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914772

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date	01/06/2018
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, how many consumers eligible for the guarantee credit element of pension credit are customers of (a) energy suppliers with more than and (b) fewer than 250,000 customers.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	149095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Of the roughly 1.4m Pension Credit Guaranteed Credit recipients, over 1.2m receive the Warm Home Discount (WHD) automatically on their energy bills as a result of being with a participating supplier and being named on the energy bill. Some of these pensioners are with suppliers with less than 250,000 customers but who have opted to participate in WHD voluntarily. We estimate that roughly 60,000 pension credit guarantee credit recipients who would be eligible under the scheme do not receive the rebate as a result of being with a non-participating supplier</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/06/2018 14:15:57 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

914773

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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, how many consumers in social grade DE are customers of (a) energy suppliers with more than and (b) fewer than 250,000 customers.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	149096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/06/2018 14:14:27 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

914774

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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
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 whether there will be an increase in the number of people who will be ineligible to receive the discount on energy through the Warm Home Discount Scheme as more people are choosing to move from large to small energy suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	149097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2018 answer text <p>Energy suppliers that are obligated to participate in the Warm Home Discount scheme cover 94% of the market for domestic customers. Our evaluation suggests that intentions to switch energy suppliers are generally low among rebate recipients. We have recently completed a consultation on the next phase of Warm Home Discount, including the obligation thresholds, and are currently reviewing the responses.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/06/2018 13:36:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

825739

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Former Members
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 former Conservative Members of Parliament who were defeated at the 2017 general election and who now work in his Department were appointed after a publicly advertised and open recruitment process.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	123806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>No former Conservative Members of Parliament have been appointed to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, or its Partner Organisations, since the 2017 General Election.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 25/01/2018 10:55:17 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

824535

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
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	Washing Machines: Standards
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 regulatory standards are in place for filters in washing machines; and whether he has plans to review those standards.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	123336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Washing machines placed on the market on or after the 8 December 2016 must comply with the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 and before that date with the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 1994. As these regulations require manufacturers to ensure that washing machines they place on the market are safe, this means any filter used in the product must also be safe. There are no plans to review these requirements.</p><p> </p><p>Manufacturers can create a presumption of compliance with the legislation by conforming to relevant Harmonised European safety standards.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is responsible for environmental protection policy.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 25/01/2018 11:39:19 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard