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1543566

registered interest
date	18/11/2022
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 Price Guarantee: Personal Records
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 November to Question 83815 on Energy Price Guarantee, what electricity and gas meter personal data is collected through the Energy Price Guarantee scheme.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	90797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>BEIS does not currently collect, hold or process any personal data through the Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) scheme. The scope of the data required to support the EPG scheme and how regularly it is collected and processed is still being defined.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/11/2022 17:13:29 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1541388

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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 Price Guarantee
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 72508 on Energy: Meters, if he set out how the Energy Price Guarantee complies with the Data Access and Privacy Framework for smart metering.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	83815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>The smart metering Data Access and Privacy Framework (DAPF) ensures that households have control over who can access their energy consumption data and for what purposes, except where this is required for regulated purposes. It establishes specific provisions relating to the processing of energy consumption data, which are designed to complement, but not replace, wider data protection legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Electricity and Gas meter personal data collected through the Energy Price Guarantee scheme will be processed in the public interest under Article 6(1)(e) of UK GDPR and processing will be compliant with the provisions set out in the DAPF.</p><p> </p><p>Smart meters only record energy consumption data. Personal information such as names, addresses and bank details are not stored on a smart meter.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/11/2022 17:12:09 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1540854

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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 Industry: Environment Protection
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 he has made of the compatibility of the oil and gas licensing round on (a) UK’s carbon budgets and net zero target; and (b) the UK’s obligations and commitments towards international climate targets.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	82296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Liverpool Walton on 7th November 2022 to Question <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-11-02%2F77566&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cf97e8530360548cd775108dac6f3bd26%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638041047388453127%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=21FoytOhVryHHDLEeHEJ7u6ub7o9zmd5EMfDwojptrc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">77566</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/11/2022 17:03:39 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1540857

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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	North Sea Oil: Shetland
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 he has made of the compatibility of Equinor developing the Rosebank oil field with the decarbonisation targets for industry as described in the North Sea Transition Deal.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	82297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for Norwich South on 1st November 2022 to Question <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-10-24%2F69713&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C3f961a9be95742c45c5908dac7ed7915%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638042119985158366%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=TPwqnRCG6tdbKu0BC9aEq1T9q1HGKXgHXY5tOHsbqZQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">69713</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/11/2022 14:03:48 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1540863

registered interest
date	08/11/2022
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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 77419 on Energy: Meters, in what ways the Energy Price Guarantee complements the Data Access and Privacy Framework for smart metering.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	82301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>The smart metering Data Access and Privacy Framework (DAPF) ensures that households have control over who can access their energy consumption data and for what purposes, except where this is required for regulated purposes. It establishes specific provisions relating to the processing of energy consumption data, which are designed to complement, but not replace, wider data protection legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Electricity and Gas meter personal data collected through the Energy Price Guarantee scheme will be processed in the public interest under Article 6(1)(e) of UK GDPR.</p><p> </p><p>Smart meters only record energy consumption data. Personal information such as names, addresses and bank details are not stored on a smart meter.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/11/2022 10:03:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1538526

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2022 to Question 72508 on Energy: Meters, whether the Energy Price Guarantee scheme: privacy notice published on 1 October 2022 is compatible with the strict Data Access and Privacy Framework referenced in his answer.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	77419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) scheme complements the Data Access and Privacy Framework (DAPF) for smart metering.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will continue to work with energy suppliers and Ofgem to ensure compliance with the DAPF.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 07/11/2022 17:08:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1536976

registered interest
date	27/10/2022
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 Price Guarantee: Data Protection
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 he has had recent discussions with Ofgem on the data requirements set out in the privacy notice for the Energy Price Guarantee scheme; and whether his Department made an assessment of the potential impact of those data requirements on consumer trust in smart meters.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	72990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government works closely with Ofgem to ensure a high standard of consumer protection is maintained across the retail energy sector, including for smart metering and the Energy Price Guarantee (EPG).</p><p> </p><p>The scope of data required to support the EPG is still being determined. The Government will continue to work with energy suppliers to ensure that consumers’ privacy is safeguarded, while enabling proportionate access to data to enable evaluation and fraud prevention, as is in the public interest. No personal data has yet been collected in relation to the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department works closely with Ofgem to monitor consumer experience of smart meters and to ensure compliance with the Data Access and Privacy Framework.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 01/11/2022 18:04:13 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 29718 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1536549

registered interest
date	26/10/2022
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 discussions he has had with the Information Commissioner's Office on (a) the collection of personal smart meter data and (b) compatibility of that collection with commitments on privacy.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	72508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government worked with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) to establish a strict Data Access and Privacy Framework for smart metering that protects consumers’ privacy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to work with the ICO to ensure that it is complying with statutory duties in relation to smart and traditional meter data.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/10/2022 17:02:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1523869

registered interest
date	18/10/2022
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 help support people who are required to use prepayment energy meters and (a) require continuous energy for health reasons, (b) have an illness that is exacerbated by cold weather and (c) live in a household with young children or older adults.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	65753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government has announced unprecedented support within its Growth Plan to protect households and businesses from high energy prices. The Energy Price Guarantee and the Energy Bill Relief Scheme are supporting millions of households and businesses with rising energy costs, and they will continue to do so from now until April next year. This is on top of the £800 of one-off support to eight million of the most vulnerable households to help with the cost of living</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 26/10/2022 16:56:17 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1520621

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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 Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing
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 he has made of the potential merits of introducing (a) a fine or (b) other financial deterrent to ensure landlords do not withhold the energy rebates from their tenants.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	61104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The legislation states that intermediaries must pass the benefits to the end user. Fines will not be issued if the intermediary fails to pass on support within a specified period, instead the end user will be able to pursue recovery of benefits as a debt, through civil proceedings. The Government will introduce regulations with further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/10/2022 11:29:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah