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1465820

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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: Disability
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 plans to take steps to help mitigate the impact on disabled people of the forthcoming changes to the eligibility criteria for the Warm Home Discount, which will remove eligibility for people who receive Personal Independence Payment and Disability Living Allowance.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Around 62% of Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance (DLA) recipients also receive one of the qualifying means-tested benefits and so would be considered low-income under the Core Group 2 criteria. Those with high energy costs would therefore be eligible for a rebate. The Government’s analysis shows that 160,000 more households, where there is a person with a disability or long-term illness, will receive a rebate each winter compared to the previous scheme. My Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer has also announced a one-off £150 payment for people on disability benefits this year, alongside other cost of living support measures: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-of-living-support/cost-of-living-support-factsheet-26-may-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cost-of-living-support/cost-of-living-support-factsheet-26-may-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/06/2022 14:01:16 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1465821

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he will publish his assessment of how groups with protected characteristics will be affected by the Council Tax Rebate in line with the Public Sector Equality Duty.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government announced a package of support on 3 February 2022 to help households with rising energy bills. This included a £150 non-repayable council tax rebate from April this year for households in England in council tax bands A-D and £144 million of discretionary funding to support households who need help with their energy bills but are not eligible.</p><p> </p><p>Treasury Ministers carefully considered the equalities impacts of the Council Tax Rebate and had due regard to these impacts when making decisions, in line with the legal obligations under the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) in the Equality Act 2010.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 06/06/2022 09:13:05 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1465822

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Extra Costs Taskforce
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which (a) organisations and (b) individuals have been approached to join the Extra Costs Taskforce; and if she will prioritise organisations that are led by disabled people for membership of that taskforce.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Delivery of the Extra Costs Taskforce has been paused at the request of the Secretary of State Work and Pensions, while permission is sought to appeal the High Court's declaration in Binder vs Secretary of State Work and Pensions.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 13/06/2022 11:42:27 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith previous answer version 4686 answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1465823

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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: Disability
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 Government Response to the Warm Home Discount: Better targeted support from 2022 consultation, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the value and proportion of energy suppliers' spending through Industry Initiatives to support fuel poor disabled people.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Industry Initiatives provide valuable support to households in, or at risk of, fuel poverty through a range of measures, including energy advice, financial assistance, and energy efficiency improvements.</p><p> </p><p>To date, energy suppliers have only been required to report on the overall spending on Industry Initiatives measures to Ofgem. From the 2022/23 scheme year, suppliers will be required to report on the estimated value and proportion of Industry Initiatives spending on fuel poor households where someone has a disability or significant health problems.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/06/2022 13:59:13 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1465824

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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: Disability
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 funding through Industry Initiatives to provide a safeguard for disabled people with high energy costs as a result of their impairments does not place a higher administrative burden on disabled people than the Warm Home Discount.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	9015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>Industry Initiatives provide valuable support to households in, or at risk of, fuel poverty through a range of measures, including energy advice, financial assistance, and energy efficiency improvements.</p><p> </p><p>To date, energy suppliers have only been required to report on the overall spending on Industry Initiatives measures to Ofgem. From the 2022/23 scheme year, suppliers will be required to report on the estimated value and proportion of Industry Initiatives spending on fuel poor households where someone has a disability or significant health problems.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 13/06/2022 06:45:48 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1462145

registered interest
date	11/05/2022
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	Construction: Finance
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 plans to reform the practice of retentions payments in the construction industry.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2022 answer text <p>While difficult to measure fully and comprehensively, the Government is aware of this important issue and continues to work with both officials and the Construction Leadership Council to implement a solution.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 765 question first answered 17/05/2022 15:14:42 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams