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1457511

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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: Meters
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 estimate he has made of the number of energy company meter readers that have lost their jobs in the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	153948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>Smart meters are modernising the energy system, bringing an end to estimated bills and manual meter reads, which reduces costs and improves service for consumers.</p><p> </p><p>Energy suppliers are responsible for managing their workforce and the provision of metering and billing services. They have adopted a number of approaches to their changing workforce requirements, including re-training meter readers for other roles such as smart meter installers.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/04/2022 16:08:22 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1457512

registered interest
date	14/04/2022
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: Meters
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 smart meters have been installed in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	153949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2022 answer text <p>The smart meter rollout is making good progress, with 27.8 million smart and advanced meters in homes and small businesses across Great Britain as of the end of December 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s official statistics on the rollout of smart meters are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/smart-meters-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/smart-meters-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>These statistics, based on data from energy suppliers, cover all smart meter installations from 2012 onwards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 21/04/2022 16:09:31 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1456499

registered interest
date	31/03/2022
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	Energy: 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 his Department has made of the potential capacity of the North Sea to assist with (a) ensuring a low cost and low carbon footprint and (b) energy security for the UK.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	151101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2022 answer text <p>The North Sea will play an important role in enabling Government to meet the UK’s Carbon Budget 6 and net zero targets whilst delivering low-cost electricity for consumers. 11.3GW of offshore wind is already operating in the UK, the majority of which is in the North Sea with around a further 32GW under construction, or in earlier stages of development in UK waters. Further seabed leases totalling around 25GW were awarded to wind projects in the North Sea in the recent ScotWind leasing round. The Government has since published the British Energy Security Strategy, which sets out how the UK will become more self-sufficient, bolstering our energy security.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 19/04/2022 14:03:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1453613

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
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	UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the consultation on the UK Emissions Trading Scheme free allowances will take place.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	145858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>The consultation “Developing the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS)”, which includes sections relating to free allowances, was published on 25 March 2022 and will run until 17 June.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/03/2022 16:54:27 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1453615

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
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	UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Public Consultation
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 delay the compliance deadline for the 2021 UK ETS scheme, to allow the consultation on free allowances time to conclude.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	145859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>UK Emissions Trading Scheme legislation establishes the legal requirement that the annual deadline for surrendering allowances is 30 April. This deadline is not discretionary and will not be delayed. This clarity regarding the timelines of the compliance cycle enables operators to plan ahead with confidence and ensure that they are able to meet their compliance obligations.</p><p> </p><p>Through both free allocation and auctions, a total of 194 million allowances will have been released before the compliance deadline on 30 April, meaning that the UK ETS is well supplied to meet compliance demand.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/03/2022 16:55:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1453616

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
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	UK Emissions Trading 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 steps he is taking with the Minister for Brexit Opportunities and Government Efficiency to ensure the UK Emissions Trading System supports the UK’s energy resilience.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	145860
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>On 25 March 2022, a UK ETS consultation was launched, fulfilling the Government’s commitment to align the scheme with the UK’s net zero ambitions and consulting on options to introduce the necessary changes to the scheme. In doing so, businesses will be given the confidence to invest in the transition to cheap, clean homegrown energy, which is significantly reducing reliance on fossil fuels and exposure to volatile oil and gas prices on global markets.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/03/2022 16:55:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1453617

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
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	UK Emissions Trading 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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that Emissions Trading System free allowances do not adversely impact decarbonisation projects.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	145861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting industry from carbon leakage as the UK economy decarbonises. A proportion of allowances under the UK ETS, worth several billion pounds a year at current prices, are consequently allocated for free to businesses at risk of carbon leakage.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is currently conducting a review into free allocation policy. These proposals were included in the “Developing the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS)” consultation, published on 25 March 2022, which will run until 17 June 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/03/2022 16:53:16 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1452267

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
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	Wind Power: Planning Permission
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of relaxing planning rules on the development of onshore wind farms in England.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	141983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>Onshore wind is an important part of the energy mix, accounting for around a quarter of installed renewable capacity in the UK, but as one of the cheapest electricity generating technologies, we know that we will need more.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the Government’s Energy White Paper and Net Zero Strategy, a low-cost net zero system of the future will be comprised predominantly of wind and solar and to achieve this, we will require a sustained increase of locally supported onshore wind in the 2020s and beyond.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/03/2022 14:40:31 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1452269

registered interest
date	17/03/2022
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	Energy: 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, with reference to the Prime minister's oral contribution of 31 January 2022, Official Report, column 37, what recent progress the Government has made bringing forward a package of measures to tackle the high cost of industrial energy.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	141984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises this is still a worrying time for businesses facing pressures due to the significant increases in global gas prices.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State has met representatives of the UK’s high energy-using sectors frequently in recent months in order to better understand the impact on their business, and extensive engagement with industry continues across government at both a ministerial and official level. The Government’s priorities are to ensure supplies of energy are maintained.</p><p> </p><p>In order to help ensure our industry remains strong and competitive, between 2013 and 2020, total relief to energy intensive industries for electricity policy costs of over £2billion was provided. This has so far helped over 270 businesses across the UK. In 2020 alone, the Government provided relief to Energy Intensive Industries for electricity policy costs worth over £470million.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018, the Government announced £315 million of funding for the Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, which is supporting businesses with high energy use to cut their bills until 2024.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently undertaking a review of the schemes which will enable decisions to be taken on their future format.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 22/03/2022 15:35:37 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1439829

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
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	Energy: Standing Charges
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 on energy consumers of the increase in the daily standing charge on bills imposed by (a) E-ON and (b) other energy suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	138028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>The standing charge is a daily flat rate that E.ON and other suppliers charge their customers to cover the cost of providing a live supply regardless of how much energy they use. It includes charges from network companies for using pipes and power lines to carry gas and electricity supplies, the maintenance and installation of meters, billing and accounting. A small proportion of the standing charge also goes towards Government initiatives that help vulnerable households and reduce carbon emissions. Ofgem requires energy suppliers to separate out the standing charge from a tariff’s energy unit rate so consumers can see what the different charges amount to.</p><p> </p><p>For millions of households the level of standing charge is protected by the energy price cap rate set by Ofgem. While the setting of tariffs is a commercial matter for individual supply companies, the energy unit rate and the standing charge together for a supplier’s default and standard variable tariffs must not exceed the level of the price cap. For consumers looking for a new fixed deal for their energy, suppliers can offer a range of tariffs including some with a low or even a zero standing charge and a higher energy unit rate to attract low energy users.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands grouped question UIN 138029 question first answered 15/03/2022 16:59:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham