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1484186

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2022
	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: Prices
	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 a competitive market for domestic energy users.
	tabling member constituency	Burton
	tabling member printed	Kate Griffiths
	uin	26863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government continues to believe that competition is the best driver of value and innovation in the energy market. However, there has been less scope for competition in the supply market during this period of high and volatile wholesale gas and electricity prices.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wants a retail energy market that is both resilient and competitive, with companies able to invest in innovation and offer products and services that support decarbonisation. The Government is considering what reforms are needed to retail market regulation and will set out its plans ahead of the next price cap period<ins class="ministerial">.</ins></p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 06/07/2022 14:22:23 question first ministerially corrected 06/07/2022 16:07:36 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands previous answer version 11173 answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4773 label Biography information for Kate Kniveton

1355807

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2021
	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: Prices
	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 financial support will be made available to low-income households when energy and gas household bills increase on 1 October 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	50119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2021 answer text <p>Ofgem updates the energy price cap to reflect changes in underlying costs, such as purchasing wholesale gas and electricity prices, which are global markets. Wholesale prices are increasing, but the energy price cap still saves 15 million households on default tariffs up to £100 a year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to support low income and fuel poor households with their energy bills through the Warm Home Discount which provides eligible households with £140 off their bills. In addition, Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments will help ensure those most vulnerable are better able to heat their homes over the colder months.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 24/09/2021 12:47:58 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1356520

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2021
	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: Prices
	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 reduce the UK’s industrial energy prices.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	51016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to minimising energy costs for businesses to ensure our economy remains strong and competitive. We deliver relief schemes to reduce the cumulative impact of some energy and climate change policies on UK’s industrial energy prices for eligible energy intensive industries, such as steel, chemicals, and glass manufacturing.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/09/2021 16:17:17 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1356990

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	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: Prices
	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 low income households are able to heat their homes following recent rises in energy prices.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	51789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring fair energy prices for consumers. That is why Government introduced the energy price cap in 2019, which saves 15 million households on default tariffs up to £100 a year on average.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Warm Home Discount provides over 2 million eligible households with £140 off their bills. In addition, Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments will help ensure those most vulnerable are better able to heat their homes over the colder months.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/09/2021 15:52:55 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1356991

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	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: Prices
	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 contingency planning his Department is undertaking to help ensure that vulnerable people are not left without heating in the event of energy shortages in winter 2021, with particular reference to the elderly and disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	51790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>We remain confident that gas and electricity security of supply can be maintained under a wide range of scenarios.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/09/2021 15:50:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1357071

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2021
	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: Prices
	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 his oral statement of 20 September 2021 on UK Gas Market, which energy companies were present at the meeting he held with energy companies on the impact of wholesale energy price rises; how many of those companies were small energy companies; and what steps he is taking to support small energy companies to manage the impact of wholesale energy price rises.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	51691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2021 answer text <p>On 20 September 2021 a roundtable was held with leading energy suppliers and consumer groups to hear about the challenges they currently face, and on 21 September a roundtable was held with smaller and challenger energy suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wants to see a diverse energy market with many smaller and challenger energy suppliers bringing an improvement to customers. The biggest danger to a diverse market is the threat of renationalisation which would raise prices and damage investment.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 23/09/2021 16:04:20 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1357161

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2021
	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: Prices
	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 a potential rise in energy prices; and what assessment he has made of the impact of any such rise on household disposable income (a) of people who are (i) on low pay and (ii) in receipt of social security and (b) in general.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	52542
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring fair energy prices for consumers. We therefore introduced the energy price cap in 2019, which saves 15 million households on default tariffs up to £100 a year on average. The level of the price cap is set by Ofgem, the independent regulator.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 18/10/2021 16:25:12 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1357298

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2021
	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: Prices
	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 he will make available immediate funding for low income households who will experience an increase in their gas and electricity bills from October 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	52564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>Ofgem updates the energy price cap to reflect changes in underlying costs, such as purchasing wholesale gas and electricity prices, which are global markets. Wholesale prices are increasing, but the energy price cap still saves 15 million households on default tariffs up to £100 a year.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/09/2021 16:06:53 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1357301

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2021
	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: Prices
	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 discussions he has had with representatives of UK energy suppliers on (a) the impact of high global gas prices on the UK energy market and (b) protecting household energy bills during winter 2021-22.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	52565
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2021 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State and I have been in regular contact with the regulator, Ofgem, and energy suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>On 20 September 2021, a roundtable was held with leading energy suppliers and consumer groups to hear about the challenges they currently face.</p><p> </p><p>A further roundtable was held on 21 September 2021 with smaller and challenger energy suppliers.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/09/2021 15:59:27 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1357473

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2021
	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: Prices
	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 plans to take to keep energy prices low for household consumers.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	53359
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2021 answer text <p>Energy prices are subject to commercial decisions made by individual suppliers and in competition with each others. In order to protect customers, the Government introduced the energy price cap in 2019, which saves 15 million households on default tariffs up to £100 a year on average. The level of the price cap is set by Ofgem, the independent regulator.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 22/10/2021 12:29:27 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols