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1684744

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of the UK joining the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	11295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The UK has no plans to join the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance. However, the Government is committed to continued collaboration on phasing out unabated fossil fuels with all international partners.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 01/02/2024 06:51:36 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1684747

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Charter Treaty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2023 to Question 4125 on Energy Charter Treaty, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies on the UK's membership of Energy Charter Treaty of the recent discussions between the secretariat for the Energy Charter Treaty and OPEC on potential cooperation.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	11296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The Energy Charter Treaty Secretariat has not initiated formal cooperation with OPEC. The UK stays in touch with issues relating to the Energy Charter Treaty through regular meetings.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 01/02/2024 06:59:53 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1684748

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Charter Treaty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2023 to Question 4125 on Energy Charter Treaty, when her Department plans to conclude its review of the UK’s membership of the Energy Charter Treaty.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	11297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is considering the views of stakeholders in business, civil society, and Parliament and will inform Parliament of the outcome in due course.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 01/02/2024 06:58:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1684871

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Charter Treaty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what her planned timetable is for making a decision on the UK's membership of the Energy Charter Treaty.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	11418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>On 1 September 2023, the UK announced it would be reviewing its membership of the ECT if the modernised Treaty was not adopted by November 2023. The Government is considering the views of stakeholders in business, civil society, and Parliament, and will inform Parliament of the outcome in due course.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 01/02/2024 06:57:02 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1684902

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Heating: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department plans to provide financial support to people seeking to decarbonise their heating systems but who experience challenges in (a) installing a heat pump and (b) connecting to a heat network.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	11304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) provides grants to property owners in England and Wales to replace existing fossil fuel heating with a low carbon heating system. Where a heat pump may not be suitable, the BUS provides grants of £5,000 for Biomass Boilers in off gas grid properties in rural locations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has committed £485m of capital spending for heat network development (across England only) through the Green Heat Network Fund. Government does not provide financial support for domestic customers to connect to heat networks.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s ‘Find ways to save energy in your home’ (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fimprove-energy-efficiency&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7C1d0964bc444143cfb93708dc2274c585%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638423132143835628%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=uLyINmYf6%2FcotUN5Qcr8twp%2Fbuc0nguRRVhWyK2r6W8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/improve-energy-efficiency</a>) website also helps users get tailored recommendations for their home that could make their property cheaper to heat and keep warm. Consumers can also call the home retrofit phoneline service on 0800 098 7950.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 01/02/2024 06:56:21 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

1684905

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Ministers' Private Offices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether any refurbishments have been made to ministerial offices in her Department in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	11395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department was created on 7 February 2023, and following this its ministers moved into a new Government Property Agency (GPA) Hub building at 55 Whitehall, London. GPA refurbished the ministerial office space in 55 Whitehall ahead of the Department's moving into the building.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 01/02/2024 12:44:11 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1684934

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy: Historic Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the guidance entitled Adapting historic homes for energy efficiency: a review of the barriers, published on 3 January 2024, what steps her Department plans to take to (a) identify and (b) tackle ineffective (i) heating and (ii) insulation within homes.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
uin	11459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>In January 2024, the Government published the cross-government review <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fadapting-historic-homes-for-energy-efficiency-a-review-of-the-barriers%2Fadapting-historic-homes-for-energy-efficiency-a-review-of-the-barriers&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Cdc347bcaf8b24ddf903308dc22749a92%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638423131398900759%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=J6XMqg3vDqHpUwQkBGiMiSevsAfmDIi1DUm3ccyZAx4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">‘Adapting historic homes for energy efficiency: a review of the barriers’</a>, alongside an independent research report <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdefining-and-identifying-complex-to-decarbonise-homes&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Cdc347bcaf8b24ddf903308dc22749a92%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638423131398911133%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fJLmu0siVkPEOpgHED1C%2BTn2UQ7a03tJ%2BhLkDFl6QYM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">‘Defining and identifying complex-to-decarbonise homes’</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The review looks at the practical barriers to energy efficiency and low carbon heating measures in historic homes, and sets out the actions government is taking to overcome these barriers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is investing £6.6 billion over this Parliament on clean heat and improving energy efficiency in buildings, reducing our reliance on fossil fuel heating. In addition, £6 billion of new Government funding will be made available from 2025 to 2028.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 01/02/2024 07:06:14 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1684945

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Regional Electricity Companies: Weather
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether her Department has made an assessment of the ability of the electrical power companies to respond to recent storm events.
tabling member constituency	Penrith and The Border
tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
uin	11464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>The Government annually reviews the electricity industry’s preparedness for a range of scenarios including severe weather events ahead of each winter. This is in addition to specific reviews after major disruptive events, the latest being the Storm Arwen Review in 2022.</p> answering member constituency West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine answering member printed Andrew Bowie question first answered 29/01/2024 09:21:51 answering member 4601 label Biography information for Andrew Bowie
tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson

1684948

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Supply: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of households that are (a) dual fuel, (b) connected to mains gas only and (c) connected to mains electricity only.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Jo Gideon
uin	11454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The latest official Fuel Poverty Statistics for England were published in February 2023 on gov.uk here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Ffuel-poverty-statistics%232022-Statistics&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Cae4e176acab347d9f6f908dc2274509d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638423130167813493%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=KSU8UpZzASzsfRnHsh1nbWR4Qxexs%2F0WKCn88Tnyd1c%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics#2022-Statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>In England in 2022, 85 per cent of all households were connected to both mains gas and electricity, with 15 per cent of households connected to mains electricity only. Of the households which were not connected to the gas grid an estimated 653 thousand households were fuel poor.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 11455 question first answered 01/02/2024 06:55:10 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4817 label Biography information for Jo Gideon

1684949

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Fuel Poverty: Electricity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the number of households connected to mains electricity only that are in fuel poverty.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Jo Gideon
uin	11455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The latest official Fuel Poverty Statistics for England were published in February 2023 on gov.uk here: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Ffuel-poverty-statistics%232022-Statistics&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Cae4e176acab347d9f6f908dc2274509d%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638423130167813493%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=KSU8UpZzASzsfRnHsh1nbWR4Qxexs%2F0WKCn88Tnyd1c%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics#2022-Statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>In England in 2022, 85 per cent of all households were connected to both mains gas and electricity, with 15 per cent of households connected to mains electricity only. Of the households which were not connected to the gas grid an estimated 653 thousand households were fuel poor.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway grouped question UIN 11454 question first answered 01/02/2024 06:55:10 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	4817 label Biography information for Jo Gideon