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1037102

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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: Billing
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 is his Department taking to help people that are not computer literate to (a) compare and (b) switch energy company tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	205874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government created the Big Energy Saving Network, to provide face to face support for vulnerable consumers to switch and save, led by Citizens Advice and delivered by third sector organisations and community groups. In addition many Ofgem accredited price comparison sites offer a free telephone service.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working closely with Ofgem to deliver midata in energy, which will streamline tariff comparisons by allowing switching companies to access key energy data, with customers’ consent, and include a telephone access route for those consumers who are less confident using computers.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/01/2019 15:54:07 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1037104

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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: Conservation
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 consumers reduce their energy usage.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	205875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to help all consumers – both households and businesses – to reduce their energy usage, taking control of their bills and helping us meet our clean growth ambitions.</p><p> </p><p>In our Clean Growth Strategy, we set out our aspiration to upgrade as many homes as possible to an Energy Performance Certificate Band C by 2035, where practical, cost effective and affordable. We have taken a number of steps to deliver this aim: this year, we launched the digitally-led Simple Energy Advice service to provide impartial, tailored advice on how homeowners can cut energy bills and make their homes greener, and also launched a new quality mark, through Trustmark, to help give consumers confidence in the quality of the measures being installed in their homes. And, in April 2018, we introduced new legislation requiring landlords of both residential and commercial buildings to improve their properties to Energy Performance Certificate Band E or higher. We will also shortly publish an action plan on building the market for energy efficiency, outlining a range of market-based measures in line with this aspiration.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this, the Energy Company Obligation obligates the larger energy suppliers to install energy efficiency and heating measures to people’s homes to help reduce their energy use. Since January 2013, the scheme has delivered over 2.4 million improvements in around 1.9m homes. It is funded at £640m per year and this level of support will continue to 2028, meaning the Government will drive more than £6 billion of investment in domestic energy efficiency over the next ten years.</p><p> </p><p>The Clean Growth Strategy also set out our ambition to enable business consumers to reduce their energy usage by improving energy efficiency by at least 20% by 2030. We have introduced a more streamlined energy and carbon reporting framework to help businesses reduce their carbon emissions and associated energy costs. We have also launched a new £18 million Industrial Heat Recovery Support Programme supporting the recovery and re-use of industrial waste heat, and committed £8.8 million to promote innovative approaches to energy management using smart meters. We also announced at Budget 2018 up to £315m for an Industrial Energy Transformation Fund to support businesses with high energy use to invest in energy efficiency and decarbonisation measures, and that we would bring forward proposals on a new energy efficiency scheme for small and medium sized enterprises.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/01/2019 14:58:24 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1037107

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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: Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has allocated funding for new research on clean energy.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	205877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to spending over £2.5bn on research into low carbon innovation, including clean energy, between 2015 and 2021. This includes £505m of spending on BEIS’s Energy Innovation Programme, which aims to accelerate the commercial deployment of clean energy technologies and processes into the coming decades, and up to £1.2 billion of funding from UK Research and Innovation, including funding for the Energy Systems Catapult and the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult. Recent announcements of funding have included £102m for the Prospering from the Energy Revolution challenge, to develop future smart energy systems and prove their use at scale, and up to £170m for decarbonising Industrial Clusters.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further information</p><p>Prospering from the Energy Revolution: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prospering-from-the-energy-revolution-full-programme-details" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prospering-from-the-energy-revolution-full-programme-details</a></p><p>Decarbonising Industrial Clusters: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/world-first-carbon-net-zero-hub-of-heavy-industry-to-help-uk-seize-global-economic-opportunities-of-clean-growth" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/world-first-carbon-net-zero-hub-of-heavy-industry-to-help-uk-seize-global-economic-opportunities-of-clean-growth</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/01/2019 14:58:35 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

997290

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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: Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland
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 has he had with his counterpart in the Republic of Ireland on the shared electricity network between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	184925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to facilitating the continuation of the Single Electricity Market (SEM) between Northern Ireland and Ireland, and is keen to work with the Irish Government and the EU to ensure that the SEM is maintained in any future scenario.</p><p>The Department has a strong relationship with counterparts in Ireland and officials hold regular discussions on both EU exit and other issues of common interest. For example, the Permanent Secretary visited Ireland on 26 October and met with his counterpart at the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/11/2018 10:48:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

997292

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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: Meters
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 encourage people to install a smart meter in their home.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	184927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government established a regulatory framework requiring industry to establish an independent organisation (Smart Energy GB) to undertake consumer engagement.</p><p> </p><p>Smart Energy GB is responsible for the national public engagement campaign for the roll-out of smart meters in Great Britain, including advertising campaigns on TV, print, online and radio. They have made progress in ensuring that households across Great Britain understand the benefits of smart meters and have generated significant levels of consumer demand to upgrade from analogue meters to smart meters.</p><p> </p><p>Their recent research, published in October, showed that consumer demand for smart meters is strong, with 98% of people in Great Britain now aware of smart meters and their benefits.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/11/2018 10:48:28 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

988702

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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	Natural Gas: Northern Ireland
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 he has to increase access to the natural gas network in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	180144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government acknowledges the value that a gas connection can bring to households and businesses. However, as energy is a devolved matter, any extensions to the gas network in Northern Ireland would be a matter for a restored Northern Ireland Assembly.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 24/10/2018 16:51:55 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

988706

registered interest
date	16/10/2018
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: Construction
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 windfarms were built in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	180147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The Information requested can be found online in the Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), which can be accessed at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-energy-planning-database-monthly-extract</p><p>The REPD tracks all renewable energy projects, including onshore wind and offshore wind projects, equal to or greater than 1MW as they progress through the planning system to when they become operational.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 24/10/2018 16:28:38 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

931090

registered interest
date	25/06/2018
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	Utilities: 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 his Department is taking to encourage utilities providers to offer discounts to customers purchasing two or more utilities from a company.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	157105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>In Great Britain, it is a commercial decision for individual energy supply companies as to whether to offer incentives for consumers to purchase more than one of their services. In Northern Ireland, energy policy is largely a devolved matter. The UK Government is working to ensure the resumption of stable devolved government in North Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 03/07/2018 15:30:59 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

909030

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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, how many wind farms have been established in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	146190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/05/2018 answer text <p>The table below sets out how many onshore and offshore wind farms have been established in the UK in each of the last five years for which full year data is available.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1: UK onshore and offshore wind farms that have become operational between January 1 2013 and 31 December 2017</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Technology</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Onshore wind</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offshore wind</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Source: Renewable Energy Planning Database (April 2018 extract) BEIS: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-energy-planning-database-monthly-extract" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/renewable-energy-planning-database-monthly-extract</a></em></p><p> </p><p><em>Note: extensions to existing sites have been counted as new sites. </em></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 29/05/2018 14:26:49 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

886137

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on encouraging consumers to source their energy from providers of renewable energy.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	136332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>There are a number of suppliers in the GB energy market that offer electricity tariffs backed 100% by renewables sources. Consumers can make an active choice to sign up to these green energy tariffs. Energy is a devolved matter in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/05/2018 16:40:03 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson