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1582302

registered interest
date	31/01/2023
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 estimate he has made of the number of people living in houses with an Energy Performance Certificate score of D or below who are no longer eligible for the warm homes discount following changes to eligibility in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	136550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>As households previously applied through their suppliers, who set their own application processes and eligibility criteria and selected successful applicants each year, the Government has not been able to assess how many households are no longer eligible.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not have data available on eligibility by Energy Performance Certificate energy rating.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/02/2023 11:36:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1567083

registered interest
date	16/01/2023
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 13 December 2022 to Question 104179 on Energy Bills Rebate, what steps he will take against businesses that are not passing on the discount from the Energy Bills Support Scheme to non-domestic customers with private wire electricity networks.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	123908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2023 answer text <p>The Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding will provide support of £400 for energy bills for around 900,000 households without a direct relationship with a domestic electricity supplier. This is expected to include households on private wire networks. On 19<sup>th</sup> December 2022, the Government announced that the application portal for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding is due to open later in January, with a dedicated customer helpline available to assist customers without online access.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/01/2023 17:48:37 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1549042

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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
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 number of people who did not receive their Energy Bills Support Scheme payments in October and November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	104176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>As of 1 November, 97% of customers received their Energy Bills Support Scheme discount. The Department will publish data for November shortly.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/12/2022 18:41:04 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1549044

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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: Expenditure
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 total spending on the Energy Bill Support Scheme in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands, (c) Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	104177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Bills Support Scheme is an £11.7bn scheme which forms part of the £37bn cost-of-living assistance package announced in May 2022. The Department will publish location data shortly.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/12/2022 14:35:22 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1549046

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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
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 effectiveness of the mechanism for energy companies passing on Energy Bill Support Scheme payments to their customers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	104178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Bills Support Scheme is delivering, via suppliers, a £400 non-repayable government discount in six instalments from October to March to help with energy bills this winter. 29 million households in GB are eligible. The Government is closely monitoring the scheme’s delivery and requires suppliers to report to Government monthly. Most recent data shows 97% of the payments due have gone out.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/12/2022 14:34:01 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1549047

registered interest
date	06/12/2022
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
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 he is taking to help ensure that energy companies pass on Energy Bills Support Scheme payments to their customers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	104179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Bills Support Scheme is delivering, via suppliers, a £400 non-repayable government discount in six instalments from October to March, to help with energy this winter. 29 million households are eligible. The Government is closely monitoring the scheme’s delivery, and requires suppliers to report to monthly. The most recent data shows 97% of the payments due have been issued.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 13/12/2022 18:41:44 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1535364

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
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: Flats
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 residential flats that use private wire electricity networks will be included in the support provided by the Energy Bill Relief Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	69571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2022 answer text <p>A landlord may be eligible for a reduction in energy bills under the Energy Bill Relief Scheme if they are on a non-domestic energy contract and meet the scheme eligibility criteria. Landlords and other intermediaries must pass the benefits of the scheme onto their tenants in a reasonable and proportionate way. This will help ensure homes and businesses are protected from excessively high energy bills over the winter period.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/10/2022 17:01:16 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1535365

registered interest
date	24/10/2022
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: Flats
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 people living in residential flats that use (a) heat networks and (b) private wire electricity networks will receive the £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme discount.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	69572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding will provide support of £400 for energy bills for the small minority of households who will not be reached through the EBSS. This includes those who do not have a domestic electricity meter or a direct relationship with an energy supplier, including heat network consumers on a private wire system. Heat network consumers who have a domestic electricity meter will receive a £400 reduction in their energy bills through the Energy Bills Support Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working urgently with a range of organisations, such as local authorities, as well as Devolved Administrations and across UK Government, to finalise the details for these households and have the process up and running for applications this winter.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 01/11/2022 17:25:25 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1520633

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Warm Home Discount Scheme: Impact Assessments
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 the criteria published on the Department for Work and Pension website which sets out that people are eligible for the warm homes discount only if they receive the Guarantee Credit element of Pension Credit, certain means-tested benefits or tax credits, whether any impact assessment was carried out before setting those criteria.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	61006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government consulted on the future of the scheme for England and Wales <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fwarm-home-discount-better-targeted-support-from-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C9856df74363b40da681208dab285a06c%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638018584240698719%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=xo1M9YEH1XtT7GuQNLxJIwUkhfQTjFdiGGmK%2BF6LfHc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/warm-home-discount-better-targeted-support-from-2022</a> last summer and published Impact Assessments alongside the consultation and Government Response.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also consulted on the scheme in Scotland <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fwarm-home-discount-scotland&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C9856df74363b40da681208dab285a06c%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638018584240698719%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Has6dNyl1XJ9IwbWoqRQEbdk3%2BrZuceYgeblrvoYtjc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/warm-home-discount-scotland</a> this spring and published supporting analysis.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/10/2022 11:45:56 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1520637

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	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, whether his Department is taking steps to inform people who do not receive means-tested benefits that they are not eligible to receive the warm homes discount.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	61008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2022 answer text <p>From this winter, the Government will reform the Warm Home Discount scheme in England and Wales. The Government is writing to households who are eligible to receive a rebate automatically, as well as households who need to call a helpline to determine if they are eligible.</p><p> </p><p>There will be an online eligibility checker to help people understand if they may be eligible, and the Government is sharing information on the new scheme with energy suppliers and charities.</p><p> </p><p>There is a separate Warm Home Discount scheme in Scotland. The Government will write to eligible households who are in receipt of Pension Credit Guarantee Credit, while other low-income households should check with their energy supplier how they may apply.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/10/2022 11:43:41 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood