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1416878

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
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	Drax Power Station: Subsidies
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 publish the (a) number of meetings between officials in his Department and Drax Group at which the issue of continuing subsidy payments to Drax beyond 2027 has been raised and (b) dates on which those meetings took place.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	112660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>UK Government officials meet regularly with businesses and stakeholders that are involved in renewable electricity generation. As a major renewable electricity generator in the UK officials meet regularly with Drax Group.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 03/02/2022 15:24:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1416879

registered interest
date	26/01/2022
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	Power Stations: Biofuels
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 his Department has made of the cost to (a) the public purse and (b) each household of renewable subsidies to (i) the Drax power station and (ii) all power stations that burn biomass for energy.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	112661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The Renewables Obligation and Contracts for Difference schemes support Drax and other power stations that burn biomass to generate renewable electricity. There is no cost to the public purse as both schemes are paid for by compulsory levies on electricity suppliers. In 2020/21, the total cost to suppliers in Great Britain of the support for Drax under the Renewables Obligation was £467.2m, and the cost for all power stations, including Drax, that burn biomass for energy was £914.5m[1]. Payments to individual biomass generating stations supported by the Contracts for Difference scheme are published by the Low Carbon Contracts Company on their Data Portal[2]. The Government does not assess the cost to individual householders of the support specifically for stations using biomass.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Support under the Renewables Obligation is through tradeable certificates. The figures, which are provisional as not all the certificates may have been issued yet, give the cost to suppliers based on Ofgem’s certificate report as at 14 January 2022 from their Renewables and CHP Register at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk%2FPublic%2FReportViewer.aspx%3FReportPath%3D%2FDatawarehouseReports%2FCertificatesExternalPublicDataWarehouse%26ReportVisibility%3D1%26ReportCategory%3D2&amp;data=04%7C01%7Ckatherine.donne%40beis.gov.uk%7C86e6103085524d83384508d9e25e2659%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637789716254280852%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=QN5tQbi73BkAio2bltYLFfkB8QjXCEozLfE0v3G5hDc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportViewer.aspx?ReportPath=/DatawarehouseReports/CertificatesExternalPublicDataWarehouse&amp;ReportVisibility=1&amp;ReportCategory=2</a></p><p> </p><p>[2] The Low Carbon Contracts Company’s Data Portal is at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lowcarboncontracts.uk%2Fdashboards%2Fcfd%2Factuals-dashboards%2Fhistorical-dashboard&amp;data=04%7C01%7Ckatherine.donne%40beis.gov.uk%7C86e6103085524d83384508d9e25e2659%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637789716254280852%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=sYqhipD4qmpcPlKLmOVF%2FAzS4szDVHTDlR2CcwyittQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.lowcarboncontracts.uk/dashboards/cfd/actuals-dashboards/historical-dashboard</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 03/02/2022 15:24:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1402451

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
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 Company 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, what assessment he has made of effectiveness of the Energy Company Obligation in respect of tackling fuel poverty and climate change; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	102745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Company Obligation Scheme has been in place since January 2013 and has delivered around 3.3 million improvements in 2.3 million homes up to the end of October 2021.</p><p> </p><p>To date, the Energy Company Obligation Scheme has delivered £6.6 billion in Lifetime Bill Savings up to the end of October 2021 and an estimated lifetime energy saving of 211,300 Gigawatt Hours.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Energy Company Obligation Scheme began in 2013, the average energy efficiency rating in England has increased from 59, to 66 in 2020. During that same period, 2012-2019, the number of fuel poor households in England fell from 4.4million to 3.2million.</p><p> </p><p>In September 2019, the Department appointed Kantar to undertake a scheme evaluation, reporting in late 2022. The initial findings of the evaluation show that overall, more than half of households surveyed (57%) said they had benefitted a fair amount or a great deal from having the energy saving measures installed. Benefits cited by participants included savings on energy bills, a more comfortable temperature in the home and reduced worry about heating their home.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/01/2022 18:00:34 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1402452

registered interest
date	12/01/2022
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 Company 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, if he will commit to taking forward plans to implement the new iteration of the Energy Company Obligation Scheme, ECO4.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	102746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>Last summer, the Government consulted on extending the Energy Company Obligation Scheme from 2022-26 and expanding it to £1billion per year. The Government keeps all costs on bills under review and will issue a response to the consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 17/01/2022 17:59:59 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1401501

registered interest
date	10/01/2022
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	Electrical Safety
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 introduce mandatory energy performance labelling for electric heaters.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	100641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department, as it laid out in the recently published Energy-Related Products Policy Framework, will be looking at whether changes to minimum energy performance standards and labelling could encourage uptake of more efficient and cost-effective heating solutions, which would help protect consumers’ energy bills and reduce energy demand. This includes direct electric heaters such as panel heaters, electric radiators and electric storage heaters, which are currently expensive to run.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 18/01/2022 16:09:58 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1399789

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
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	Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme: Coronavirus
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 will make it his policy to extend the deadline for projects that have been initiated under the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme ahead of its deadline of 31 March 2022 that have been delayed by the covid-19 outbreaks.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	98376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2022 answer text <p>The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive is scheduled to close as planned on 31 March 2022. There are currently no plans to delay closure or extend the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/01/2022 14:36:00 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1386640

registered interest
date	09/12/2021
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	Fuel Poverty: Pensioners
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 his Department has made of the number of pensioners at risk of fuel poverty following the increase in the energy price cap in (a) October 2021 and (b) April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	90491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>The Government has produced fuel poverty projections for 2021 which are published in the annual fuel poverty statistics projections report.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The energy price cap from 1 April 2022 will be announced by Ofgem next year.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 15/12/2021 17:38:11 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1366347

registered interest
date	05/11/2021
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	Visas: Schools
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the potential impact of visa requirements for overseas staff on English Language Teaching schools.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	70294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2021 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friends the Secretary of State and the Home Secretary have regular discussions covering a variety of issues.</p><p>Our new relationship with the EU means that there are new rules in place for UK nationals travelling to the EU. For short-stays of up to 90 days in any 180-day period, UK nationals will not need a visa when travelling to and within the Schengen Area, where they are undertaking a limited range of activities such as attending meetings, tourism, cultural or sporting events. Under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU, business travellers do not require a work permit to carry out certain short-term business travel activities, such as attending meetings and conferences, providing after sale-services, or translation and market research services, unless otherwise stated in the agreement. Some Member States allow additional activities without the need for a visa or work permit. The types of additional activities allowed differ by Member State, and UK nationals should check relevant rules before travelling.</p><p>For those undertaking longer-term stays or stays involving work or providing a service under a contract, a visa and/or work permit may be required. How individual Member States regulate cross-border travel is a sovereign decision for them, including visa policy.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 15/11/2021 15:48:57 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1363299

registered interest
date	25/10/2021
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	Fireworks: Regulation
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 ban the sale of high decibel fireworks to the public.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	62806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>There is a comprehensive regulatory framework already in place for fireworks that the Government believes strikes the right balance for people to enjoy fireworks, whilst aiming to reduce risks and disturbances to both people and animals.</p><p> </p><p>Existing legislation already limits the noise level of fireworks available to consumers to a maximum of 120 decibels.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 01/11/2021 16:26:30 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1360195

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
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	Parental Leave: Fathers
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 Table 7 in Shared Parental Leave and Pay Administration Consultation – Impact Assessment (BIS/13/651), published in February 2013, what recent estimate his Department has made of the maximum number of new fathers eligible to take statutory shared parental leave each year.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	57227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government is currently undertaking an evaluation of the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme.</p><p> </p><p>This evaluation will include an assessment of both the numbers of fathers who are eligible for Shared Parental Leave and the number of fathers who have taken Shared Parental Leave in recent years. We intend to publish our findings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/10/2021 15:36:12 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse