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1548280

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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	Groceries Code Adjudicator
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure the continuation of the independent Groceries Code Adjudicator; and whether they plan to extend the role to allow the adjudicator to open an investigation on their own initiative.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL4013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is currently undertaking the third statutory review of the effectiveness of the Groceries Code Adjudicator in enforcing the Groceries Supply Code of Practice and is considering the results of the public consultation that ended on 11 October. The consultation sought views on a range of issues including abolishing the GCA, transferring the GCA functions to another public body and whether the GCA has sufficient powers. The Government will carefully consider the views and evidence received and our conclusions will be published and a report laid before Parliament in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 19/12/2022 17:21:19 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1548323

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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 Bills Rebate: Park Homes
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 make an estimate of the number of (a) park home residents and (b) other people who who do not have their own energy contract and will receive support through the Energy Bill Support Scheme in (i) Great Yarmouth, (ii) Norfolk and (iii) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Brandon Lewis
uin	102790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>It is estimated that the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding will provide support to around 900,000 households across the UK who do not qualify for the Energy Bills Support Scheme because they do not have a direct relationship with an energy supplier. Of these, it is estimated that up to 125,000 households may be in park homes. The Government has not made estimates of the figures for Great Yarmouth or Norfolk.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/12/2022 17:59:31 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis

1548339

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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	Postal Services: Universal Service Obligation
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 his Department plans to consult (a) businesses and (b) domestic consumers on whether to amend the Postal Services Act 2011 to allow Royal Mail to operate a five-day letter delivery service.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Brandon Lewis
uin	102799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government has no current plans to change the statutory minimum requirements of the universal postal service which are set out in the Postal Services Act 2011.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom, the statutory regulator for postal services, conducted a user needs review in 2020 which included consultation with businesses and domestic consumers. It concluded that 97% of Small and Medium sized enterprises, and residential consumers combined felt that 5 days of letter delivery was sufficient for their needs.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 13/12/2022 14:05:42 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis

1548344

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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	Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme: Wallasey
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 to the public purse of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme has been in Wallasey has of 24 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Dame Angela Eagle
uin	102800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not hold a breakdown of Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme funding by constituency. Lists of all projects funded through the scheme can be found on the scheme’s gov.uk page: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fpublic-sector-decarbonisation-scheme&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C526db454c91342b836bd08dad93b2f81%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638061145457420220%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=798oLzGxGrstgm%2FL5NDKqQpsYAwvJJGwa1tHwC%2FpnXc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-sector-decarbonisation-scheme</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 08/12/2022 17:00:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1548351

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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	Fossil Fuels: 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 he has made of the compatibility of proposals for the Rosebank fossil fuel development with the UK’s net zero commitments.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Ms Lyn Brown
uin	102805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave the Hon. Member for Norwich South on 1st November 2022 to Question <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-10-24%2F69713&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C9332d17f4dca46d720d108dadd3334f4%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638065509236940054%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=NR3xXqGRNMgHNzBUtwmuiUnq1Mdhurfo%2F3RFv6OelnE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">69713</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/12/2022 17:56:59 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1548371

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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	Royal Mail
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 have discussions with Royal Mail Group on the Board’s decision on the level of dividends and the potential impact on the Group’s financial position; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	102807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>Ministers and officials meet with Royal Mail regularly to discuss a range of issues in relation to its role as the universal postal service provider. However, commercial matters including dividends are matters for Royal Mail’s management in which Government has no role.</p><p> </p><p>Ofcom has the power and responsibility, under the Postal Services Act 2011, to regulate the provision of a financially sustainable and efficient UK universal postal service. It has in place a monitoring regime that seeks to identify any threats or risks to the universal postal service and it publishes an annual report summarising its monitoring programme on its website:</p><p><a href="http://www.ofcom.org.uk/postal-services/information-for-the-postal-industry/monitoring_reports" target="_blank">www.ofcom.org.uk/postal-services/information-for-the-postal-industry/monitoring_reports</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 13/12/2022 14:26:05 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1548391

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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	EDF Energy: Low Carbon Contracts Company
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 a backstop date has been agreed between the Low Carbon Contracts Company and EDF for the purposes of (a) possible contract termination and (b) the start of the Hinkley Point C Contract for Difference.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	102880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2022 answer text <p>The Longstop Date in the Hinkley Point C (HPC) contract, the point at which the Contract for Difference (CfD) may be terminated for non-completion, has moved from 1 November 2033 to 1 November 2036. The extension reflects the work of the Low Carbon Contracts Company with the HPC project to understand the impacts of COVID-19, and the outcome of BEIS’ negotiations with China General Nuclear and EDF on Sizewell C. It has no impact on the project’s anticipated delivery date and consumers will pay nothing towards HPC until the project starts generating electricity.</p><p> </p><p>The Longstop Date is the latest possible date that the CfD could start. EDF is targeting commencement of electricity generation at HPC, and therefore the start of the CfD, in June 2027.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 08/12/2022 17:01:04 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1548399

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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 warrants have been granted to energy companies (a) nationally, (b) in York and (c) in York, Central constituency to move a customer to a pre-payment meter in each month of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	102886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>Neither the Government nor Ofgem, the independent regulator, collect this data at the constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem's latest data shows that the number of warrants exercised in Great Britain to install a pre-payment meter was 49,552 over 2021. Ofgem do not collect data on this in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 102888 question first answered 13/12/2022 09:35:05 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 40780 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1548401

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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, if he will make it his policy to end the use of warrants to install pre-payment meters.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	102888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>Neither the Government nor Ofgem, the independent regulator, collect this data at the constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem's latest data shows that the number of warrants exercised in Great Britain to install a pre-payment meter was 49,552 over 2021. Ofgem do not collect data on this in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 102886 question first answered 13/12/2022 09:35:05 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 40782 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1548402

registered interest
date	05/12/2022
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, if he will take steps to ensure that energy companies are not able to switch people who are unable to pay their energy bills due to poverty onto pre-payment meters.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	102889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The energy regulator Ofgem has rules in place that restrict the force-fitting of a prepayment meter on customers who are in debt, except as a last resort.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem’s licence conditions obligate suppliers to provide appropriate support for those struggling to pay their bills by setting up repayment plans based on a customer’s ability to pay, and by directing the customer to support services.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem's rules also require energy suppliers to assess whether installing a prepayment meter, or the remote switching of a smart meter to prepayment mode, is safe and reasonably practicable for a customer. When making this assessment, suppliers are required to consider whether a customer’s vulnerability makes a prepayment meter a poor choice, for example where medical equipment is required.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/12/2022 17:51:33 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell