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753953

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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: Fraud
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many mass marketing scams targeting energy customers there have been since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL1099
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>National Trading Standards (NTS) work with various bodies including the police to tackle mass marketing frauds across all sectors, including energy.</p><p>The NTS scams teams work with local authorities to provide support to victims. The team currently has agreements with nearly two hundred local authorities to provide additional support for victims in their areas to help them rebuild their lives. The Department does not hold data on number of mass marketing scams targeting energy customers, the number of victims targeted or the amount of money they have lost.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1098 HL1100 HL1101 question first answered 27/07/2017 08:38:33 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

753954

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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: Fraud
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many victims of mass marketing scams targeting energy customers since 2016 have required assistance from (1) local authorities, and (2) National Trading Standards.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL1100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>National Trading Standards (NTS) work with various bodies including the police to tackle mass marketing frauds across all sectors, including energy.</p><p>The NTS scams teams work with local authorities to provide support to victims. The team currently has agreements with nearly two hundred local authorities to provide additional support for victims in their areas to help them rebuild their lives. The Department does not hold data on number of mass marketing scams targeting energy customers, the number of victims targeted or the amount of money they have lost.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1098 HL1099 HL1101 question first answered 27/07/2017 08:38:33 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

753956

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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: Fraud
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how much money the victims of mass marketing scams targeting energy customers have lost since 2010.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL1101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>National Trading Standards (NTS) work with various bodies including the police to tackle mass marketing frauds across all sectors, including energy.</p><p>The NTS scams teams work with local authorities to provide support to victims. The team currently has agreements with nearly two hundred local authorities to provide additional support for victims in their areas to help them rebuild their lives. The Department does not hold data on number of mass marketing scams targeting energy customers, the number of victims targeted or the amount of money they have lost.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1098 HL1099 HL1100 question first answered 27/07/2017 08:38:33 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

753951

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2017
	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: Fraud
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Prior of Brampton on 24 April (HL6622), what assessment they have made of mass marketing scams that target energy customers.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL1098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2017 answer text <p>National Trading Standards (NTS) work with various bodies including the police to tackle mass marketing frauds across all sectors, including energy.</p><p>The NTS scams teams work with local authorities to provide support to victims. The team currently has agreements with nearly two hundred local authorities to provide additional support for victims in their areas to help them rebuild their lives. The Department does not hold data on number of mass marketing scams targeting energy customers, the number of victims targeted or the amount of money they have lost.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL1099 HL1100 HL1101 question first answered 27/07/2017 08:38:32 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

780303

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	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	Groceries Code Adjudicator
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they propose to take following their review into the role and remit of the Grocery Code Adjudicator published on 19 July.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL2667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2017 answer text <p>The Review found that the Adjudicator is making effective use of her statutory powers and is effectively enforcing the Groceries Code through collaborative working with the large retailers. The Government will continue to support the Groceries Code Adjudicator (GCA) in her work.</p><p> </p><p>The Review also found that some direct suppliers are reluctant to raise legitimate grievances with the GCA due to a fear of commercial consequences. The Government will agree a strategic goal for the GCA to address this issue. The Government will also make it clear to retailers designated by the Code that it is not acceptable that direct suppliers face commercial consequences as a result of reporting potential breaches of the Code.</p><p> </p><p>We will also work with Trade Associations to help their members understand how the Code works and the role of the GCA and encourage them to raise issues with the GCA and the retailers’ Code Compliance Officers.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 10/11/2017 12:46:28 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

862904

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2018
	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: Meters
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether a smart meter fitted in domestic premises will be replaced free of charge if a householder switches energy supplier to one whose systems are not compatible with its use.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL6352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>When consumers with first generation smart (SMETS1) meters switch energy supplier, if the new supplier is not able to operate the meter in 'smart' mode, the meter will continue to record energy consumption accurately and can be used in 'traditional' mode.</p><p> </p><p>The Data and Communications Company is developing a solution to move SMETS1 meters onto the national communications infrastructure to enable consumers to retain their smart services upon switching. This can be done remotely.</p><p>Second generation smart (SMETS2) meters will be fully compatible between energy providers, therefore allowing all consumers to retain smart services when they switch energy suppliers.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 27/03/2018 12:25:46 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

793515

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2017
	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 Business Commissioner
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Small Business Commissioner is able to intervene where service suppliers demand payment in less than 30 days from the date of the invoice.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL3481
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2017 answer text <p>The Small Business Commissioner will consider complaints about payment issues between small business suppliers (with fewer than 50 staff) and their larger customers, making non-binding recommendations. A complaint will be considered by the Small Business Commissioner if it relates to a payment matter which could be a request or other act, or a failure to pay or other omission in relation to payment.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 30/11/2017 15:58:34 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

1079610

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2019
	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	Electricity: Prices
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the rate charged at night for a unit of electricity has increased compared to that charged for a day unit; and if so, why.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL14152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The rate charged for and the difference between day and night units is a commercial decision for individual companies to make as long as suppliers set their rates within the limits of the price caps.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 07/03/2019 13:12:18 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

1140455

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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	Solar Power
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are undertaking research to enable (1) vehicles to carry integral solar panels for charging their batteries, and (2) flat glass windows and doors on high rise buildings to capture solar energy.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL17288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2019 answer text <p>The Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has awarded over £300m in grants via Innovate UK into ultra-low emission technologies. Although no project is currently exploring solar panelled vehicles we would, of course, continue to welcome proposals related to this area in relevant future competitions and are aware the industry is already exploring this technology.</p><p> </p><p>HM Government has funded development of novel photovoltaics for applying on windows and doors. For example, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), through the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council has provided £1m to Swansea University, the University of Glasgow, and Science &amp; Technology Facilities Council Laboratories for research into thin film solid state dye-sensitized solar cells on glass. BEIS’s Energy Entrepreneur Fund and UKRI have funded research on perovskite solar cells for windows at Oxford Photovoltaics, Nyak Technology Ltd &amp; Centre for Process Innovation Ltd. UKRI are investing £36m in the Active Building research centre in Wales, which investigates building integrated solar energy conversion.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 01/08/2019 12:59:57 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

1079479

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2019
	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	Electricity: Meters
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 22 November 2018 (HL11417), whether SMETS compliant electricity meters are capable of producing a statement of solar panel units used as a percentage of total usage.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL14140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>In order to produce a statement of solar panel electricity units used in a premises as a percentage of total usage, a premises would require multiple meters: a meter to record the amount of electricity generated by on-site renewables; and at least one meter to record the amount of electricity exported from the premises to the grid and the amount of electricity imported from the grid to the premises.</p><p>Most traditional meters are not able to measure the amount of electricity being exported so it would be necessary to have at least three separate meters to produce the required statement.</p><p>In contrast, all SMETS compliant electricity meters are capable of recording any electricity that is exported to the grid from on-site renewable generation sources, such as solar panels, net of the electricity from on-site renewables which is used within the premises. By combining two SMETS compliant meters in one premises – one operating as a generation meter for the on-site renewables and one to measure the import and export of electricity to and from the grid – it would be possible to produce the required statement. In each case, the smart meters would also be capable of recording generation and consumption on a half-hourly basis and the data would be available remotely.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 07/03/2019 13:16:10 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford