the Financial Ombudsman Service. The consumer redress process is set out in The Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgment, Redress etc.) Regulations, and is supplemented by the Green Deal Code of Practice. Under certain circumstances, where a consumer is not satisfied with the decision of the relevant Ombudsman, the regulations also allow for cases to be referred to the Secretary of State, who may impose reduction or cancellation of Green Deal plans.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Renewable Heat Incentive and Feed-in Tariff: </strong>The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme provides financial incentives to install renewable heating systems to support the transition to low-carbon heating in the UK. The Feed-in Tariff scheme is a programme designed to promote the uptake of small-scale renewable and low-carbon electricity generation technologies. It is a key condition of both schemes that the renewable energy technology product and the installer are certified to the standards of the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS), a third party certification scheme. This ensures that people who buy renewable energy systems and apply to these schemes are covered by consumer protection schemes governing the quality and performance of the products, as well as the quality of the installation and service they receive from the installer.</p><p> </p><p>Installers are required to be a member of a Consumer Code, backed by the Chartered Trading Standards Institute, which covers advertising and promotion, behaviour of sales staff, proposals, estimates and quotes, terms of business, cancellation rights, deposits and prepayments, guarantees, maintenance and service agreements and service and repair.</p><p> </p><p>Complaints about the installed product, the installation, or the installer can be submitted to the MCS. A Complaint Guidelines document is published on the Scheme’s website. Depending on the nature of the complaint, it is then dealt with by the MCS Administrator, the relevant Certification Body which certificated the product or the installer, or the Consumer Code of which the installer is a member.</p><p> </p><p>Consumers not covered by the protections above should contact their local Trading Standards.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/01/2018 10:59:28 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

810492

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Green Deal Scheme: Fraud
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 powers are available to Ofgem to protect consumers against fraud by green deal energy providers.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	120838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Green Deal is administered by the Green Deal Oversight and Registration Body (GD ORB) under The Green Deal Framework (Disclosure Acknowledgement, Redress etc) Regulations 2012. The GD ORB assesses applicant Green Deal Providers against the criteria set out in the Regulations to determine whether they are a fit person to act as a Green Deal Provider. The GD ORB also monitors compliance against the Green Deal Code of Practice and use of the Green Deal Quality Mark. These processes seek to ensure that Green Deal Providers operate to a high standard for the benefit of all scheme stakeholders, and that consumers entering Green Deal plans are appropriately protected. Where things go wrong, the Green Deal Ombudsman is available to consumers to seek redress and the Regulations provide remedies for consumer redress. We are exploring ways to improve consumer protection in the area through the Each Home Counts Review and the call for evidence on the Green Deal Framework which closed on 23 November 2017. Ofgem does not have powers under the Framework Regulations.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/01/2018 10:58:32 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

810507

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Vehicles
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 on energy supplies of the estimated numbers of electric and hybrid vehicles on UK roads by 2020.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	120853
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>We have regular discussions with all the key parties in the electricity systems – including energy suppliers, network operators and National Grid – to ensure that they are prepared for electric vehicle take up. We are also taking powers as part of the Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill, announced in the Queen’s speech, which will mean all chargepoints sold or installed in the UK will be ‘Smart’ enabled. Smart charging has the potential to reduce the demands from electric vehicles by ensuring their charging can flex to meet grid needs. Through their ‘Future Energy Scenarios’ work published on 13 July 2017, National Grid project that with smart charging the additional peak demand caused by electric vehicles in GB could be reduced to 6GW in 2050.</p><p> </p><p>Northern Ireland Electricity Networks is responsible for the transmission and distribution of electricity in Northern Ireland, and energy policy in Northern Ireland is devolved.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/01/2018 16:08:11 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

810609

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Aviation: Exhaust 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, with reference to page 85 of the Government's Clean Growth Strategy, what estimate he has made of the actual and projected emissions for the aviation sector for (a) 2030, (b) 2040 and (c) 2050; and what estimate he has made of the required level of aviation emissions if emissions from from transport need to be as low as 3 Mt by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	120954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Latest BEIS data shows that carbon dioxide emissions from UK departing flights in 2015 were 34.5 Mt. DfT’s October 2017 aviation forecasts give CO2 emissions from UK departing flights of between 36.6 and 45.7Mt in 2030; between 36.3 and 45.1Mt in 2040; and between 35.0 and 44.3Mt in 2050, depending on demand scenario and airport capacity options.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will set out its strategic approach to the aviation sector in a series of consultations leading to the publication of a new Aviation Strategy for the UK. The Strategy will consider what the best approach and combination of policy measures are to ensure we effectively address carbon emissions from aviation.</p><p> </p><p>The 3 Mt figure quoted from page 85 of the Clean Growth Strategy concerns emissions from transport not including domestic or international aviation and shipping.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/01/2018 16:28:46 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

810055

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	Industry: Cheltenham
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 is taking to promote engagement with residents and businesses in Cheltenham constituency on the industrial strategy in order to maximise the benefits of that strategy to that local area.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	120521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The launch of the Green Paper, ‘Building our Industrial Strategy’, in January 2017, commenced an extensive period of consultation, capturing feedback to inform the development of the White Paper. Over 2,000 organisations from across the country responded to the consultation, including a wide range of businesses, public sector organisations and private individuals.</p><p> </p><p>The White Paper set out the government’s approach to working with places to maximise the benefits of the Industrial Strategy, based on the belief that the people best placed to drive forward local economies are those who live, work and do business in them. It included a variety of new opportunities for Local Enterprise Partnerships to drive local economic growth. I am sure that GFirst, the LEP for Gloucestershire, will be keen to build on the area’s cyber security strength with Cheltenham home to GCHQ.</p><p>The White Paper also included proposals to work with local leaders to develop Local Industrial Strategies, which will establish new ways of working between national leaders in both the public and private sectors, harnessing their local insights to develop clear, long-term strategies for future growth. Universities, colleges and other local institutions will be key in this process.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/01/2018 16:20:34 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

810108

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	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 discussions he has had with the Committee on Climate Change on the cost and feasibility of delivering the Clean Growth Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	120574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2018 answer text <p>Officials hold regular discussions with the Committee on Climate Change on the delivery of the Clean Growth Strategy and related policies.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/01/2018 14:40:21 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

810163

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
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	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, when he plans to publish the sensitivity analysis which sets out the emissions reductions by each sector of the economy.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	120629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy publishes annual updated energy and emissions projections, which project future energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in the UK. These include projections of emissions reductions by sector, and sensitivity to fossil fuel prices and economic growth.</p><p>The 2017 energy and emissions projections are the most recent published projections, and were published on Jan 2<sup>nd</sup> 2018. They are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2017</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/01/2018 16:12:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

809595

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Shipbuilding
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 Government plans further to develop the National Shipbuilding Strategy to include commercial as well as naval shipbuilding opportunities in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	120247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The shipbuilding industry is leading the Maritime Enterprise Working Group with support of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Ministry of Defence to develop an in-depth understanding of the opportunity for the wider UK supply chain in the domestic and international markets in both commercial and naval.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/01/2018 15:51:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

809768

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Manufacturing Industries
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 (a) encourage domestic investment and (b) raise productivity in the manufacturing sector.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	120388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2017 answer text <p>Through our Industrial Strategy, we will make sure that we are using all the tools we have to boost local growth, encouraging domestic investment and productivity.</p><p>We need credible long-term strategies to help local economies, which is what local industrial strategies will do. Based on rigorous analysis, they will identify local strengths, future opportunities and the action needed in each area to boost productivity and competiveness.</p><p>We will increase the National Productivity Investment Fund from £8 billion to £31billion and extending it to 2022-23. We are launching an action plan to unlock over £20 billion of patient capital investment to finance growth in innovative firms over 10 years. As part of this, we will establish a new £2.5 billion Investment Fund in the British Business Bank. We are increasing R&amp;D tax credits for large businesses from 11% to 12% from January 2018, as part of the drive to increase R&amp;D investment to 2.4% by 2027.</p><p>We will invest a further £725m in a second wave of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund across the UK to respond to some of the greatest global challenges and opportunities and support sector productivity. We are also continuing to support the High Value Manufacturing Catapults, which we have invested £300 million over the past 5 years, to support commercialisation of the innovation of new technologies that will be crucial to UK manufacturing success.</p><p>The new Industrial Strategy Council will be tasked with taking a long term view and will be responsible for putting the right evaluation and reporting structures in place to assess the progress of our Industrial Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/12/2017 15:40:33 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

809807

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
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	Greenhouse Gas 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, when he plans to publish a sensitivity analysis setting out emissions reductions in each sector of the economy.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	120427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) publishes annual updated energy and emissions projections, which project future energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in the UK. These include projections of emissions reductions by sector, and sensitivity to fossil fuel prices and economic growth.</p><p>The 2016 energy and emissions projections are the most recent published projections. These are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/updated-energy-and-emissions-projections-2016</a></p><p>The 2017 edition of the energy and emissions projections will be published early next year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/12/2017 14:55:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable