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date	09/09/2020
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	Green Homes Grant 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 the timescale is for the introduction of the Government's proposed Home Upgrade Grants.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	87557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>Under the £2 billion Green Homes Grant funding announced by my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer on 8th July to save households money, cut carbon and create green jobs, £500 million has been earmarked for Local Authority delivery in England to improve the energy efficiency of low-income households.</p><p> </p><p>The first phase of this funding, launched on 4th August, will see up to £200 million available to Local Authorities directly through a bidding process. The remaining £300 million will be allocated to the five regional Local Energy Hubs later this year to procure services that support upgrading eligible homes.</p><p> </p><p>This funding represents a significant and accelerated down payment on decarbonising buildings to help stimulate the economic recovery and create green jobs.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 14/09/2020 15:12:42 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1233007

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
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	Social Rented Housing: Carbon Emissions
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 timescale is for the introduction of the Government's proposed social housing decarbonisation programme.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	87558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>On 8 July 2020, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Summer Economic Update announced the £50m UK-wide Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund Demonstrator (SHDF Demonstrator) to start the decarbonisation of social housing over 2020/21, and to support green jobs as part of the COVID-19 Economic Recovery Plan. The £50m project is a down payment towards the £3.8 billion Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund in our Manifesto, allocations for which will be determined in due course. This is a 10-year scheme, running to 2030, beginning with the Demonstrator phase in 2020. This will mean warmer and more energy efficient homes and could reduce annual energy bills by hundreds of pounds for some of the poorest households in society, as well as lowering carbon emissions.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 14/09/2020 12:16:27 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1233008

registered interest
date	09/09/2020
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	Fuel Poverty
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 the Government will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a fuel poverty debt relief programme for winter 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	87559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department is working with Ofgem to assess the level and impact of domestic consumer energy debt this winter and we will continue to review options to support energy customers in debt, including those in or at risk of fuel poverty.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem rules require energy suppliers to offer customers at risk of, or in debt, the facility to repay their debt in instalments. Suppliers are also required to take all reasonable steps to take into account a customers ability to pay when calculating this. Ofgem issued an open letter in June, stating they would “not tolerate sharp practice or aggressive debt collection and suppliers could face enforcement action where this is the case”.</p><p> </p><p>The Department secured an agreement with energy companies on 19th March 2020 to support their customers impacted by Covid-19, that, based on the circumstances could include reassessing, reducing or pausing debt repayments for households in financial distress. Companies have also agreed to refer customers who are struggling to pay their bills to third party debt advisors.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 14/09/2020 12:20:35 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck