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1581286

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2023
	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	Consumers: Protection
	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 an assessment of the potential merits of increasing penalties for firms found to have mislead consumers about their rights.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	133541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>This is an important issue which the Government has committed to act on shortly. We will introduce new civil monetary penalties for breaches of consumer law. The Government will do so through the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumer Bill which will be brought forward in this session of Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>This means that anyone ripping off consumers with misleading claims, unfair terms and conditions and hard-to-exit contracts may be penalised up to 10% of annual global turnover, or £300,000, whichever is higher.</p><p> </p><p>Under these plans, the Competition and Markets Authority will be given direct fining powers, alongside the civil courts which would be able to act on application from enforcers like sector regulators and local authority trading standards departments.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 31/01/2023 15:49:17 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1580196

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	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	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 assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changing the eligibility criteria for the Warm Home Discount on those no longer eligible under the new criteria.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	131121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government has expanded the Warm Home Discount scheme this year, providing £150 rebates to over 3 million households. The Government published impact assessments alongside the consultation and the final policy, which compared the option for reforming the scheme in England and Wales to continuing the previous scheme. These can be found at: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fwarm-home-discount-better-targeted-support-from-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C197b48e34ef14802a54808db02cea8c1%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638106858828331618%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=7g2gAK7fa%2BGpCHOl7pHzs%2FJwxBShwhd5Y8KFcoJx%2BFc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/warm-home-discount-better-targeted-support-from-2022</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/01/2023 14:09:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1580180

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2023
	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	Warm Home Discount Scheme: Social Security Benefits
	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 energy efficient households in receipt of benefits are able to receive the Warm Home Discount this winter.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	131120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>Households that meet the eligibility criteria are able to receive the Warm Home Discount this winter.</p><p> </p><p>In England and Wales, a household must either be in receipt of the Pension Credit Guarantee Credit or both in receipt of a relevant means-tested benefit and living in a property that has high costs to heat on the basis of its property characteristics. More efficient homes are less likely to meet the high costs criterion.</p><p> </p><p>In Scotland, a household must either be in receipt of the Pension Credit Guarantee Credit or apply to their energy supplier and satisfy the supplier’s eligibility criteria for a rebate under the Broader Group.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/01/2023 14:10:43 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe