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	registered interest
	date	28/03/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Trade Promotion: Brunei
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the UK Trade Envoy to Brunei made representations to the Government of Brunei on the whipping and stoning to death of LGBT+ people during his visit to that country in November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
	tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
	uin	238403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Brunei, Paul Scully, has the responsibility to promote trade and investment links between our two countries. On his first visit he was hosted by the Minister of Finance and Economy and focused on opportunities in: oil and gas; financial services; and technical / professional education. Human rights issues are the responsibility of the FCO. The Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific raised UK concerns about hudud punishments during a visit to Brunei Darussalam in August 2018. More recently he raised these issues on Friday 29 March in a letter to the Deputy Foreign Minister. Additionally, the British High Commission in Bandar Seri Begawan regularly discusses the introduction of the Sharia Penal Code with the Government of Brunei.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Brunei, Paul Scully, did not make representations to the Government of Brunei on their internal laws when he visited in 2018 to promote the trade links between our countries.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">This was the Trade Envoy’s first visit to Brunei in this capacity and as such was introduced to key stakeholders. </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">He was hosted by the Minister of Finance and Economy and focused on opportunities in: oil and gas; financial services; and technical / professional education. Human rights issues are the responsibility of the FCO.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> The Minister of State for Asia and the Pacific raised UK concerns about hudud punishments during a visit to Brunei Darussalam in August 2018. More recently he raised these issues on Friday 29 March in a letter to the Deputy Foreign Minister. Additionally, the British High Commission in Bandar Seri Begawan regularly discusses the introduction of the Sharia Penal Code with the Government of Brunei.</ins></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 02/04/2019 14:24:29 question first ministerially corrected 02/04/2019 15:54:45 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 111545 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1505337

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	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	Natural Gas: Production
	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 the Government has plans to strengthen the UK's energy security through an increase in domestic gas production.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	48320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has been in commercial negotiations with both EDF and the Sizewell C project company since January 2021. These negotiations are ongoing and commercially sensitive.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is accelerating all sources of domestic energy, including North Sea oil and gas production. Subject to the Climate Compatibility Checkpoint, The North Sea Transition Authority will be launching a new licensing round for North Sea oil and gas shortly, which is expected to lead to over 100 new licences being awarded.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government will also end the pause on shale gas extraction. Having domestic sources of gas makes us less dependent on foreign imports.</ins></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/09/2022 12:52:51 question first ministerially corrected 03/10/2022 10:37:54 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 20216 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1506601

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	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	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 homes were upgraded to energy performance certificate band C in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	51773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of dwellings by EPC band are made for England in the English Housing Survey headline report annex table 2.8. The table below collates the time series requested:</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Estimated Number of Dwellings in England by Energy Efficiency Rating (Thousands)</strong></ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>A-C</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>D-G</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Number of homes improved to Band A-C[1]</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2009</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,595</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">19,740</ins></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2010</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,971</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">19,573</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">167</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,348</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">19,406</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">167</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4,141</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">18,577</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">829</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5,373</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17,881</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">696</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,125</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17,246</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">635</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2015</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,700</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16,843</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">403</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,049</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16,684</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">159</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2017</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,214</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16,736</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-52</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2018</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8,290</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">15,883</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">853</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2019</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9,854</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">14,560</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,323</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2020</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10,856</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12,678</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,881</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> Source: English Housing Survey</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">[1] The estimate of homes upgraded to band A-C from D-G has been derived by subtraction of the previous year’s estimate of D-G homes.</ins></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fenglish-housing-survey-2020-to-2021-headline-report&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C7bf51f0374324661a59b08daa15b5c72%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637999710997470241%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JgD2gpD0pk01v8kSW38CT1PYJ6uGeBFevtYZ6EIeLmo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2020-to-2021-headline-report</a>.</p><p>It should be noted that it is difficult to make accurate year on year comparisons and there have been slight changes in the methodology used to derive EPC ratings over time. Overall, the number of dwellings in England is increasing and so the total increase in band A-C dwellings is higher than the number of D-Gs improved to band A-C due to new dwellings.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/09/2022 14:19:55 question first ministerially corrected 03/10/2022 10:37:25 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 21042 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown