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1156134

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
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: Compensation
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 her Department has taken to compensate people who have been detrimentally affected by the Green Deal Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	5084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>There is a specific process for handling complaints under the Green Deal. This starts with a complaint by the consumer to their Green Deal Provider. If not resolved satisfactorily, the consumer may then approach the Green Deal Ombudsman or the Financial Ombudsman Service, depending on the nature of the complaint. Their decisions will be binding on the Green Deal Provider. If after progressing through those channels the consumer is still not satisfied, they may request that their complaint be referred to the Secretary of State for consideration.</p><p>In respect of such referrals, the Secretary of State may reduce or cancel a Green Deal loan, if she is satisfied that there has been a breach of the law or code of practice.</p><p>The cancellation or reduction of a loan represents the full extent of the Secretary of State’s power to provide redress for consumers in relation to the Green Deal.</p><p>BEIS aims to ensure that cases are concluded as quickly as possible, whilst ensuring that fair redress is provided where appropriate and decisions take account of all available, relevant evidence.</p><p>BEIS currently has a number of outstanding appeal cases and we have taken steps to speed-up the handling process. We are making progress and this has resulted in the recent issuing of 4 final sanctions and 16 Intention Notices. We expect these numbers to increase significantly soon.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 5085 question first answered 31/10/2019 13:56:42 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1156137

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
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: Appeals
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 her Department's timescale is for processing appeals from people who claim to have been adversely affected by the Green Deal Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	5085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>There is a specific process for handling complaints under the Green Deal. This starts with a complaint by the consumer to their Green Deal Provider. If not resolved satisfactorily, the consumer may then approach the Green Deal Ombudsman or the Financial Ombudsman Service, depending on the nature of the complaint. Their decisions will be binding on the Green Deal Provider. If after progressing through those channels the consumer is still not satisfied, they may request that their complaint be referred to the Secretary of State for consideration.</p><p>In respect of such referrals, the Secretary of State may reduce or cancel a Green Deal loan, if she is satisfied that there has been a breach of the law or code of practice.</p><p>The cancellation or reduction of a loan represents the full extent of the Secretary of State’s power to provide redress for consumers in relation to the Green Deal.</p><p>BEIS aims to ensure that cases are concluded as quickly as possible, whilst ensuring that fair redress is provided where appropriate and decisions take account of all available, relevant evidence.</p><p>BEIS currently has a number of outstanding appeal cases and we have taken steps to speed-up the handling process. We are making progress and this has resulted in the recent issuing of 4 final sanctions and 16 Intention Notices. We expect these numbers to increase significantly soon.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 5084 question first answered 31/10/2019 13:56:42 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1156141

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
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: Appeals
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 appeals her Department has received under the Green Deal Scheme in the last 12 months, and in which constituencies the appellants are based.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	5086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2019 answer text <p>230 appeals have been received in the last 12 months. The following table shows the constituencies in which the appellants are based.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Parliamentary constituency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of appeals</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barrow and Furness</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Batley and Spen</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Berwick-upon-Tweed</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Erdington</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Hodge Hill</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Ladywood</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham, Perry Barr</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bishop Auckland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackley and Broughton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool South</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blaydon</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blyth Valley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton North East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton South East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury North</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury South</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Durham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleethorpes</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colne Valley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Copeland</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daventry</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing Central and Acton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Easington</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fylde</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grantham and Stamford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Grimsby</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Houghton and Sunderland South</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huddersfield</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huntingdon</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jarrow</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingswood</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowsley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster and Fleetwood</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester South</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leigh</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, Walton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, Wavertree</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool, West Derby</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester, Withington</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes South</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne Central</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Durham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Swindon</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Durham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham East</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham North</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham South</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pendle</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rossendale and Darwen</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushcliffe</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sedgefield</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield Central</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield South East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sherwood</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southport</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stalybridge and Hyde</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton South</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton North</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tewkesbury</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tynemouth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall South</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Washington and Sunderland West</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wentworth and Dearne</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lancashire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Suffolk</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Workington</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Wales</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberavon</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff South and Penarth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cynon Valley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llanelli</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newport West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rhondda</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Airdrie and Shotts</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Ayrshire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lothian</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Renfrewshire</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh North and Leith</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh South</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Edinburgh West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falkirk</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow East</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow North</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow North East</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow North West</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow South West</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glenrothes</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inverclyde</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kilmarnock and Loudoun</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lanark and Hamilton East</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Linlithgow and East Falkirk</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Livingston</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlothian</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motherwell and Wishaw</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Ayrshire and Arran</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ochil and South Perthshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paisley and Renfrewshire North</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paisley and Renfrewshire South</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Perth and North Perthshire</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutherglen and Hamilton West</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stirling</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Dunbartonshire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Constituency not yet identified</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 31/10/2019 13:55:15 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

1151819

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
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	Wind Power: Lighting
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 she has had with devolved Administrations on ensuring that warning lights on onshore wind turbines do not compromise gold tier dark sky parks including the Galloway and the Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Bill Grant
uin	4346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority set the requirements for warning lights on wind turbines in excess of 150 metres tall, to ensure high safety standards. Planning policy is a devolved matter in Scotland and it will be for the relevant Scottish Local Authority to consider the impact of light pollution from wind turbines.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/10/2019 13:22:08 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant

1151820

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
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	Wind Power: Noise
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 her Department has made of the potential effects of (a) low-frequency sound and (b) amplitude modulation from onshore wind turbines on public (i) health and (ii) quality of life.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Bill Grant
uin	4347
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>In 2016 the Department for Energy and Climate Change published a report which makes recommendations for how local planning authorities can assess amplitude modulation and use planning conditions to control it where necessary.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/10/2019 14:51:05 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant

1151898

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
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	Wind Power
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 her Department has had with the devolved Administrations on distribution density of onshore wind turbines and the effect of that distribution density on communities.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Bill Grant
uin	4395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>I regularly have conversations with my counterparts in the Devolved Administrations on a wide range of issues, most recently on 24 October. The Government is rightly proud of its record on reducing emissions, and we continue to be ambitious in the deployment of renewables. Working with Devolved Administrations, the Offshore Wind Sector Deal aims to deliver 30GW of offshore wind by 2030, while boosting the UK economy, enhancing growth in the regions and continuing to reduce costs.</p><p> </p><p>As planning policy is a devolved matter, it is for the Devolved Administrations to establish their planning policy and approach to deciding planning applications.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/10/2019 13:55:30 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant

1151943

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
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	Wind Power: Ayrshire
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 she is taking with devolved Administrations to address negative perceptions of the effects of onshore wind turbines in the (a) Carrick area of south Ayrshire and (b) Cumnock area of east Ayrshire.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Bill Grant
uin	4406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>I regularly have conversations with my counterparts in the Devolved Administrations on a wide range of issues, most recently on 24 October. The Government is rightly proud of its record on reducing emissions, and we continue to be ambitious in the deployment of renewables. Working with Devolved Administrations, the Offshore Wind Sector Deal aims to deliver 30GW of offshore wind by 2030, while boosting the UK economy, enhancing growth in the regions and continuing to reduce costs.</p><p> </p><p>As planning policy is a devolved matter, it is for the Devolved Administrations to establish their planning policy and approach to deciding planning applications.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/10/2019 13:55:10 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant

1151204

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Renewable Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she plans to take to ensure that the majority of energy generated in the UK is from renewable sources.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	900049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>Over half of the UK’s electricity comes from low-carbon sources. The Carbon Brief found that from July to September 2019, renewables accounted for 40% of overall generation, compared to 33% last year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing £557 million in further Contracts for Difference auctions and over £3 billion for renewable technology innovation.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, we’re phasing out coal by 2025 and over 50% of electricity generation will be from renewable sources by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/10/2019 13:19:39 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1151343

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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 recent assessment she has made of the potential effect on average household energy bills of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	3622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance to businesses and households of having access to an affordable, secure and sustainable supply of energy. The UK’s exit from the EU will not alter the fact that our energy system is resilient and secure and drawn from a number of sources.</p><p> </p><p>Many factors impact energy prices including fuel prices, exchange rates and generation mix. Great Britain will remain physically linked to the EU post-exit through electricity and gas interconnectors. We expect that any change in electricity prices in Great Britain as a result of changes to interconnector trading arrangements would fall within the normal range of market volatility. For gas markets, the mechanisms of cross-border trade are not expected to fundamentally change after exit. The UK gas market is one of the world’s most developed and provides security through supply diversity, most of which is not dependent on the EU.</p><p> </p><p>Energy regulators in Ireland and Northern Ireland have set out that the Single Electricity Market (SEM) will continue to operate immediately after Brexit, including in a No Deal scenario. The SEM is designed to put downward pressure on consumer electricity prices, facilitate the integration of renewables and provide continued security of supply. The UK is committed to seeking to maintain the SEM in any scenario and will therefore take all possible measures to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken steps to enable electricity and gas trade to continue and maintain the effectiveness of domestic regulation, providing legal clarity for industry on the future operations of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’s energy markets.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/10/2019 13:22:01 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1151346

registered interest
date	22/10/2019
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	Electricity: 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 steps her Department is taking to reduce the cost of electricity to consumers.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	3625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>Energy policy is largely devolved to Northern Ireland, including energy price regulation. Across the island of Ireland the Single Electricity Market (SEM) is designed to put downward pressure on consumer electricity prices, facilitate the integration of renewables and provide continued security of supply.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring fair energy prices for consumers and has a range of policies in Great Britain. The Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Act requires the energy regulator to cap standard variable and default energy tariffs. Ofgem estimate this could save consumers around £75-100 per year.</p><p> </p><p>There are around 60 domestic suppliers in the GB energy market with a range of innovative tariffs for consumers to choose from. Switching in early 2019 hit historic highs, with the total number of domestic switches in the 12 months up to July 2019 was 10% higher than over the same period last year. In August 2019, customers could save up to £408 a year by switching.</p><p> </p><p>Over 2 million low income and vulnerable households receive £140 off their electricity bills each winter through the Warm Home Discount.</p><p> </p><p>Improving the energy efficiency of a home is the best way of reducing energy bills for the long-term. Since 2013, over 2 million homes, including those with electric heating, have had their energy efficiency improved under the Energy Company Obligation.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 28/10/2019 13:22:20 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson