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1186538

registered interest
date	19/03/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Free School Meals: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the vouchers offered to children eligible for free school meals during the school closures will cover the costs of breakfast.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	32200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>While schools are closed to help reduce the spread of coronavirus, they will be able to provide meals or vouchers for supermarkets or local shops for families. The government has confirmed that the total value of vouchers offered to each eligible child per week will exceed the rate it pays to schools for free school meals.</p><p>In addition to this, we are working to consider options to support children who receive a free breakfast through our contracts with Family Action and Magic Breakfast.</p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 24/03/2020 18:41:07 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1185727

registered interest
date	17/03/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	VAT: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of removing VAT on energy efficiency products on encouraging the take up of those products.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	30762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>Although the standard rate of VAT of 20% applies on energy saving materials, the Government allows a reduced rate of 5% of VAT on:</p><p> </p><p>- all installations of energy saving materials for recipients who are aged 60 or over or on certain benefits, for housing associations, and where the installations are in buildings used for relevant residential purposes, and;</p><p> </p><p>- on all other installations of energy saving materials in residential accommodation where the cost of the materials does not exceed 60% of the total cost of the installation.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that if the value of the energy-saving materials exceeds 60%, then only the labour cost element will qualify for the reduced rate (with the supply of the materials being taxed at the standard rate).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/03/2020 12:39:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1185889

registered interest
date	17/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Disabled Facilities Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure the Disabled Facilities Grant is more easily accessible for (a) older tenants and (b) landlords of those tenants in the private rented sector.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	30763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>Anyone can apply for a Disabled Facilities Grant, including older tenants living in private rented accommodation, subject to a means test and an assessment of need. <br> <br> Tenure should not impact a person’s ability to access the home adaptations they need. The Government also funds Foundations, the national body for home improvement agencies. <br> <br> Foundations works closely with local authorities to promote best practice in the delivery of home adaptations, including providing information and advice to older people living in private rented accommodation and their landlords.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 25/03/2020 12:38:18 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1185891

registered interest
date	17/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all new homes are built to the Lifetime Homes Standard.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	30764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>We will consult shortly on various options to raise accessibility standards in new homes. This will include considering the use of M4(2), the standard in building regulations for accessible and adaptable homes, which is broadly equivalent to the Lifetime Homes standard. <br> <br> We also published planning guidance, in June 2019, to help councils meet accessible housing standards in England. This sets an expectation that planning policies on housing should make use of the optional technical standards in the Building Regulations for accessible and adaptable homes. <br> <br> The Government is also currently undertaking a full review of Part M, the regulation which now includes much of Lifetime Homes.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 25/03/2020 14:05:26 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1185421

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	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, what estimate he has made of the percentage of Energy Company Obligation funding that has been spent on identifying suitable homes for energy efficiency measures.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	29932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>The costs for identifying suitable homes has been estimated at around £257m for the three and a half year duration of ECO3 (2018 – 2022). That would be around 11% of the total estimated cost of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>These costs include finding suitable homes whose residents are eligible and willing to have energy efficiency measures installed.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 24/03/2020 17:34:48 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1185422

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	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 energy efficiency measures were installed through the obligation trading route in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	29933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>In the Clean Growth Strategy, Government set an aspiration for as many homes as possible to be Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) Band C by 2035, where practical, cost-effective and affordable. We are developing policies and measures that will help to build a sustainable market for energy efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Company Obligation Scheme provides support for low income and vulnerable households. Since ECO launched it has delivered energy efficiency measures to more than 2 million households. ECO, or a successor scheme, will continue to drive at least £640 million investment per year in home energy efficiency until 2028.</p><p> </p><p>A total of 793 energy efficiency measures were installed through the Energy Company Obligation’s trading route (ECO Brokerage) from the start of January 2019 to the end of December 2019.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 24/03/2020 17:36:51 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1185423

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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 Company Obligation and 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, what estimate he has made of the number of energy customers that do not contribute to the (a) Energy Company Obligation and (b) Warm Homes Discount as a result of being with a smaller supplier.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	29934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>The current threshold for participation in the Energy Company Obligation and Warm Home Discount is 200,000 domestic customer accounts and this is changing to 150,000 customer accounts from 1 April this year.</p><p> </p><p>In the final stage impact assessment for ECO3, published in October 2018, we estimated that suppliers over the 200,000 threshold covered 96% of the market and those over 150,000 covered 99%. While the number of energy suppliers in the market and their customer numbers fluctuate, we expect the current market coverage to be similar now.</p><p> </p><p>How energy suppliers pass on their costs depends on their individual pricing decisions.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 24/03/2020 15:56:29 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1185425

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that new homes are being built to high EPC standards.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	29936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to meeting its target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and recognises the important contribution that the energy efficiency of buildings has to make in meeting it.</p><p>We have committed to introduce a Future Homes Standard from 2025 which means that new homes will be fit for the future, with low carbon heating and lower energy use through high levels of energy efficiency. In October 2019 we published a consultation on the Future Homes Standard which proposed that new homes built to this standard should have carbon dioxide emissions 75-80 per cent lower than those built to current building regulations standards.</p><p>As a stepping stone to the Future Homes Standard, we have also consulted on a meaningful and achievable increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes to be introduced through the Building Regulations in 2020, with a further strengthening by 2025.</p><p>The Future Homes Standard consultation closed on 7 February 2020. The responses we have received will be considered carefully and a Government response will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/03/2020 17:42:01 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1185426

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of homes were built to EPC A or B standards last year.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	29937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>In 2019, 83 per cent of newly constructed homes in England and Wales had an EPC rating of A or B.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/03/2020 17:42:16 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1185427

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many new homes were built in the last 12 months to EPC C or D standards.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	29938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>In 2019, 15 per cent of newly constructed homes in England and Wales had an EPC rating of C or D.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/03/2020 17:42:33 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham