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1249461

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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 Performance Certificates
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 effect of intelligent electrical heating on the effectiveness of Energy Performance Certificate gradings.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	113048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) is used to assess the energy performance of homes. It produces an annual estimate of a dwelling’s energy consumption, running cost and carbon emissions and these calculations form the basis of an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC). At present, we do not have a standard way of reflecting intelligent electric heating systems in SAP, so they are treated the same way as normal electric heating systems when calculating an EPC. The Department will consider how to better reflect the impact of intelligent electrical heating for the next version of SAP, SAP 11.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 17/11/2020 13:00:17 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1249467

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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	National Grid
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 implications for security and stability of the National Grid of the need to issue System Warnings on 4 and 5 November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	112996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO) is responsible for ensuring security of supply on a day-to-day basis and possesses a range of tools to keep the system in balance. As a result of tight margins on the electricity system - driven by weather conditions, availability of generators and demand levels - NGESO issued Electricity Margin Notices (EMNs) on 3 and 4 November 2020 to ask for more generation to be brought onto the system to provide a larger cushion of surplus capacity. EMNs are part of NGESO’s standard procedure for balancing supply and demand, and both notices were cancelled after sufficient generation became available. The system worked as designed.</p><p> </p><p>The forecast electricity margin for this winter is healthy, at 4.8GW or 8.3% additional generation. We remain confident that NGESO is well-equipped to ensure electricity security in a wide range of circumstances this winter, all of which meet the Government’s Reliability Standard.</p><p> </p><p>In future we expect GB’s energy mix to continue to diversify, including greater levels of offshore wind, storage, Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) and nuclear, as well as more interconnection to Europe and wider access to the electricity market. NGESO has plans in place to transform the operation of the electricity system so that it is ready for zero-carbon operation in 2025.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 17/11/2020 13:02:26 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1249503

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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	Christmas Trees
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 his Department has made of the effect of the November 2020 lockdown restrictions in England on florists that sell Christmas Trees in the run up to Christmas.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	113011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognise that this is a very challenging time for florists, particularly in the peak trading period running up to Christmas.</p><p> </p><p>All shops can continue to offer home delivery and click and collect services to customers during the national restrictions in place from 5 November.</p><p> </p><p>Retailers are able to benefit from additional financial measures recently announced by my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, including the extension to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, extension to the existing Loan Schemes to January 2021 with the ability to top-up Bounce Back Loans, and cash grants of up to £3,000 per month for businesses which are closed.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 17/11/2020 13:04:15 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1249513

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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	Green Deal Scheme: Misrepresentation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which legislation protected HELMS customers from Green Deal loan mis-selling; and whether there are time restrictions for those consumers raising complaints to either (a) his Department or (b) the Green Deal Finance Company.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	113145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>The legislative context within which redress can be sought in regard to mis-selling under the Green Deal is set out in <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fukdsi%2F2012%2F9780111525227%2Fcontents&amp;data=04%7C01%7CRobert.Bransbury%40beis.gov.uk%7Ce20e74ebefcf499fcd5c08d88595f11f%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637406226337963278%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=kPsZyAIPccCEzlZJbmHw3ZogyH7VTLfTxNEXJVs0Oq0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The Green Deal Framework</a>, based on provisions in the Energy Act 2011, Framework Regulations and Code of Practice.</p><p> </p><p>Section 4.9 of the Green Deal Code of Practice lays out the time provisions within which a complaint must be made to be considered eligible. This confirms that a complaint must be made, by any category of person identified in the provisions, within six years of the date on which the alleged breach occurred. There are separate considerations where a complaint concerns matters relevant to specific Guarantees.</p><p> </p><p>The Green Deal Finance Company, as a private company, have their own complaints procedure.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 12/11/2020 17:03:44 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1249516

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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	Hospitality Industry: 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 the requirement for hospitality businesses to only use click and collect to sell alcohol applies to the sale of non-alcoholic items from those same premises.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	113231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>During the new national restrictions, hospitality venues may continue to offer food and non-alcoholic drink through delivery, takeaway prior to 10pm, and click and collect. Alcohol should only be sold from these venues via delivery or click and collect.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 12/11/2020 16:12:04 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1249517

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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	Hospitality Industry: 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 hospitality businesses can facilitate the sale of sundry grocery items alongside food for consumption off the premises from (a) inside their existing premises and (b) from outside spaces under their control in a covid-secure way during the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown in England.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	113232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>Under the new national restrictions, hospitality businesses can remain open for takeaway (before 10pm and excluding alcohol), delivery and click and collect. Non-essential retail businesses can also continue to sell goods online for delivery and through click and collect. If a hospitality business is able to trade goods in a COVID-secure manner while following the new national restrictions and all other trade requirements, they may do so.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 12/11/2020 15:57:27 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1249532

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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	UN Climate Conference 2021
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 further tranche of COP26 funding will be made available to support UK organisations preparing for that conference.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	113087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>Discussions on the costs for COP26 are currently ongoing, and final budgets are yet to be confirmed.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 12/11/2020 17:10:21 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1249592

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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	Shipping: Carbon Emissions
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Transport on the decarbonisation of the maritime industry.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	113130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of bringing together co-ordinated policy action across all departments, to achieve net zero. Two cabinet committees have been established, chaired by my Rt. Hon. Friends the Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. These Committees are turbo-charging the net zero transition and co-ordinating action across government.</p><p> </p><p>In 2019 we published our Clean Maritime Plan, the UK’s pathway to zero emissions shipping. It identifies ways to tackle air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions while securing growth and placing the UK at the forefront of the global transition to clean shipping. Implementation of the plan is underway. We have funded two competitions for early stage innovation projects in clean maritime, run a study to identify and support potential UK zero emission shipping clusters and supported the establishment of Marine Emissions Regulations advisory Service and the Maritime Research and Innovation UK (MarRI-UK) initative.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 17/11/2020 12:52:16 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

1249596

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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	Living Wage
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 the Government has made of the potential effect of the planned increase in the National Living Wage from £8.72 to £9.21 per hour in April 2021 on (a) incomes and (b) public finances.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	113084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>The minimum wage rates are set on the expert and independent advice of the Low Pay Commission (LPC). This year, we asked the LPC to recommend the National Living Wage rate which should apply from April 2021 in order to reach two-thirds of median earnings by 2024, taking economic conditions into account.</p><p> </p><p>The Government asks the Low Pay Commission to monitor the labour market and the impacts of the National Living Wage closely, advising on any emerging risks, to ensure that the lowest-paid workers continue to see pay rises without significant risks to their employment prospects.</p><p> </p><p>We will announce the 2021 Minimum Wage rates in due course. A full Impact Assessment estimating the benefits and costs to employers and workers will be published alongside the legislation. We estimated that over 2 million workers benefitted from the increase earlier this year, which gave a full-time worker on the NLW an increase of £930 over the year.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 12/11/2020 16:08:42 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1249612

registered interest
date	09/11/2020
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	Green Deal Scheme: Misrepresentation
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 complaints to his Department or the Green Deal Finance Company on Green Deal mis-selling are restricted by the amount of time elapsed since the signing of an agreement by a customer.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	113133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2020 answer text <p>The legislative context within which redress can be sought in regard to mis-selling under the Green Deal is set out in <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fukdsi%2F2012%2F9780111525227%2Fcontents&amp;data=04%7C01%7CRobert.Bransbury%40beis.gov.uk%7Ce20e74ebefcf499fcd5c08d88595f11f%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637406226337963278%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=kPsZyAIPccCEzlZJbmHw3ZogyH7VTLfTxNEXJVs0Oq0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The Green Deal Framework</a>, based on provisions in the Energy Act 2011, Framework Regulations and Code of Practice.</p><p> </p><p>Section 4.9 of the Green Deal Code of Practice lays out the time provisions within which a complaint must be made to be considered eligible. This confirms that a complaint must be made, by any category of person identified in the provisions, within six years of the date on which the alleged breach occurred. There are separate considerations where a complaint concerns matters relevant to specific Guarantees.</p><p> </p><p>The Green Deal Finance Company, as a private company, have their own complaints procedure.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 12/11/2020 17:09:04 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands