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1124689

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
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	Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme: Solar 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, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of extending Solar Thermal applications allowed under the Renewable Heat Incentive to both domestic hot water systems and domestic heating systems at the same time.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	250768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department considered whether solar thermal should be allowed for space heating when the scheme was being designed in 2012/2013. The decision to restrict support to domestic hot water only solar thermal systems for the domestic RHI was based on the following considerations:</p><ul><li>At the time that we made our decision, market intelligence showed that only a small minority of solar thermal systems were designed to provide space heating and there was limited performance data.</li><li>Supporting solar thermal for space heating would not present good value for money, as the RHI is taxpayer-funded – this is because solar thermal systems are only capable of meeting a small portion of a house’s heat demand, and are not as cost-effective in space heating when compared to other technologies.</li></ul><p>The Government currently has no plans to review its position on support for solar thermal on the RHI.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/05/2019 16:51:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1124718

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
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	Boilers: Natural Gas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2019 to Question 245593 on Boilers: Natural Gas; what the evidence base is for the statement that in April 2018 the majority of boilers on the market met or exceeded the minimum efficiency requirement of 92 per cent.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	250740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>In 2017, BEIS undertook an internal assessment of the Products Characteristic Database, the database containing product performance data used in the Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP). This assessment found that 65 per cent of the 492 boilers added to the database between 2014 and August 2016 met or exceeded the minimum efficiency requirement of 92 per cent according to the Energy-related Product (ErP) standard.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/05/2019 14:02:41 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1124719

registered interest
date	03/05/2019
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	Boilers: Natural Gas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May to Question 245593 on Boilers: Natural Gas, what assessment his Department has made of the operational efficiency of domestic boilers once installed between 2005 and 2019.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	250741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2019 answer text <p>Current standards require all new gas boilers installed in English homes to be A rated. Research on real-world boiler performance has been carried out to inform the representation of gas boilers in the government’s Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP). Further information can be found on the Building Research Establishment (BRE) website. BRE deliver the SAP contract on behalf of the government.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 15/05/2019 14:28:44 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1124524

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
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	Individual Voluntary Arrangements
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 establish an inquiry into the use of Individual Voluntary Agreements as a means of exploiting low-income and vulnerable consumers.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	250435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Individual voluntary arrangements, used appropriately, are a very useful tool for helping people to deal with problem debt and there are no current plans to review their use. However, Government has recently consulted on the implementation of a “breathing space” scheme, which aims to give people legal protection from creditor action while they seek debt advice from an independent, approved debt adviser about their options. This will help to ensure that an individual in problem debt can enter a debt solution most appropriate for their circumstances. The Government’s response to this consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 09/05/2019 07:49:28 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1124546

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
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	Pubs Code Adjudicator
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 enquiries to the Pubs Code Adjudicator have been made by (a) telephone, (b) email and (c) post in each month since July 2016; and what the average response time was of the Pub’s Code Adjudicator to those enquiries.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	250428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>Enquiries to the Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) can be made by telephone, website or through an email to the enquiries email address. The PCA expects to make contact within one working day. The PCA has calculated that on average enquiries are closed within 6 days of being made. Since July 2016 the PCA has had the following enquiries:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month</p></td><td><p>Received via phone</p></td><td><p>Received via email</p></td><td><p>Received via website</p></td><td><p>Not categorised</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2016</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2016</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2016</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2016</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>49</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2016</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2016</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2017</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2017</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2017</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2017</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2017</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2017</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2017</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2017</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2017</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2017</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2017</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2017</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2018</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2018</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2018</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2018</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2018</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2018</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2018</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2018</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2019</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2019</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2019</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2019</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>545</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>195</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>836</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/05/2019 11:09:21 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1124547

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
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	Public Houses: Investment
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 value of investment into UK pubs provided by the six companies covered by the Pubs Code.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	250429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not made such an assessment.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/05/2019 11:09:28 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1124548

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
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	Pubs Code Adjudicator: Legal Costs
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 cost of legal advice has been sought by the Office of the Pubs Code Adjudicator since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	250430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>According to the Pubs Code Adjudicator, the total costs for external legal services for completed and audited financial years (2016/17 and 2017/18) is £101,844.68.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/05/2019 11:09:36 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1124549

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
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	Pubs Code Adjudicator
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 average cost of an arbitration decision by the Pub’s Code Adjudicator has been since July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	250437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>From its levy calculations, the Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) estimates the average cost to the PCA of an arbitration decision as £4,323.31 in 2017 and £6,849.50 in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/05/2019 11:09:45 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1124550

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
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	Pubs Code Adjudicator: Staff
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 people are employed on a (a) full-time and (b) part-time basis by the Pubs Code Adjudicator; and if he will publish the salary bands for those employees.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	250438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>The Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) is a corporation sole who has no power to directly employ any members of staff. Staff are seconded on the terms of their home organisation, within the salary band for their grade. Currently the PCA has 12 staff seconded, all of whom are on a full-time equivalent basis.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/05/2019 11:09:52 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1124551

registered interest
date	02/05/2019
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	Pubs Code Adjudicator: Secondment
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 secondees from government departments are employed by the Pub’s Code Adjudicator by government department.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	250439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2019 answer text <p>The Pubs Code Adjudicator (PCA) is a corporation sole who has no power to directly employ any members of staff. Currently the PCA has 12 seconded members of staff from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Home Office, the Ministry of Defence and the Department for Education.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 10/05/2019 11:10:00 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans