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1420840

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how much a single household of two people will receive from the Energy Bill Discount Scheme in 2022-23; and if that household subsequently split into two households of one person each from financial year 2023-24, how much they would each pay in (a) 2023-24 and (b) each subsequent year via the standing charge.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	120855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>All domestic electricity customers in Great Britain will receive a £200 reduction in their electricity costs from this October. This will be delivered via energy suppliers and will be clearly identifiable as a line item on electricity bills. All domestic energy consumers will pay a charge in future years. This will be reflected by Ofgem in the price cap for future years, and sufficient notice will be given to suppliers to price it into fixed and other tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>We expect households will pay this back from 2023 – when energy prices are expected to be lower - through an increase to standing charges on their bills of around £40 per annum over five years. However to be clear, this is not a loan to either suppliers or households.</p><p> </p><p>There will be cases where changes in people’s personal circumstances mean they may not directly be the recipient of the reduction, but still pay charges in future bills, or vice versa.</p><p> </p><p>This approach is fiscally responsible while also helping customers manage the unprecedented increase in energy bills by spreading the increased costs of global prices over time. The policy will provide a significant reduction to bills this year whilst gas prices are at historic highs.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 120856 120857 question first answered 15/02/2022 14:46:39 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1420841

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether a person under the age of 18 who received the Energy Bill Discount Scheme in 2022-23 as part of their family household would be eligible to pay back that loan in the event that that person moved into their own individual household from financial year 2023-24 onward.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	120856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>All domestic electricity customers in Great Britain will receive a £200 reduction in their electricity costs from this October. This will be delivered via energy suppliers and will be clearly identifiable as a line item on electricity bills. All domestic energy consumers will pay a charge in future years. This will be reflected by Ofgem in the price cap for future years, and sufficient notice will be given to suppliers to price it into fixed and other tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>We expect households will pay this back from 2023 – when energy prices are expected to be lower - through an increase to standing charges on their bills of around £40 per annum over five years. However to be clear, this is not a loan to either suppliers or households.</p><p> </p><p>There will be cases where changes in people’s personal circumstances mean they may not directly be the recipient of the reduction, but still pay charges in future bills, or vice versa.</p><p> </p><p>This approach is fiscally responsible while also helping customers manage the unprecedented increase in energy bills by spreading the increased costs of global prices over time. The policy will provide a significant reduction to bills this year whilst gas prices are at historic highs.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 120855 120857 question first answered 15/02/2022 14:46:39 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1420846

registered interest
date	08/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of how much a single household of one person will receive from the Energy Bill Discount Scheme in in 2022-23; and if that household subsequently added another person from financial year 2023-24 onward, how much they would be paying in that year and each subsequent year via the increase in standing charge.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	120857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2022 answer text <p>All domestic electricity customers in Great Britain will receive a £200 reduction in their electricity costs from this October. This will be delivered via energy suppliers and will be clearly identifiable as a line item on electricity bills. All domestic energy consumers will pay a charge in future years. This will be reflected by Ofgem in the price cap for future years, and sufficient notice will be given to suppliers to price it into fixed and other tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>We expect households will pay this back from 2023 – when energy prices are expected to be lower - through an increase to standing charges on their bills of around £40 per annum over five years. However to be clear, this is not a loan to either suppliers or households.</p><p> </p><p>There will be cases where changes in people’s personal circumstances mean they may not directly be the recipient of the reduction, but still pay charges in future bills, or vice versa.</p><p> </p><p>This approach is fiscally responsible while also helping customers manage the unprecedented increase in energy bills by spreading the increased costs of global prices over time. The policy will provide a significant reduction to bills this year whilst gas prices are at historic highs.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 120855 120856 question first answered 15/02/2022 14:46:39 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1419823

registered interest
date	04/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of changing the repayable loan of £200 to assist households with increased energy prices into a non-repayable grant in the event that energy and gas prices continue to rise in 2023-24.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	118593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that many households will need support to help deal with the rising cost of energy. Therefore, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a package of support worth £9.1bn in 2022-23 on 3 February. This is composed of:</p><ul><li>A £200 reduction in households' energy bills this autumn, paid back automatically over the next 5 years, spreading the cost of high global gas prices in a way that is more manageable for households.</li><li>A £150 non-repayable cash rebate for 80% of households to help with rising costs now, delivered as a payment to all households in Council Tax Bands A-D from April this year.</li><li>£144 million of discretionary funding for Local Authorities to support households who need support but are not eligible for the Council Tax reduction.</li></ul><p> </p><p>This is in addition to the existing support measures that are helping those most vulnerable to heat their homes over this winter. These include the Warm Home Discount, which is being expanded to 3m people and increased to £150, up to £300 Winter Fuel Payment for all households with at least one member above State Pension age and a £25 per week Cold Weather Payment – plus our £500 million Household Support Fund. We’re also providing £3bn over this Parliament to help more than half a million lower income homes become more energy efficient, saving them £290 per year on average.</p><p> </p><p>The £200 reduction will be paid to all households and recouped over the next 5 years. This approach is fiscally responsible while also helping customers manage the unprecedented increase in energy bills by spreading the increased costs of global prices over time.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will work closely with industry and consumer groups on how best to deliver this policy, including through a public consultation in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 14/02/2022 15:20:16 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1419945

registered interest
date	04/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Water Charges: Low Incomes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional financial support to low income households to help with the rise of water bills from April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	118598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text The government is providing support worth around £12 billion this financial year and next to help families with the cost of living. This support includes the £500 million Household Support Fund to help vulnerable households with costs for essentials such as energy bills, food, clothing, and utilities over the winter.<p> </p>Water companies will also continue to offer a wide range of support, including bill discounts such as Watersure and social tariffs, adjusting payment plans and helping customers to get advice on benefits and managing debts. Water companies have also increased their customer engagement to inform households of these measures. answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 14/02/2022 14:52:32 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1418834

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Schools: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional financial assistance to primary and secondary schools to cover increased gas and electric costs once the Ofgem energy cap rises in April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	115993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Price Cap is set by the independent regulator, Ofgem, and only applies to consumer bills rather than businesses and public services.</p><p> </p><p><strong>T</strong>here is existing Government funding in place to support public services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government spent around £3.6bn in 2020-21 in early education entitlements and the government continues to support families with their childcare costs. At Spending Review 2021, the Chancellor announced an uplift of £170 million by 2024-25 to increase the hourly rate paid by providers to deliver the government’s free hours offers. This builds on the £44 million increase at SR20.</p><p> </p><p>Eligible nurseries may also qualify for nurseries discount as part of the governments Business Rates Relief, if the business is on Ofsted’s Early Years Register and the premises is wholly or mainly used to provide the Early Years Foundation Stage of education. Further detail on this can be found here: Business rates relief: Nurseries discount - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). Overall, core schools funding is increasing by £4 billion in 2022-23 – a 5% increase in real terms per pupil from 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS is the Government's key spending priority and that is why it has committed to a historic settlement that provides a cash increase of £33.9 billion a year by 2023-24. This takes the NHS budget from £114.6 billion in 2018-19 to over £160 billion in 2024-25. The Government has made significant additional investments in the health and care system to respond to COVID-19. For 2021-22 the Government has so far approved £34 billion for frontline health services, including £15 billion of day-to-day funding for the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provided an unprecedented multi-billion-pound package of support for Britain's charities during the pandemic, including £750 million of dedicated funding that has helped more than 15,000 organisations across the country respond to the impact of Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 115994 115995 115996 question first answered 09/02/2022 08:18:15 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1418835

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Pre-school Education: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional financial assistance to nurseries and early years education centres to cover the increased gas and electric costs when the Ofgem energy cap is due to increase in April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	115994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Price Cap is set by the independent regulator, Ofgem, and only applies to consumer bills rather than businesses and public services.</p><p> </p><p><strong>T</strong>here is existing Government funding in place to support public services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government spent around £3.6bn in 2020-21 in early education entitlements and the government continues to support families with their childcare costs. At Spending Review 2021, the Chancellor announced an uplift of £170 million by 2024-25 to increase the hourly rate paid by providers to deliver the government’s free hours offers. This builds on the £44 million increase at SR20.</p><p> </p><p>Eligible nurseries may also qualify for nurseries discount as part of the governments Business Rates Relief, if the business is on Ofsted’s Early Years Register and the premises is wholly or mainly used to provide the Early Years Foundation Stage of education. Further detail on this can be found here: Business rates relief: Nurseries discount - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). Overall, core schools funding is increasing by £4 billion in 2022-23 – a 5% increase in real terms per pupil from 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS is the Government's key spending priority and that is why it has committed to a historic settlement that provides a cash increase of £33.9 billion a year by 2023-24. This takes the NHS budget from £114.6 billion in 2018-19 to over £160 billion in 2024-25. The Government has made significant additional investments in the health and care system to respond to COVID-19. For 2021-22 the Government has so far approved £34 billion for frontline health services, including £15 billion of day-to-day funding for the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provided an unprecedented multi-billion-pound package of support for Britain's charities during the pandemic, including £750 million of dedicated funding that has helped more than 15,000 organisations across the country respond to the impact of Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 115993 115995 115996 question first answered 09/02/2022 08:18:15 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1418836

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Charities: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional financial assistance to charitable organisations, registered with the Charity Commission, to cover the increased gas and electric costs when the Ofgem energy cap is due to increase from April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	115995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Price Cap is set by the independent regulator, Ofgem, and only applies to consumer bills rather than businesses and public services.</p><p> </p><p><strong>T</strong>here is existing Government funding in place to support public services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government spent around £3.6bn in 2020-21 in early education entitlements and the government continues to support families with their childcare costs. At Spending Review 2021, the Chancellor announced an uplift of £170 million by 2024-25 to increase the hourly rate paid by providers to deliver the government’s free hours offers. This builds on the £44 million increase at SR20.</p><p> </p><p>Eligible nurseries may also qualify for nurseries discount as part of the governments Business Rates Relief, if the business is on Ofsted’s Early Years Register and the premises is wholly or mainly used to provide the Early Years Foundation Stage of education. Further detail on this can be found here: Business rates relief: Nurseries discount - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). Overall, core schools funding is increasing by £4 billion in 2022-23 – a 5% increase in real terms per pupil from 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS is the Government's key spending priority and that is why it has committed to a historic settlement that provides a cash increase of £33.9 billion a year by 2023-24. This takes the NHS budget from £114.6 billion in 2018-19 to over £160 billion in 2024-25. The Government has made significant additional investments in the health and care system to respond to COVID-19. For 2021-22 the Government has so far approved £34 billion for frontline health services, including £15 billion of day-to-day funding for the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provided an unprecedented multi-billion-pound package of support for Britain's charities during the pandemic, including £750 million of dedicated funding that has helped more than 15,000 organisations across the country respond to the impact of Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 115993 115994 115996 question first answered 09/02/2022 08:18:15 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1418837

registered interest
date	01/02/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Health Services: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide additional financial assistance to hospital and GP practices to cover the increased gas and electric costs once the Ofgem energy cap rises in April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	115996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Price Cap is set by the independent regulator, Ofgem, and only applies to consumer bills rather than businesses and public services.</p><p> </p><p><strong>T</strong>here is existing Government funding in place to support public services.</p><p> </p><p>The Government spent around £3.6bn in 2020-21 in early education entitlements and the government continues to support families with their childcare costs. At Spending Review 2021, the Chancellor announced an uplift of £170 million by 2024-25 to increase the hourly rate paid by providers to deliver the government’s free hours offers. This builds on the £44 million increase at SR20.</p><p> </p><p>Eligible nurseries may also qualify for nurseries discount as part of the governments Business Rates Relief, if the business is on Ofsted’s Early Years Register and the premises is wholly or mainly used to provide the Early Years Foundation Stage of education. Further detail on this can be found here: Business rates relief: Nurseries discount - GOV.UK (<a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>). Overall, core schools funding is increasing by £4 billion in 2022-23 – a 5% increase in real terms per pupil from 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS is the Government's key spending priority and that is why it has committed to a historic settlement that provides a cash increase of £33.9 billion a year by 2023-24. This takes the NHS budget from £114.6 billion in 2018-19 to over £160 billion in 2024-25. The Government has made significant additional investments in the health and care system to respond to COVID-19. For 2021-22 the Government has so far approved £34 billion for frontline health services, including £15 billion of day-to-day funding for the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provided an unprecedented multi-billion-pound package of support for Britain's charities during the pandemic, including £750 million of dedicated funding that has helped more than 15,000 organisations across the country respond to the impact of Covid-19.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 115993 115994 115995 question first answered 09/02/2022 08:18:16 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1361948

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Taxation: Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to review all tax policy to ensure it does not incentivise oil and gas extraction.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	59908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2021 answer text <p>Our domestic oil and gas industry produces the equivalent of around half of the UK’s primary energy needs and will continue to play an important role as we transition to a net zero economy. The industry has paid around £375bn in production taxes to date and supports thousands of jobs across the UK, directly and in the industry’s supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>The Government places additional taxes on the extraction of oil and gas to ensure a fair return for the nation while also supporting the industry to address genuine costs through targeted tax reliefs, such as those to encourage the safe removal of infrastructure at the end of a field’s life.</p><p> </p><p>The Government keeps all taxes under review, and any changes are made in the round at fiscal events.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 28/10/2021 13:03:34 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West