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1123578

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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	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 protect customers from the potential negative effects of collapse of energy retail companies.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	248725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Where an energy supplier fails its customers are quickly transferred to another supplier appointed by Ofgem and their account balances are protected. Ofgem are considering a range of options to limit consumers’ exposure to the costs of supplier failures and plan to consult further in the summer.</p><p> </p><p>The choice for consumers has increased from 13 suppliers in 2010 to around 60 now, with a wide range of innovative tariffs, competitive prices and low-carbon products.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/05/2019 15:02:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1110542

registered interest
date	09/04/2019
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	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 assessment he has made of potential benefits of the policies in the Green Alliance's Community Energy Manifesto.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	242966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Community energy has many benefits not only for the energy system but also for wider community resilience as set out in the Green Alliance’s Community Energy Manifesto.</p><p> </p><p>The Government already does value communities in the energy system. The Rural Community Energy Fund, which will reopen shortly, allows communities to identify and develop schemes in which they can invest and from which they can derive significant local benefits. This programme will now include community officers in each of the five local energy hubs in England.</p><p> </p><p>I am also proud of the way communities support and adopt innovation not just in technology but in business planning, in financing of projects and in engaging with the local communities they represent. As a Government we support this approach and as part of our ‘Prospering from the Energy Revolution’ programme, £40m has been allocated to 4 local future systems demonstrators and I am pleased that communities like the Low Carbon Hub in Oxford at the heart of those schemes.</p><p> </p><p>As the Manifesto itself points out, 5 out of 6 current BEIS Local Retrofit Supply Chain pilot projects are led by community groups. We are also supporting Community Energy England with the essential work they do to share best practice and celebrate success, and I attended their conference in Bristol in October, as part of Green Great Britain Week, to see this work in action.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/04/2019 11:08:10 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1060815

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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	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 ensure that gas and energy (a) interconnectors, (b) import export routes and (c) infrastructure mechanisms will remain fully functional after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	221015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>As set out in our Technical Notice the Government is working closely with Ofgem, interconnectors and wider industry on the steps needed to maintain continued cross-border energy trading. This includes supporting engagement with EU Member State authorities. The Government does not anticipate changes to non-EU import export routes for gas by EU exit and there are no non-EU import export routes for electricity.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/02/2019 17:33:42 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1059799

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	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 recent steps his Department has taken to prepare the energy sector for the effects of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	220066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Leaving the EU with a deal remains the Government’s top priority. This has not changed. The Government has accelerated no deal preparations to ensure the country is prepared for every eventuality.</p><p>The Government has recommended that all businesses ensure they are prepared, enacting their own ‘no deal’ plans as they judge necessary. The Government has published eight Technical Notices related to energy policy, as well as further guidance of relevance to the energy sector. Businesses are advised to visit gov.uk/euexit for latest guidance.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/02/2019 17:45:09 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1037812

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	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 estimate he has made of the number of domestic energy suppliers that have ceased trading as a result of financial difficulties in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	206231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>There are now over 60 domestic energy suppliers in the market, up from 13 in 2010. Since 2010, 14 domestic suppliers have ceased trading. GB Energy (in 2016), was the first supplier to cease trading since 2008.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/01/2019 17:46:49 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1037960

registered interest
date	08/01/2019
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	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 estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of energy companies that have ceased trading over the last two years and (b) the number of customers affected by those cessations; and which companies took on those customers in each case.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	206227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2019 answer text <p>There are now over 60 domestic energy suppliers in the market, up from 13 in 2010. There have been 14 domestic energy supplier exits since November 2016, with an approximately 1 million customer accounts affected. The details of what company took them on is publicly available.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 15/01/2019 14:57:28 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

994578

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
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
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 establish an independent UK energy policy after the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019; and if will he make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stone
tabling member printed	Sir William Cash
uin	183847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>As set out in the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union white paper, published on the 12 July, the UK is seeking broad energy cooperation with the EU including arrangements for trade in electricity and gas, cooperation with EU Agencies and bodies, and data sharing to facilitate market operations.</p><p> </p><p>Whatever our future relationship with the EU we remain committed to delivering affordable, secure and low-carbon energy.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/11/2018 17:01:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	288 label Biography information for Sir William Cash

909148

registered interest
date	21/05/2018
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
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 Written Ministerial Statement of 17 May 2018, HCWS 690 on Energy Policy, which organisations were consulted prior to that statement being made.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	146304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department worked closely with relevant government departments in developing the Written Ministerial Statement, which advanced the commitments from the Government’s 2017 manifesto to support the development of shale gas extraction. So we are setting out a series of actions, including those committed to in the Government’s 2017 manifesto to support the development of shale gas extractionWe engaged with stakeholders as part of our ongoing stakeholder engagement.</p><p> </p><p>The statement announced forthcoming consultations on areas of the policy. We did not consult on the statement in advance.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 30/05/2018 13:20:11 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

895542

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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
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 (a) principal and (b) parish councils have set up (i)by themselves and (ii) with others local energy generation schemes.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	139939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold a register of local authority local energy schemes.</p><p> </p><p>National Planning Policy Guidance and Planning Policy Guidance stipulate that plans should provide a positive strategy for renewable and low carbon energy and heat. Planning authorities should support community-led initiatives for renewable and low carbon energy, including developments outside areas identified in local or strategic plans that are being taken forward through neighbourhood planning.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, the Clean Growth Strategy, which supports the Industrial Strategy, announced a Local Energy Programme, which supports local actors, community groups, local authorities and combined authorities to develop their own energy strategies and deliver their own energy programmes.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/05/2018 16:34:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

819895

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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
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 potential merits of supporting the creation of energy markets similar to Nord Pool.
tabling member constituency	Waveney
tabling member printed	Peter Aldous
uin	121967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department currently has no plans to make such an assessment.</p><p>The CMA (Competition and Markets Authority), as part of its investigation into the energy market, found that the GB wholesale markets were broadly functioning effectively.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/01/2018 14:39:15 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	4069 label Biography information for Peter Aldous