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1690475

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Tenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, which concluded on 10 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	14826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Smoking is the number one entirely preventable cause of ill-health, disability and death in this country. It is responsible for 80,000 yearly deaths in the United Kingdom and one in four of all UK cancer deaths. It costs our country £17 billion a year, £14 billion of which is through lost productivity alone. It puts huge pressure on the National Health Service and social care, costing over £3 billion a year.</p><p>This is why the Government is committed to creating the first smokefree generation, ensuring no child born after 1 January 2009 will ever legally be sold tobacco. The tenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control was an opportunity for the UK to showcase this international leadership on tobacco control. The decisions agreed at COP10 will not impact our smokefree generation policies or our plans to tackle youth vaping.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/02/2024 15:56:32 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 19055 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

457015

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons a period of 12 months was set from the activation of the Data Communications Company for industry-wide transition from SMETS 1 to SMETS 2 smart meters.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	29444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s rationale for its decision on these matters is set out in its consultation on the Smart Metering Rollout Strategy, published in March 2015, and subsequent response, published in July 2015:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/smart-metering-rollout-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/smart-metering-rollout-strategy</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The SMETS1 end date reflects the need to ensure a transitional period from SMETS1 to SMETS2 meters, whilst ensuring that an enduring SMETS2 solution is made available at the earliest reasonable date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 29445 question first answered 07/03/2016 15:42:49 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

457016

registered interest
date	02/03/2016
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons she decided that the installation of SMETS 1 meters should cease 12 months after the activation of the Data Communications Company.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	29445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s rationale for its decision on these matters is set out in its consultation on the Smart Metering Rollout Strategy, published in March 2015, and subsequent response, published in July 2015:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/smart-metering-rollout-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/smart-metering-rollout-strategy</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The SMETS1 end date reflects the need to ensure a transitional period from SMETS1 to SMETS2 meters, whilst ensuring that an enduring SMETS2 solution is made available at the earliest reasonable date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 29444 question first answered 07/03/2016 15:42:49 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

418905

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential effect of an increase in the number of SMETS1 meters installed on consumers' ability to switch energy suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	10352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The roll-out of SMETS 1 meters is enabling consumers to take control of their energy use save money and be accurately billed, as suppliers trial, test and optimise their approaches to smart meter roll-out prior to the main phase of the programme commencing next year.</p><p>SMETS1 meters will not affect consumers’ ability to switch energy suppliers, although consumers with such meters may temporarily lose smart functionality if they choose to switch to a supplier not yet offering smart services. Ofgem has introduced rules designed to help domestic consumers understand if the smart services they are receiving will be maintained when they switch supplier:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/41868/smart-meters-effective-switching.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/41868/smart-meters-effective-switching.pdf</a>.</p><p>The rules include a requirement that a supplier installing a SMETS1 or smart-type meter must inform the customer that they may lose meter functionality on change of supplier.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/10/2015 13:55:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

418906

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the effect on the total cost of the smart meter programme of delays in the introduction of the Data Communications Company.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	10353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>Following a proposal from the Data and Communications Company (DCC) to adopt an alternative delivery plan, the previous administration announced in March 2015 that the DCC will plan to deliver operational services from April 2016.</p><p>A Written Ministerial Statement made by the previous administration on this matter can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm150305/wmstext/150305m0001.htm#15030533000006" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmhansrd/cm150305/wmstext/150305m0001.htm#15030533000006</a></p><p>The DCC has taken account of changes in its costs in the development of its revised plan, in line with its general requirement to deliver its services in an economic and efficient manner. These costs are expected to represent an increase of less than 1% of the total costs of the programme. The programme remains on track to deliver significant net benefits to consumers.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/10/2015 13:55:57 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

418907

registered interest
date	15/09/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, under what circumstances her Department would amend the requirement for energy suppliers to endeavour to install smart meters in 100 per cent of customers' homes by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	10354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s policy is for the benefits of smart metering to be available to all consumers so they can take control of their energy consumption, make better-informed decisions on their energy supplier, and switch more easily. There is a sound business case for a universal roll-out.</p><p>As energy suppliers have known for a number of years, they are required under licence conditions to take all reasonable steps to install smart meters in all of their domestic customers’ premises, and smart or advanced meters in smaller non-domestic sites, by 31 December 2020. There are no plans to amend this obligation.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 12/10/2015 13:30:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

388931

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent comparative assessment she has made of (a) her Department's forecast reductions in household gas and electricity consumption attributable to the smart meters programme and (b) reductions which will be attributable to future general improvements in the energy efficiency of dwellings and household appliances and the development of energy-saving technology.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	6318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not undertaken a comparative assessment between energy consumption reductions attributable to smart meters and those attributable to future energy efficiency developments other than smart meters. Energy efficiency measures are generally complementary and decisions on each policy are taken based on their own merits taking into account the impact of other policies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 17/07/2015 14:01:05 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 14137 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

388576

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment she has made of the accuracy of the discount rate applied by her Department for its evaluation of the total costs and benefits of the smart meters programme.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	6199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Smart Metering Impact Assessment applies the social discount rate prescribed by HM Treasury’s Green Book, which forms the guidance for central Government in preparing and analysing proposed policies, programmes and projects.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/07/2015 11:56:38 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

388581

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of the net benefit of the smart meters programme forecast by her Department is accounted for by the assumption that households will (a) reduce their gas and electricity consumption and (b) vary the time of day at which gas and electricity are consumed as a result of using smart meters.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	6310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The energy savings by households and the related carbon emission savings (a) account for approximately 30% of the gross benefits of the smart meter roll-out. Shifting demand to off peak times (b) accounts for approximately 5% of the projected gross benefits of the smart meter roll-out.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/07/2015 11:57:05 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

388582

registered interest
date	08/07/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what reduction in the consumption of (a) gas and (b) electricity the median household is required to make in order to achieve her Department's forecast of the net benefit of the smart meters programme.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	6311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Our central estimate of the energy savings to households set out in the Smart Metering Impact Assessment is a mean of 2% for gas and 2.8% for electricity (both for customers with credit meters). These energy saving assumptions are at the conservative end of the spectrum, based on international evidence. Our modelling in addition takes into account that other policies with consumption reducing effects have been introduced before smart metering.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/07/2015 11:56:23 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones