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1419806

registered interest
date	04/02/2022
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 has had discussions with British Gas regarding (a) their closure of applications for the Warm Home Discount scheme for 2021-22 and (b) a date for reopening the scheme in 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	118591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2022 answer text <p>The ‘Broader Group’ is the only application-based element of the Warm Home Discount scheme. Energy suppliers are responsible for administering their own Broader Group processes, including deciding how they award rebates to their customers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/warm-home-discount-better-targeted-support-from-2022" target="_blank">consulted</a> last summer on reforms to the scheme that would enable the vast majority of customers to receive their rebate automatically, without the need to apply. The Government will publish the response to the consultation in the spring, with the reforms coming into force from the 2022/23 scheme year.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 10/02/2022 15:09:32 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1419808

registered interest
date	04/02/2022
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	Fuel Poverty
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 impact assessment has been undertaken of the numbers of households which will be classed as being in fuel poverty due to the energy cap rise (a) without any mitigation measures and (b) with the mitigation measures announced on 3 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	118560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>The next fuel poverty statistics are due to be published on the 24th February. The report will include data for 2020 on the number of households living in fuel poverty in England and analysis of the composition of fuel poor households, as well as projections of the number of households in fuel poverty in 2021 and 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/02/2022 16:13:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1419826

registered interest
date	04/02/2022
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	Private Rented Housing: Energy
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 and what proportion of renters pay their gas and electric bills directly, rather than through their landlord.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	118596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not have data covering the energy billing arrangements of renters. Only energy suppliers and landlords will be able to identify the number of cases in which a tenant pays their gas and electricity bills directly</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/02/2022 14:09:37 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1419856

registered interest
date	04/02/2022
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	United Kingdom Accreditation Service
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 held discussions with the UNK Accreditation Service regarding the provision of accreditation services to companies owned by the Myanmar military.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	118530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>UKAS is appointed by Government as the National Accreditation Body for the United Kingdom to assess, against nationally and internationally agreed standards, organisations that provide conformity assessment services such as certification, testing, inspection, calibration and verification.</p><p>UKAS has stated they do not operate in Myanmar or provide accreditation services to companies owned by the Myanmar military. UKAS treats these matters very seriously and would investigate any such claims thoroughly.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/02/2022 17:50:44 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1419878

registered interest
date	04/02/2022
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: Competition
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 merits of setting up a not-for-profit public energy company to offer energy tariffs to consumers.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	118569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not believe in nationalisation and was under the impression the Official Opposition did not either.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/02/2022 17:53:01 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1419880

registered interest
date	04/02/2022
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: 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, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the measures introduced by the Treasury on 3 February to tackle rising energy bills on (a) consumers and (b) businesses.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	118570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government will work closely with industry and consumer groups on how best to deliver the measures, including by gathering further information through a public consultation in the Spring.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/02/2022 14:08:45 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1419881

registered interest
date	04/02/2022
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: 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 steps his Department will take through its Net Zero Strategy to reduce energy costs for residential dwellings in each of the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	118571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government laid out a range of measures to reduce the amount of energy used in homes in its Net Zero Strategy. These include consulting on phasing in higher minimum performance standards to ensure all homes meet EPC Band C by 2035, getting all fuel poor homes to EPC Band C by 2030 where practical, cost effective and affordable, increasing the environmental performance of energy-related products and by setting long-term regulatory standards to upgrade Privately Rented Homes to EPC C by 2028.Low-income homes will also be supported through schemes like the Home Upgrade Grant and the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/02/2022 14:10:27 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1419882

registered interest
date	04/02/2022
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 Energy
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 introduce more renewable energy sources into the UK energy supply; and when those sources will be in place.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	118572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>The Contracts for Difference scheme is the Government’s main mechanism for supporting new low-carbon electricity generation projects in Great Britain. The fourth allocation round of the Contracts for Difference scheme (AR4) opened on 13 December 2021. £285 million a year will be provided to businesses in AR4, which aims to secure more low-carbon electricity capacity than the previous three rounds combined. AR4 is open to an expanded number of renewable technologies, including offshore wind, onshore wind, solar, tidal stream and floating offshore wind.</p><p> </p><p>Renewable electricity generation has more than quadrupled since 2010 having delivered over 40% of generation in 2020, outpacing fossil fuels for the first time ever, and is on track to deliver the majority of electricity by 2030.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/02/2022 13:15:03 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1419910

registered interest
date	04/02/2022
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	Heat Pumps
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 plans he has to close the gap between the 30,000 heat pumps a year currently being installed and the Climate Change Committee’s recommendation of installing 900,000 heat pumps a year by 2028.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	118550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>In the Heat and Buildings Strategy, the Government set out a range of policies that will enable the heat pump market to grow to 600,000 installations per year by 2028. This level of deployment will keep the UK on track to meet its net zero ambitions, without pre-empting decisions to be taken by the middle of the decade on the future of the gas grid and the role of hydrogen.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/02/2022 13:15:33 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1419911

registered interest
date	04/02/2022
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	Fuel Poverty: Rhondda Cynon Taf
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 number of households currently in fuel poverty in (a) Cynon Valley constituency and (b) Rhondda Cynon Taff local authority.
tabling member constituency	Cynon Valley
tabling member printed	Beth Winter
uin	118641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2022 answer text <p>Fuel poverty is a devolved matter and different metrics of fuel poverty are used in the Devolved Administrations.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS has responsibility for the measurement of fuel poverty in England therefore no estimate has been made by BEIS on levels of fuel poverty in the Cynon Valley constituency or the Rhondda Cynon Taff local authority in Wales. Such estimates are managed by the Welsh Government.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 14/02/2022 13:14:31 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4809 label Biography information for Beth Winter