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1186831

registered interest
date	20/03/2020
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	Insovency: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will suspend wrongful trading laws during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	32707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the difficulties faced by directors in making decisions about the future viability of their companies in these times of extreme uncertainty, and that the wrongful trading provisions impact on those decisions. The Government is urgently considering a range of measures which aim to help businesses wherever possible where the Covid-19 outbreak is the cause of their financial difficulties.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 26/03/2020 17:24:47 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 14918 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1186523

registered interest
date	19/03/2020
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	Key Workers
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 improve (a) recruitment and (b) retention of key workers during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Dundee West
tabling member printed	Chris Law
uin	32194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government defines key workers as those whose work are critical to the Coronavirus response. This includes those who work in the health and social care sectors, as well as in education and childcare, transport, food and delivery, utilities, communications, public safety, and the Government.</p><p>To assist retention, schools will provide essential support to the most vulnerable children and the children of those identified as key workers.</p><p>In addition, the Department of Health and Social Care is enhancing the capacity and flexible deployment of staff across essential services, for example:</p><ul><li>By allowing the temporary registration of recently retired NHS staff and social workers.</li><li>By allowing retired staff to return to the NHS without a negative impact on their pension.</li><li>By providing additional indemnity cover to key workers.</li></ul><p>By protecting the employment rights of NHS volunteers.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 26/03/2020 17:05:55 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi previous answer version 14582 answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1186528

registered interest
date	19/03/2020
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	Prices: Coronavirus
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 penalise (a) businesses and (b) individuals engaged in (i) price gouging and (ii) profiteering during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	32195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is clear that excessive price increases exploiting the covid-19 outbreak are unacceptable. We are speaking with retailers daily and the Competition and Markets Authority has established a taskforce to tackle the issue. It has approached traders already to stop excessive price increases. Consumers and businesses should report any issues directly to the taskforce online. The Government is monitoring this situation closely and will take further action if it is necessary.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 26/03/2020 16:36:00 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully previous answer version 14579 answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1185669

registered interest
date	17/03/2020
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	Housing: 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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the provision of financial support for the installation of energy efficiency measures in homes of people with ill health.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	30760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>BEIS, the Department of Health and Social Care and Public Health England are working in collaboration to tackle cold homes.</p><p> </p><p>The Fuel Poverty Strategy for England includes a vulnerability principle and Government has consulted on updating this principle so that it focuses specifically on households that are most at risk to the impact of living in a cold home. This intends to ensure that energy efficiency schemes can support those in the greatest need.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Company Obligation (ECO), the main domestic energy efficiency scheme in Great Britain, is worth £640m per year and is focused on low income and vulnerable households, including those in receipt of Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payment and Carers Allowance.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, under ECO measures can be installed in the homes of people referred by their local authority, with ill health being an eligibility criterion many use.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 26/03/2020 17:35:18 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1185791

registered interest
date	17/03/2020
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	Self-employed: Coronavirus
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 level of need of solo self-employed people without access to human resources support during the covid-19 outbreak; what steps he is taking to support people in that position; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	30732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>Government is clear that we must support people in work to do the right thing during a Covid-19 outbreak. The Government has already made it easier for those who are sick or self-isolating to access support through Universal Credit and contributory Employment and Support Allowance. We want to make sure our welfare system works quickly and effectively to provide security for people. We are also supporting the self-employed through the tax system, with the next self-assessment payments deferred until the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government recognises that those who are self-employed might not have HR support, but they can get advice on individual employment issues by calling Acas. They can also ring the BEIS Business Support Line for further advice on support for business.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC have also set up a dedicated helpline for self-employed individuals in financial distress and with outstanding tax liabilities to receive support with their tax affairs through HMRC’s Time To Pay service.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 26/03/2020 17:22:55 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1185893

registered interest
date	17/03/2020
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	Housing: 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 steps his Department is taking to (a) support over 60s who live in fuel-poor households and (b) improve the energy efficiency of existing homes.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	30765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>Improving energy efficiency is the best long-term solution to tackle fuel poverty.</p><p>More than one quarter of fuel poor households in England include a resident over 60. Government is taking steps to ensure low income, vulnerable households, including older people, are protected from living in a cold home.</p><p>The Energy Company Obligation Scheme provides support for low income and vulnerable households. Since ECO launched it has delivered energy efficiency measures to more than 2 million households. ECO, or a successor scheme, will continue to drive at least £640 million investment per year in home energy efficiency until 2028.</p><p>The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards now require landlords spend up to £3500 improving their properties to energy efficiency Band E before renting them out. We intend to consult later this year on a long-term trajectory for improving Private Rented Sector homes to Band C.</p><p>In addition to receiving energy efficiency support, pensioners receive financial support to ensure they can keep their homes warm. Winter Fuel Payments provide pensioners with between £100 and £300 to keep their homes warm during the winter. Those on Pension Credit also receive a £140 Warm Home Discount rebate.</p><p>Our 2020 Fuel Poverty Strategy will detail our future plans to tackle fuel poverty.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 26/03/2020 17:37:27 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1185295

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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: Complaints
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 complaints the Green Deal Finance Company has received in respect of Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd in each year since 2013, by (i) constituency and (ii) local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	30032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of complaints the Green Deal Finance Company has received in respect of Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS).</p><p> </p><p>The Department also does not hold information on whether the Green Deal Finance Company has written to the 4,581 HELMS consumers on the practices of that company.</p><p>The Green Deal Finance Company are a private company, and as such do not routinely share data around complaints, or their approach to providing redress to consumers with the Department.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 30033 question first answered 26/03/2020 17:31:44 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1185296

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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
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 oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Official Report, 23 October 2018, column 53WH, whether the Green Deal Finance Company has written to the 4,581 consumers who were sold a Green Deal by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS) on the sales practices of that company.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	30033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of complaints the Green Deal Finance Company has received in respect of Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS).</p><p> </p><p>The Department also does not hold information on whether the Green Deal Finance Company has written to the 4,581 HELMS consumers on the practices of that company.</p><p>The Green Deal Finance Company are a private company, and as such do not routinely share data around complaints, or their approach to providing redress to consumers with the Department.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng grouped question UIN 30032 question first answered 26/03/2020 17:31:44 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1185297

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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: Complaints
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 (a) criteria and (b) calculations were for offers of a (i) reduction and (ii) cancellation made by (A) the Green Deal Finance Company and (B) his Department to customers who have made a complaint on green deal mis-selling by Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd (HELMS).
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	30034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2020 answer text <p>Each complaint is considered individually by the Secretary of State in line with the Green Deal Framework Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has the power to reduce or cancel loans where there has been a breach of the relevant rules, and he is satisfied that the consumer has suffered, or is likely to suffer, a substantive loss. One of the requirements in the Regulations is to impose a sanction that is proportionate to the breach it is imposed upon. Further information on the legislative requirements is available in the Sanctions guidance, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-green-deal-sanctions-and-appeals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-green-deal-sanctions-and-appeals</a></p><p> </p><p>Details of any proposed sanction, including reasons for intended decision and associated calculations, are made available in intention notices issued to affected parties. Any proposed sanction by the Secretary of State, intends to bring the consumer closest to the position they would have been in had the identified breaches not occurred. The sanction will vary depending on the nature of individual cases.</p><p> </p><p>The Green Deal Finance Company are a private company, and as such do not routinely share data around complaints, or their approach to providing redress to consumers with the Department.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 26/03/2020 17:33:00 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown