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1465820

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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	Warm Home Discount Scheme: Disability
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 plans to take steps to help mitigate the impact on disabled people of the forthcoming changes to the eligibility criteria for the Warm Home Discount, which will remove eligibility for people who receive Personal Independence Payment and Disability Living Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Around 62% of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) recipients also receive one of the qualifying means-tested benefits and so would be considered low-income under the Core Group 2 criteria. Those with high energy costs would therefore be eligible for a rebate. The Government’s analysis shows that 160,000 more households, where there is a person with a disability or long-term illness, will receive a rebate each winter compared to the previous scheme. My Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer has also announced a one-off £150 payment for people on disability benefits this year, alongside other cost of living support measures: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-of-living-support/cost-of-living-support-factsheet-26-may-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-of-living-support/cost-of-living-support-factsheet-26-may-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/06/2022 14:01:16 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1465823

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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 Poverty: Disability
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 Government Response to the Warm Home Discount: Better targeted support from 2022 consultation, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the value and proportion of energy suppliers' spending through Industry Initiatives to support fuel poor disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Industry Initiatives provide valuable support to households in, or at risk of, fuel poverty through a range of measures, including energy advice, financial assistance, and energy efficiency improvements.</p><p> </p><p>To date, energy suppliers have only been required to report on the overall spending on Industry Initiatives measures to Ofgem. From the 2022/23 scheme year, suppliers will be required to report on the estimated value and proportion of Industry Initiatives spending on fuel poor households where someone has a disability or significant health problems.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/06/2022 13:59:13 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1465824

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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: Disability
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 help ensure that funding through Industry Initiatives to provide a safeguard for disabled people with high energy costs as a result of their impairments does not place a higher administrative burden on disabled people than the Warm Home Discount.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Industry Initiatives provide valuable support to households in, or at risk of, fuel poverty through a range of measures, including energy advice, financial assistance, and energy efficiency improvements.</p><p> </p><p>To date, energy suppliers have only been required to report on the overall spending on Industry Initiatives measures to Ofgem. From the 2022/23 scheme year, suppliers will be required to report on the estimated value and proportion of Industry Initiatives spending on fuel poor households where someone has a disability or significant health problems.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/06/2022 06:45:48 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1462145

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	Construction: Finance
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 plans to reform the practice of retentions payments in the construction industry.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>While difficult to measure fully and comprehensively, the Government is aware of this important issue and continues to work with both officials and the Construction Leadership Council to implement a solution.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 765 question first answered 17/05/2022 15:14:42 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1462146

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	Construction: Finance
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 make an assessment of the scale of the loss of retention monies by construction small and medium sized enterprises since January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>While difficult to measure fully and comprehensively, the Government is aware of this important issue and continues to work with both officials and the Construction Leadership Council to implement a solution.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 764 question first answered 17/05/2022 15:14:42 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1437907

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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	Disability: Finance
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 Extra Costs Taskforce will report as scheduled by summer 2022.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	134009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>BEIS are working closely with the Cabinet Office Disability Unit to carry out the engagement with disabled people, regulators and businesses, to ensure we have a full understanding of the issue of extra costs before the Taskforce is formally convened. The commitment to set up the Taskforce is still on track to be delivered by Summer 2022.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 09/03/2022 17:04:07 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1437910

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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	Disability: Consumers
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 Extra Costs Taskforce established in the National Disability Strategy will recommend measures to tackle the disproportional impact of increased fuel and food prices on disabled consumers.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	134010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>The taskforce is on track to set up by summer 2022 and we are keen to engage in that process before drawing conclusions.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 09/03/2022 17:01:45 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1299962

registered interest
date	05/03/2021
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: Closures
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 small businesses closed in each financial year from 2010-11 to date.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	163694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>Data on business closures by size of business are not available. The data provided below covers all registered business closures in the UK for the periods specified.</p><p> </p><p>According to the business counts published in 2020 by the Office for National Statistics in <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/ukbusinessactivitysizeandlocation/2020" target="_blank">UK business: activity, size and location</a>, 98.1% of all registered business are small (0 to 49 employees). Therefore, the vast majority of business closures are very likely to be small businesses.</p><p> </p><p>Data on business closures over the <strong>last 3 financial years</strong> are shown in table 1:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Table 1: Number of business closures by financial year, all registered businesses</strong></em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of business closures</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/2020</p></td><td><p>383,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019</p></td><td><p>348,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>351,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Office for National Statistics: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/businessdemographyquarterlyexperimentalstatisticsuk/apriltojune2020" target="_blank">Business Demography, quarterly experimental statistics, UK</a> </em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Prior to 2017 data are only available for calendar years, rather than financial years. The number of closures in each <strong>calendar year </strong>is shown in table 2:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em><strong>Table 2: Number of business closures by calendar year, all registered businesses</strong></em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of business closures</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>336,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>311,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>346,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>281,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>282,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>246,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>238,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>252,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>230,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>277,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Office for National Statistics: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/businessindustryandtrade/business/activitysizeandlocation/bulletins/businessdemography/previousReleases" target="_blank">Business demography, UK statistical bulletin</a> </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 10/03/2021 15:12:40 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1255887

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	Energy Supply
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 (a) potential for and (b) benefits of local electricity generation.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	121257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>There can be many benefits from local electricity generation, including greater consumer engagement with electricity and how it is generated.</p><p>In 2019, we generated record levels of solar and wind energy and continue to be the world’s leader for offshore wind.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 01/12/2020 17:25:13 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1144442

registered interest
date	03/09/2019
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	Fuels: Emergency Services
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 his Department has had with Oldham Council on the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement on the availability of fuel for emergency services.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	286244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been implementing a significant programme of work to ensure the UK will be ready to leave the European Union on 31<sup>st</sup> October in all scenarios, including in the event of a Brexit without a withdrawal agreement.</p><p>Our priority is to maintain normal fuel deliveries in any of these scenarios and my officials continue to hold discussions with industry, other Government Departments and Local Resilience Fora (including Greater Manchester Resilience Forum of which Oldham Council are a member) to ensure that this objective is met.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 09/09/2019 13:28:04 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams