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1506755

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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: North Sea
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 impact of the expansion of extraction activity in the North Sea on wholesale domestic gas price.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	51639
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>As an internationally traded commodity, natural gas prices are primarily driven by the underlying price in the global market. Many of the factors affecting the spikes seen recently in wholesale gas prices are attributable to international activity extending beyond the UK's domestic production. To date, the Department has not undertaken analysis of the impact of increased domestic gas production on domestic wholesale price specifically.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/09/2022 15:13:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1506776

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Fracking
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 make assessments of levels of local consent for fracking.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	51643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government expects industry to work closely with communities in order to gather the local support needed, as well as to determine what kind of community benefits will be put in place.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 51644 question first answered 28/09/2022 14:30:13 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1506777

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Fracking
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 will take steps to consult hon. Members when making assessments of local levels of support for new fracking sites.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	51644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government expects industry to work closely with communities in order to gather the local support needed, as well as to determine what kind of community benefits will be put in place.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 51643 question first answered 28/09/2022 14:30:13 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1506917

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Tidal Power: 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, what steps he is taking to invest in research on the (a) improvement and (b) optimisation of tidal power.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	51645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>In July this year over 40MW of new tidal stream capacity was procured via the government’s flagship Contracts for Difference scheme. This contract award will enable tidal stream developers to gain operational experience and work on improving and optimising their technologies. Tidal stream continues to be eligible for a suite of competitively allocated Net Zero innovation grant funding opportunities, with the Government having spent over £80m on marine energy innovation since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/09/2022 14:07:22 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1506918

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Tidal 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, whether the Government has made an assessment of potential sites for new tidal power sites.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	51646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The identification and leasing of marine energy sites is a matter for the Crown Estate and the Crown Estate Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/09/2022 14:07:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1505335

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
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	Small Businesses: 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 assessment he has made of the potential impact of rising energy prices on SMEs.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	48319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the impact rising energy prices will have on businesses of all sizes and is in regular contact with business groups and suppliers to understand the challenges they face and explore ways to protect consumers and businesses.</p><p> </p><p>The recently announced Energy Bill Relief Scheme ( <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fgovernment-outlines-plans-to-help-cut-energy-bills-for-businesses&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cd921baf6d3b04b79c2ab08daa1590435%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637999700931338449%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=tE4p4ndLHxRnbZLu5mbwdLcPZiYhAi69rqNSEeIKUKU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-outlines-plans-to-help-cut-energy-bills-for-businesses</a>) ensures that all businesses and other non-domestic customers are protected from excessively high energy bills over the winter period. A review of the scheme, to be published in three months, will identify the most vulnerable non-domestic customers and how the government will continue assisting them with energy costs after the initial six months.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/09/2022 14:04:18 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1505338

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
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	Public Houses: 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 assessment he has made of the potential impact of rising energy prices on (a) pubs and (b) breweries.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	48321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>BEIS is monitoring the impact of energy prices on businesses and recognises the scale will vary depending on business type and type of contract or tariff.</p><p> </p><p>The recently announced Energy Bill Relief Scheme ( <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fgovernment-outlines-plans-to-help-cut-energy-bills-for-businesses&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Ca172ca88e6724c56837f08daa1624e6e%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637999740836600243%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=VXl2qt9NdQgdQ6qfZvPloNO4mPutx5vA5VtPRXwieeU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-outlines-plans-to-help-cut-energy-bills-for-businesses</a>) ensures that all businesses and other non-domestic customers are protected from excessively high energy bills over the winter period. A review of the scheme, to be published in three months, will identify the most vulnerable non-domestic customers and how the government will continue assisting them with energy costs after the initial six months.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also providing support via with business rates relief, freezing alcohol duty rates on beer, cider, wine and spirits, and increasing the employment allowance.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/09/2022 15:05:27 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1505341

registered interest
date	06/09/2022
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	Fuel Oil: 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 assessment he has made of the impact of rising energy prices on off-grid communities that are reliant on oil.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	48324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Households not on standard gas or electricity contracts, such as those in rural areas, will receive equivalent support to that provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme, and the Energy Price Guarantee. The Government is working at pace to determine the most practical and tested routes to deliver this support. As part of this, for households who do not use gas for domestic heating, the Government has committed to provide an additional payment of £100 to compensate for the rising costs of other fuels such as heating oil.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/09/2022 15:16:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy