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1181561

registered interest
date	28/02/2020
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	Home Energy and Lifestyle Management: Green Deal Scheme
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 Green Deal loan appeals in respect of Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd have been referred to her Department for (a) less than three months, (b) between three and six months, (c) between six and nine months, (d) between nine and twelve months and (e) more than twelve months without a final decision having been made in each (i) constituency, (ii) local authority area and (iii) NUTS first level region.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	22403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>As of 3<sup>rd</sup> March 2020, there are 147 outstanding appeals, relating to the company Home Energy &amp; Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS), which have been referred to my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State.</p><p> </p><p>The Regulations require that, before imposing any sanction, the Secretary of State gives notice to affected parties of his intention to impose a sanction and provides them with an opportunity to make representations before it is made final. To date, 83 Intention Notices have been issued in respect of the outstanding HELMS appeals.</p><p> </p><p>The tables attached provide details of the age of the outstanding appeals, broken down by (i) constituency, (ii) local authority area and (iii) NUTS first level region.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 05/03/2020 14:47:51 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng attachment 1 file name Green Deal appeal cases about Home Energy Lifestyle Management Ltd.pdf title Green Deal appeals Home Energy Lifestyle Mgt Ltd.
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1181340

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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	Mineworkers' Pension Scheme
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 plans the Government has to review the existing surplus sharing arrangements of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	21972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government does not intend to change the current surplus sharing arrangements that have worked well for all parties. I have, however, agreed to the Trustees’ proposals for changes to the scheme that include protection of bonuses already accrued. BEIS officials are working with the Trustees to implement the changes.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 03/03/2020 17:56:01 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1180725

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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	Boilers: Hydrogen
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 help ensure the economic viability of the use of hydrogen-ready boilers in domestic heating.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	21281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Burning natural gas for heating accounts for a significant proportion of household carbon emissions. There is currently no clear consensus on the best approach to decarbonising heat at scale, and our December 2018 report on Clean Growth: Transforming Heating set out that using hydrogen as a replacement for natural gas, including for domestic heating, may play an important role.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS is currently investing over £100m in hydrogen innovation. This includes Hy4Heat, a programme which aims to assess the safety and technical feasibility of hydrogen for heating in homes. This includes working with industry to develop prototype hydrogen appliances including hydrogen ready boilers and will evaluate their likely costs and performance upon completion of the programme in March 2021.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 02/03/2020 16:35:24 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1180820

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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	Climate Change Convention: Wales
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 last met with Welsh Government ministers on Welsh representation at COP26.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	21331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to working with the Welsh Government as well as with the Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Executive to deliver an ambitious and successful summit for the whole of the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Business Secretary is committed to working collaboratively with the Welsh Government on common portfolio areas including Energy and Climate Change. This collaborative engagement between the UK Government and the Welsh Government will support the successful delivery of COP26.</p><p> </p><p>Officials from the UK and Welsh Governments are in regular dialogue about COP, and met again at senior level this week.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 02/03/2020 18:05:58 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1180821

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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	Climate Change Convention: Wales
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 last met with Welsh Government officials on the organisation of COP26.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	21332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK Government is committed to working with the Welsh Government as well as with the Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Executive to deliver an ambitious and successful summit for the whole of the UK.</p><p>The Business Secretary is committed to working collaboratively with the Welsh Government on common portfolio areas including Energy and Climate Change. UK Government officials are routinely engaging with officials in the Welsh Government on the organisation of COP26. This collaborative engagement between the UK Government and the Welsh Government will support the successful delivery of COP26.</p><p>Officials from the UK and Welsh Governments are in regular dialogue about COP, and met again at senior level this week.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 02/03/2020 18:06:07 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1180877

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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: Charging Points
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 support an increase in the number of local authorities providing electric charging points in their car parks.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	21235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme (ORCS) is a demand-led funding scheme which assists local authorities with the cost of installing chargepoints in residential streets including in local authority owned car parks. The funding available is for 75% of the capital costs of procuring and installing the chargepoint, and is administered by the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV). In October 2019, Secretary for State for Transport wrote to all local authorities encouraging them to send their strategies for infrastructure deployment and to take advantage of ORCS funding.</p><p> </p><p>Last month we announced that Government funding will be doubled to £10 million for the installation of chargepoints on residential streets next year. This additional investment could fund up to another 3,600 chargepoints across the country.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 04/03/2020 13:50:49 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1180896

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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: Seas and Oceans
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 14 February 2020 to Question 13545, on Wind Power: Seas and Oceans, what steps his Department's representative on the Offshore Wind Programme Board has taken to verify the UK content figures reported by developers.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	21353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK content data supplied by each developer is compiled on an anonymised basis by RenewableUK to an agreed methodology. The Department has the ability to commission the independent auditing of the data.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 05/03/2020 14:48:25 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1180897

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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: Seas and Oceans
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 14 February 2020 to Question 13545, on Wind Power: Seas and Oceans, when the Offshore Wind Industrial Council plans to publish its latest assessment of UK content.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	21354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>UK content figures for wind farms are compiled and published by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC). The Department has asked the Offshore Wind Industry Council for an update on the UK content figures this year.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 05/03/2020 14:48:33 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1180898

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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: Seas and Oceans
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 14 February 2020 to Question 13545, on Wind Power: Seas and Oceans, whether his Department collects data on progress towards the offshore wind industry's target of 60 per cent UK content by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	21355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department monitors the progress of each commitment within the Offshore Wind Sector Deal and regular collection of data helps keep track of progress. The Offshore Wind Industrial Council undertakes monitoring of progress against the UK content target.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 05/03/2020 14:48:48 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1180899

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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	Offshore Wind Programme Board: Public Appointments
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 the membership is of the Offshore Wind Programme Board.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	21356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The Offshore Wind Programme Board (OWPB) no longer exists. Following publication of the Offshore Wind Sector Deal in March 2019, the functions previously delivered by the OWPB were incorporated into Offshore Wind Industry Council’s Sector Deal delivery programme. An industry programme management office, led by Renewable UK, monitors the sector deal delivery.</p><p> </p><p>Offshore Wind Industry Council membership comprises all developers active in the UK and key supply chain companies, as well as the ORE Catapult and the Devolved Administrations. All appointments are on a voluntary basis and unpaid.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 04/03/2020 13:50:55 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols