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802111

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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: Urban Areas
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 benefits he plans to accrue to town economies as a result of implementing the Industrial Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	117798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s ambitious, modern Industrial Strategy sets out a long term plan to boost the productivity and earning power of people throughout the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting the regeneration of our towns across the country. The Government is currently working with a range of local partners to explore new approaches, including on a pilot Town Deal with Grimsby. This approach is based on a very strong private-public sector partnership.</p><p> </p><p>The Industrial Strategy also recognises the importance of infrastructure investment, particularly in transport, to improve productivity. The Transforming Cities Fund will provide £1.7bn to support investment programmes targeted at improving connectivity between cities and their neighbouring towns.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/12/2017 11:29:00 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

802130

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Chemicals: EU Law
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 number of businesses in the chemical industry considering relocating from the UK to the EU in the event that the UK does not remain part of the REACH system for authorising chemicals after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	117817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is working closely with the chemical industry to understand the impacts resulting from UK’s exit from the EU. We want to minimise the regulatory and market access barriers for UK businesses, including for those in the chemicals sector. We want to ensure that UK companies have the maximum freedom to trade with and operate within European markets – and to let European businesses do the same in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/12/2017 15:56:33 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

802148

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Housing: Insulation
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 representations he has received on companies using funding from the public purse to install sub-standard and faulty cavity wall insulation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	117835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The Energy Company Obligation is funded by energy suppliers through regulation, rather than from the public purse. For the installation of cavity wall insulation to be eligible for the scheme, it is required to come with a 25-year guarantee. This would cover cases where sub-standard or faulty insulation may be installed.</p><p>The Government has received a number of representations, and is aware through discussions with industry, of some examples of poor practice and quality in the installation of energy efficiency measures. To help improve quality and consumer confidence, the Government commissioned the independent Each Home Counts review, led by Dr. Peter Bonfield, which published its report 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.</p><p>One of the main recommendations from the Review was to establish a quality mark for retrofit energy efficiency and renewable energy measures including cavity wall insulation, 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 consumer charter and code of conduct, which will ensure all consumers have access to a clear redress process and guarantee protection.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/12/2017 16:04:21 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

802242

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Energy: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he has taken to ensure that all homes meet efficiency band C by 2035?
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	117929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy, published recently, sets out Government’s aspiration that as many homes as possible will be upgraded to an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) band C by 2035, where practical, cost-effective and affordable. In the Clean Growth Strategy, published in October this year, we set out a number of policies and proposals that will help us make progress against this aspiration, including:</p><p> </p><p>1. Investing around £3.6 billion to upgrade around a million homes through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO). In addition, we will extend support for home energy efficiency beyond the current commitment to fund ECO to 2022 and out to 2028 with funding at least at current ECO levels.</p><p> </p><p>2. Developing a long term trajectory to improve the energy performance standards of privately rented homes, with the aim of upgrading as many as possible to EPC Band C by 2030 where practical, cost-effective and affordable</p><p> </p><p>3. Consulting on equivalent standards for social housing over this period</p><p> </p><p>4. Following the outcome of the independent review of Building Regulations and fire safety, and subject to its conclusions, we will consult on strengthening energy performance standards for new and existing homes under Building Regulations, including futureproofing new homes for low carbon heating systems,</p><p> </p><p>5. Seeking evidence on building a market for energy efficiency, including additional measures to improve energy performance of owner occupied homes through a Call for Evidence published alongside the Clean Growth Strategy. This Call for Evidence is currently open and closes on 9 January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/12/2017 11:30:12 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

802243

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Housing: Insulation
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 have been insulated under national government schemes in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	117930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>Since 2013, and estimated 1,321,000 unique homes have received insulation measures through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and Green Deal schemes. The annual breakdown is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Number of homes insulated through ECO and Green Deal: 2013 – July 2017.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Homes insulated (000s)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>277</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>284</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (Year to July)</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL unique homes insulated*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,321</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Around 15,000 homes (1%) were insulated by multiple schemes since 2013. This double counting has been removed from the total homes insulated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2013, data are not available to estimate the number of unique homes receiving insulation measures. However, the number of professionally installed measures for cavity wall insulation, loft insulation and solid wall insulation through Government schemes since 2010 are shown in the table below. In addition to schemes shown above the Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) that closed in 2012 is included.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table: Number of selected professionally installed insulation measures through CERT, ECO and Green Deal: 2010 – July 2017.</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cavity wall insulation (000s) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Loft insulation (000s) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Solid wall insulation (000s) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>419</p></td><td><p>536</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>521</p></td><td><p>871</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>635</p></td><td><p>1,284</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>166</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>317</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (Year to July)</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,337</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,213</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>232</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/12/2017 15:53:15 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

802246

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Housing: Insulation
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 has taken to incentivise the installation of household insulation by private landlords and housing associations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	117933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The <em>Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property)(England and Wales) Regulations 2015</em> require that, subject to certain exemptions, domestic and non-domestic private rented sector landlords improve any Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) F or G rated properties they rent to a minimum of EPC band E from April 2018. To reach this standard, landlords of poorly rated properties will be required to install energy efficiency measures relevant to those properties, which could include insulation.</p><p>The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) supports the installation of energy efficiency measures in both private rented housing and social rented housing. From January 2013 to June 2017, energy efficiency measures were installed in 242,348 private rented homes and 223,046 social rented homes under ECO.</p><p>The Government will also look at a long term trajectory for energy performance standards across the private rented sector, with the aim of as many private rented homes as possible being upgraded to EPC Band C by 2030, where practical, cost-effective and affordable. We will consider options with a view to consulting in 2018. In addition, the Government will also look at how social housing can meet similar standards on the same timetable. When looking at this we will need to take account of the findings of the independent public inquiry into the fire at Grenfell Tower and the Government’s separate work looking at wider social housing policy issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/12/2017 14:16:10 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

802252

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Housing: Insulation
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 17 October 2017 to Question 107168 on housing: insulation, if his Department will provide a breakdown of those figures for (a) owner-occupied, (b) private-rented and (c) social sector housing.
tabling member constituency	Bolton North East
tabling member printed	Sir David Crausby
uin	117939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The following table provides additional breakdown of the percentage of homes rated EPC band D or below by: (a) owner-occupied, (b) private-rented and (c) social sector housing. As before, these data are calculated based on weighted English Housing Survey data:</p><p><strong><em>Table: Number of homes (000’s) in England rated EPC band D or below split by tenure</em></strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>of which:</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of homes (000’s)</p></td><td><p><em>(a) owner occupied</em></p></td><td><p><em>(b) private rented</em></p></td><td><p><em>(c) social sector housing</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>18,588</p></td><td><p>70%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>18,465</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>17,714</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>17,347</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>16,630</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>16,208</p></td><td><p>67%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Note: totals may not add to 100 due to rounding</em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/12/2017 14:16:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	437 label Biography information for Sir David Crausby

802307

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
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	Biofuels
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 proportion of the 36 per cent increase in the use of bioenergy envisaged in the Clean Growth Strategy the Government plans will come from woody biomass.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	117994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The modelling used to derive the changes in annual final energy consumption in 2032, relative to the existing policies scenario did not differentiate between different types of biomass fuels. The figure in Table 11 of the Clean Growth Strategy can be taken to represent a mixture of biogenic fuels, including woody biomass, waste and other sources.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/12/2017 15:57:13 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

801101

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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: Environment Protection
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 148 of Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the Bioeconomy Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	117660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The Bioeconomy Strategy has been developed in partnership with industry, and sets out a framework for growth in the sector to develop new low carbon bio-based products and processes. This contributes to the Clean Growth agenda and I am aiming to publish the strategy early in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/12/2017 14:16:55 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

801123

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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	Insulation: 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, how much the Government spent on funding for cavity wall insulation schemes in the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	117682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold data on the amount of money spent on cavity wall insulation. Most of the cavity wall insulation installed under Government sponsored schemes has been funded under supplier obligations (such as the current Energy Company Obligation) and not funded directly by Government.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last ten years around 3.5m cavity wall insulation measures have been installed under Government sponsored schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/12/2017 16:05:41 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris