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861029

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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: Price Caps
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 evidence his Department holds of energy retail price caps having been successfully introduced into competitive markets in other jurisdictions.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	132178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>We have considered many international models but market conditions are different to the situation in GB. The Government has introduced a Bill that requires the industry regulator to cap poor value standard variable and default tariffs. This follows the Competition and Markets Authority investigation which found that domestic customers of the Big 6 energy companies pay on average £1.4bn a year more than they would in a truly competitive market. The Bill requires Ofgem to set the cap so as to protect consumers and have regard to the need to, among other things, enable competition between suppliers and ensure suppliers can finance their licenced activities.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/03/2018 14:27:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

855954

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Toys R Us: Insolvency
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 the Government is taking to support employees of ToysRUs as a result of its entering administration.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	131120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>I refer my right hon. Friend to the answer I gave him on 6th March 2018 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2018-03-01/130654/" target="_blank">130654</a>.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 13/03/2018 16:25:15 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

856092

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Natural Gas: Shortages
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 mechanisms are in place to compensate (a) households and (b) businesses for the disconnection of gas due to a shortage of available gas supply on the network.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	131258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>Under the gas Quality of Service Guaranteed Standards, set by Ofgem, after the first 24 hours of a gas disruption, affected householders will be compensated for time without gas. A domestic customer will receive £30 for each 24-hour period without gas, which is paid automatically through their gas supplier. Small businesses will receive £50 for each 24-hour period without gas, which will also be paid automatically through their gas supplier.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/03/2018 15:03:51 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

856093

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Natural Gas: Storage
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 extent of (a) total gas storage capacity and (b) empty gas storage capacity in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	131259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>National Grid publish figures on storage daily. This includes: opening stock, daily flows and available capacity. National Grid’s figures indicate that Great Britain, as of the 7th March 2018, has a maximum storage capacity of 13,188 GWh and 9,165 GWh of available storage capacity. These figures reflect the status of the market at a certain point in time and are subject to change depending on supply and demand.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/03/2018 15:08:43 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

856097

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Natural Gas: Storage
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 level of gas storage capacity of the UK; and what estimate he has made of the level of gas reserve capacity currently available.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	131263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>National Grid publish figures on storage daily. This includes: opening stock, daily flows and available capacity. National Grid’s figures indicate that Great Britain, as of the 7th March 2018, has a maximum storage capacity of 13,188 GWh and 4,023 GWh of gas available in storage. These figures reflect the status of the market at a certain point in time and are subject to change depending on supply and demand.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/03/2018 15:09:55 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

856098

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Natural Gas: Weather
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 levels of gas supply in the UK between 25 February 2018 and 4 March 2018; what assessment he has made of the adequacy of those levels; and if he will review the gas storage resilience of the UK to meet severe weather demand.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	131264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The 8 days between 25 February and 4 March 2018 saw temperatures across Europe fall well below their seasonal average, resulting in significant increases in gas demand. On 1<sup>st</sup> March, demand peaked at 418million cubic metres per day (mcm/d), which is about 40% higher than the demand normally expected at that time of year. Nonetheless, gas supplies into the UK were responsive, meeting demand throughout the week.</p><p> </p><p>The Government published a strategic assessment of gas security of supply in October 2017 and will consider gas storage resilience, as part of its process of continual assessment of gas security of supply.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/03/2018 15:10:58 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

856103

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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: Social Tariffs
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 has made an estimate of the cost of daily standing charges on (a) electricity and (b) gas bills for (i) households and (ii) households that require a social tariff in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	131269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The following table shows the daily average standing charge on standard electricity and gas bills for all domestic households from 2010 to 2017. We do not hold data on the standing charge of individual domestic tariffs. The figures are presented in 2017 real prices, calculated using Tables 2.2.4 and 2.3.4 from the Quarterly Energy Prices and adjusted to remove the effects of general inflation – data is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics</a> .</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Daily average standing charge on domestic standard electricity bills (pounds)</p></td><td><p>Daily average standing charge on domestic gas bills (pence)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>0.14</p></td><td><p>0.29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>0.17</p></td><td><p>0.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0.18</p></td><td><p>0.33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0.19</p></td><td><p>0.28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>0.20</p></td><td><p>0.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>0.20</p></td><td><p>0.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>0.19</p></td><td><p>0.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>0.20</p></td><td><p>0.24</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/03/2018 15:04:55 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

856104

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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: 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, whether he has powers to restrict above inflation increases in daily standing charges on (a) electricity and (b) gas bills.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	131270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>The setting of a standing charge is a commercial matter for individual energy supply companies. Typically standing charges recover the fixed costs to suppliers, such as accounting and billing, in addition to the unit rate charged for energy consumption. Suppliers are free to offer tariffs with a low standing charge or, even set the standing charge at zero to attract low energy users, with the fixed costs included in a higher unit rate which customers only pay when using energy.</p><p> </p><p>The Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill will introduce an absolute temporary price cap on standard variable and default tariffs for domestic customers. The cap, set by Ofgem, will regulate the maximum amount that standard variable and default tariffs can charge, including the combined standing charge and unit rate.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/03/2018 15:02:48 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

856120

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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: 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, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on household energy bills of UK withdrawal from the EU internal energy market.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	131286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2018 answer text <p>As my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister said in her Mansion House speech the Government is currently exploring options for the UK’s continued participation in the EU’s internal energy market. Maintaining affordable energy supplies for both the UK and the EU is a key objective of the future partnership that the UK is seeking with the EU.</p><p>The Government is undertaking a wide range of analysis looking at the implications of UK withdrawal from the EU, examining all areas of the UK economy and seeking input from a wide range of stakeholders. Ministers have a specific responsibility, which Parliament has endorsed, not to release information that would undermine our negotiating position.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/03/2018 11:03:46 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

856157

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Drugs: Research
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 has been made of the extent to which pharmaceutical research grants from the Research Councils are used to develop drugs which are then manufactured by for-profit companies.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	131323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) support research grants via the Research councils and Innovate UK. BEIS does not impose conditions neither does the Research Councils or Innovate UK as part of their terms and conditions.</p><p>Research Councils invest in basic research into the development of new drugs and treatments to the point where other organisations, often industry, fund further development.</p><p> </p><p>Neither BEIS nor the Research Councils have undertaken an assessment.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah grouped question UIN 130962 question first answered 12/03/2018 13:59:44 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff