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1599903

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 135157 on Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant, whether his Department has created a framework to further define just and reasonable with reference to landlords passing on support through to end users under the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	155029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>Intermediaries must pass on the Government support irrespective of how the end users pay for their energy. They can adjust the amount, and demonstrate why the amount is just and reasonable. For example, if a landlord has fully passed on the increased energy prices to their tenants, then it would be just and reasonable to pass on the full scheme benefit. Whereas, if they shielded their tenants from the impact of increased energy prices, they may retain some or all the benefit.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has published guidance which sets out illustrative examples of how the pass-through requirements can be calculated: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fpass-through-requirements-for-energy-price-support-provided-to-intermediaries&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C8a2e72d658d64fc334cc08db1e35c29e%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638136988458357287%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=M5P9zVJwEw5m%2B14AuSnY%2F0O%2BEvZ5uc41FK%2FD7mQaPLE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pass-through-requirements-for-energy-price-support-provided-to-intermediaries</a>.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 08/03/2023 12:47:32 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1599907

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 135157 on Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential for Section 21 notices of possession to be used against end user tenants pursuing access to Energy Bills Support Scheme support through (a) landlords and (b) other intermediaries.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	155030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>Landlords are not required to provide a reason when they serve a Section 21 notice. The Government is committed to abolishing Section 21 evictions via the Renters Reform Bill, which will give tenants greater security.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 155031 question first answered 08/03/2023 14:06:57 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1599910

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2023 to Question 135157 on Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant, whether his Department has made a recent assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prevent the use of Section 21 notices against people pursuing access to Energy Bills Support Scheme support through (a) landlords and (b) other intermediaries.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	155031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>Landlords are not required to provide a reason when they serve a Section 21 notice. The Government is committed to abolishing Section 21 evictions via the Renters Reform Bill, which will give tenants greater security.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 155030 question first answered 08/03/2023 14:06:57 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1599925

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 135157 on Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a regulatory framework to ensure that tenants have access to information on intermediary landlord recipients of the Energy Bills Support Scheme so they know whether they should enter civil proceedings.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	155032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government has not undertaken such an assessment. The Government does not hold data on which meter points receiving the Energy Bills Support Scheme are rented properties where the landlord receives the discount.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has already introduced regulations to require intermediaries to inform end users of benefits received from the Government’s energy affordability schemes and to pass on these benefits in a just and reasonable way. Where an intermediary has failed to meet their obligations, the end-user has the ability to pursue the civil debt through the courts.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 08/03/2023 12:47:52 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1599942

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 135157 on Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant, if his Department will define what reasonably practical equates to as a defined timescale in the context of the pass through requirement of the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	155033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of the intermediary to take reasonable steps to notify the end user in writing. This should be done within 30 days of the intermediary receiving the relevant scheme benefit (or 1 November 2022 for EBSS Great Britain and 12 January 2023 for EBSS Northern Ireland, if later).</p><p> </p><p>The information includes, the amount of scheme benefit received; the amount that the intermediary intends to pass on; when and how they will pass-through the benefit; and that the end user can recover amounts to which they are entitled to but do not receive as a civil debt.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 08/03/2023 12:47:41 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1581874

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Energy Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure landlords pass on savings from the Energy Bills Support Scheme to tenants who have no relationship with an energy supplier.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	135157
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2023 answer text <p>Third-party intermediaries, such as landlords, who receive the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) must pass that support through to end users, such as tenants, in a just and reasonable way.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced regulations to ensure that EBSS support is provided to the people it is designed to help. Further information can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pass-through-requirements-for-energy-price-support-provided-to-intermediaries/guidance-on-the-pass-through-requirements-for-energy-price-support-in-great-britain-provided-to-intermediaries#:~:text=Pass%2Dthrough%20Requirements%20on%20Intermediaries&amp;text=The%20government%20introduced%20regulations%20setting,Britain%20on%201%20November%202022" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 09/02/2023 11:54:31 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1581899

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
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 Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing
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 landlords share the support provided through the Energy Bills Support Scheme with their tenants.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	135135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>Third-party intermediaries, such as landlords, who receive the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) must pass that support through to end users, such as tenants, in a just and reasonable way.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has introduced regulations to require that EBSS support is provided to the people it is designed to help. Further details can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pass-through-requirements-for-energy-price-support-provided-to-intermediaries/guidance-on-the-pass-through-requirements-for-energy-price-support-in-great-britain-provided-to-intermediaries#:~:text=Pass%2Dthrough%20Requirements%20on%20Intermediaries&amp;text=The%20government%20introduced%20regulations%20setting,Britain%20on%201%20November%202022" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/02/2023 10:17:06 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1539209

registered interest
date	03/11/2022
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 Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing
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 is taking steps to provide additional support to private rented tenants who have sub meters in their flats and are not entitled to the full £400 payment under the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	78796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government set out details of the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) and confirmed that further funding would be available to provide equivalent support of £400 for energy bills, for the domestic energy consumers not reached by EBSS. This will include those who do not have a domestic electricity meter or a direct relationship with an energy supplier.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with a range of organisations to finalise the details and have the process up and running for applications this winter.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 11/11/2022 13:45:37 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1525048

registered interest
date	21/10/2022
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 Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing
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 his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to require landlords to pass on the £400 energy bills discount to tenants who pay rent inclusive of bills.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	68548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government introduced legislation on the 11th of October to ensure landlords pass the EBSS discount on to tenants who pay all-inclusive bills.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 27/10/2022 17:24:06 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

1525049

registered interest
date	21/10/2022
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 Bills Rebate: Private Rented Housing
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 tenants who are charged by a landlord for the energy costs incurred through an electricity meter are entitled to the rebate.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	68549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>If landlords have domestic contracts with their energy supplier, they are required to charge tenants no more than they paid suppliers for the energy, under Ofgem’s Maximum Resale Price rules. This means that the £400 discount should be passed onto tenants.</p><p> </p><p>If landlords have a commercial contract with their supplier, further funding will be available to provide equivalent support for energy bills for the small percentage of domestic energy consumers not reached by the Energy Bills Support Scheme. The Government will announce further details in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 27/10/2022 17:19:19 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins