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1058861

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date	11/02/2019
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, how many households have been classified as being in fuel poverty; and how many of those households include (a) children and (b) people aged over 60 in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	219305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>This is publicly available information: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fuel-poverty-trends-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fuel-poverty-trends-2018</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/02/2019 14:40:22 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1058862

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Business: 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 his Department is taking to encouraging businesses to reduce unnecessary energy consumption.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	219579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>The Clean Growth Strategy sets out our ambition to enable business consumers to reduce their energy usage by improving energy efficiency by at least 20% by 2030, potentially reducing carbon emissions by 22MtCO<sub>2</sub>e over the fifth Carbon Budget.</p><p> </p><p>At Budget, in November 2018, we announced up to £315M for an Industrial Energy Transformation Fund to support businesses with high energy use to invest in energy efficiency and decarbonisation measures. We also announced we would publish a call for evidence in 2019 on introducing a new Business Energy Efficiency Scheme, focused on smaller businesses.</p><p> </p><p>We have introduced a more streamlined energy and carbon reporting framework to help businesses to reduce their carbon emissions and associated energy costs, which will come into force on 1 April this year. Under the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS), all large businesses are required to audit the energy used by their buildings, industrial processes and transport to identify cost-effective energy saving measures. We are undertaking a comprehensive assessment of the impact and effectiveness of ESOS and will consider future reforms when the current phase ends in December 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The Climate Change Agreements Scheme incentivises a wide range of industrial sectors to reduce energy use and carbon dioxide emissions in return for a significant discount on the Climate Change Levy. And we have recently launched a new £18 million Industrial Heat Recovery Support Programme that supports the recovery and re-use of waste heat from industrial processes, and committed £8.8 million to promote innovative approaches to energy management using smart meters.</p><p> </p><p>We are taking steps to build capacity and capability in the energy services market including through a £5.6 million competition to encourage innovation in aggregating and scaling up smaller energy saving projects across commercial and industrial buildings.</p><p> </p><p>We are also working to ensure that those who lease premises to businesses continue to refurbish and improve the performance of their buildings. This included bringing new regulations into force in April last year which set a minimum energy efficiency standard for non-domestic rented buildings. On current plans, we will consult on proposals to go further in 2019. In parallel, we are clear that all new commercial and industrial buildings should be more energy efficient and are planning to review Part L of the Building Regulations in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/02/2019 14:34:18 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1058884

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) permanent and (b) contracted staff in his Department in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	219567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>The number of staff employed by the Department for Exiting the European Union is published, each month, on gov.uk as part of our transparency reporting. It can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-exiting-the-european-union-monthly-workforce-management-information-for-2017-and-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-exiting-the-european-union-monthly-workforce-management-information-for-2017-and-2018</a></p><p>The figures set out the number of payroll staff employed at the end of each month and the number of non-payroll staff (contingent labour and consultants/consultancy). The data for January is due for publication at the beginning of March.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 15/02/2019 15:09:01 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1059063

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Tidal Power and Wave Power
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 economic benefits of the UK's wave and tidal stream energy sectors.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	219536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>Wave and tidal energy are still at a pre-commercial stage of development. A report published by the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult in February 2018[1] estimated that if cost competitive, wave energy had the potential to add a net positive contribution to the UK economy but the sector lagged around ten years behind the tidal sector.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://ore.catapult.org.uk/?attachment_id=6260" target="_blank">https://ore.catapult.org.uk/?attachment_id=6260</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/02/2019 14:36:10 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1059065

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Tidal Power and Wave Power: Exports
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 recent assessment he has made of the extent of the potential export market for the UK's wave and tidal stream energy technologies.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	219537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>Wave and tidal stream technologies are still at a pre-commercial stage of development. A report published by the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult in 2018[1] estimated that, if the technologies can reduce their costs sufficiently to compete with other forms of generation, the by 2050 the global market for tidal stream energy could be up to 101GW installed capacity and for wave energy, 236GW.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://ore.catapult.org.uk/?attachment_id=6260" target="_blank">https://ore.catapult.org.uk/?attachment_id=6260</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/02/2019 14:38:17 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1059066

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Tidal Power and Wave Power
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 support the UK's wave and tidal stream energy sector.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	219538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a long history of supporting the development and deployment of wave and tidal stream technologies in the UK. Since 2010, various bodies across Government have made almost £80m of grant funding available to the wave and tidal sectors. Wave and tidal stream projects are eligible to enter the forthcoming Contract for Difference allocation round.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/02/2019 14:39:19 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1059076

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Attorney General: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, which EU agencies his Department plans to seek continued membership of after the UK has left the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	219252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>During the Implementation Period, the terms of the UK’s participation in EU agencies and bodies will be as set out in Article 128 of the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>Following our exit from the European Union, we are committed to maintaining a close and collaborative relationship with the EU. Our future partnership is a matter for the next phase of negotiations and we look forward to constructive discussions with the EU.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 18/02/2019 09:15:52 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1059082

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, which EU agencies his Department plans to seek continued membership of after the UK has left the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	219257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>During the Implementation Period, the terms of the UK’s participation in EU agencies and bodies is as set out in Article 128 of the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p>Following our exit from the European Union, we are committed to maintaining a close and collaborative relationship with the EU. Our future partnership is a matter for the next phase of negotiations and we look forward to constructive discussions with the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 15/02/2019 15:11:58 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1059087

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Ministry of Justice: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which EU agencies his Department plans to seek continued membership of after the UK has left the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	219261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2019 answer text <p>During the Implementation Period, the terms of the UK’s participation in EU agencies and bodies will be as set out in Article 128 of the Withdrawal Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>Following our exit from the European Union, we are committed to maintaining a close and collaborative relationship with the EU. Our future partnership is a matter for the next phase of negotiations and we look forward to constructive discussions with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 15/02/2019 15:01:23 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas