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1221494

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2020
	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	Zero Hours Contracts: Coronavirus
	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 and what proportion of workers on zero hours contracts have been (a) furloughed, (b) laid off or (c) had their (i) hours or (ii) pay reduced during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	70522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2020 answer text <p>We are actively monitoring the impact of Covid-19 on different groups in the labour market. The latest external estimates, from the Resolution Foundation think tank found that, of those surveyed in the UK between 6-11 May:</p><p> </p><ul><li>33% of workers in the lowest quintile income group had either been furloughed (25%), lost their job (5%) or lost hours and pay (3%) due to coronavirus. This compares to 16% of those in the highest quintile income group, with 6% being furloughed, 3% losing their job and 7% losing hours and pay.</li></ul><ul><li>40% of workers on zero hours contracts had either been furloughed (24%), lost their job (4%) or lost hours and pay (12%) due to coronavirus. This compares to 22% of all employees, with 15% being furloughed, 3% losing their job and 4% losing hours and pay.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Published HM Treasury analysis on the impact of Covid-19 on working household incomes found that Government interventions since March have supported the poorest working households the most (as a proportion of February income).</p><p> </p><p>On 8 July, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a package of support to tackle the impact of Covid-19 crisis. This package provides £201m of new funding in 20-21 for skills provision and invests billions in a strong and coherent employment support offer. It provides the help people need now to swiftly find new work, while offering greater support for people who will find that journey harder.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 70521 question first answered 15/07/2020 16:34:04 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1176722

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	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 the offshore wind Sector Deal, published on 7 March 2019, what information her Department collects on progress towards the offshore wind industry’s target of 60 per cent UK content by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	13544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>The Offshore Wind Sector has an industry agreed methodology to measuring the lifetime UK content of offshore windfarm. So far, the Offshore Wind Programme Board has published reports into UK content twice, in 2015 &amp; 2017.</p><p> </p><p>At the last Offshore Wind Industrial Council in November 2019, BEIS requested OWIC to provide an update on the UK content figures.</p><p> </p><p>The latest report on the amount of UK lifetime content in offshore wind farms, which shows that the average UK content to be 48%, can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.renewableuk.com/news/362764/Offshore-Wind-Industry-Investment-in-the-UK.htm" target="_blank">https://www.renewableuk.com/news/362764/Offshore-Wind-Industry-Investment-in-the-UK.htm</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 14/02/2020 11:48:27 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1176723

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	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 page 4 of the RenewableUK publication entitled, A Guide to Measuring the UK Content of Offshore Wind Farms, published in March 2015, on how many occasions her Department has requested that offshore wind developers open up their calculations of UK content for independent review and audit.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	13545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department has not requested any offshore wind developer to open up their calculations of UK content. The Offshore Wind Programme Board reviews the data submitted to ensure the content methodology has been calculated correctly.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 14/02/2020 11:49:34 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1180896

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2020
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2020 to Question 13545, on Wind Power: Seas and Oceans, what steps his Department's representative on the Offshore Wind Programme Board has taken to verify the UK content figures reported by developers.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	21353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The UK content data supplied by each developer is compiled on an anonymised basis by RenewableUK to an agreed methodology. The Department has the ability to commission the independent auditing of the data.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 05/03/2020 14:48:25 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1180897

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2020
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2020 to Question 13545, on Wind Power: Seas and Oceans, when the Offshore Wind Industrial Council plans to publish its latest assessment of UK content.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	21354
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>UK content figures for wind farms are compiled and published by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC). The Department has asked the Offshore Wind Industry Council for an update on the UK content figures this year.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 05/03/2020 14:48:33 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1180898

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2020
	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	Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2020 to Question 13545, on Wind Power: Seas and Oceans, whether his Department collects data on progress towards the offshore wind industry's target of 60 per cent UK content by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	21355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department monitors the progress of each commitment within the Offshore Wind Sector Deal and regular collection of data helps keep track of progress. The Offshore Wind Industrial Council undertakes monitoring of progress against the UK content target.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 05/03/2020 14:48:48 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1461360

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2022
	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	Wind Power: 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 support the Government is providing to home owners who wish to install domestic wind turbines on their property.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government introduced the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) in January 2020 and is available to eligible small-scale renewable generators, such as home-owners with domestic wind turbines. The SEG is a market-driven mechanism designed to pave the way to projects being deployed without subsidies, so different tariffs are available from participating suppliers.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 18/05/2022 14:04:40 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1462149

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2022
	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	Wind Power: 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 assistance the Government is providing to home owners who wish to install domestic wind turbines on their property.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government introduced the Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) in January 2020 which is available to eligible small-scale renewable generators, such as home-owners with domestic wind turbines. The SEG is a market-driven mechanism designed to pave the way to projects being deployed without subsidies, so different tariffs are available from participating suppliers.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 20/05/2022 10:00:12 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1540035

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2022
	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	Wind Power: Construction
	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 plans he has to make it easier to build wind farms on-shore.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	80939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government understands the strength of feeling that some people have about the impact of wind turbines in England, but is also serious about delivering cheaper, cleaner, more secure power. The Government will consider all options for increasing deployment in ways that local communities will support.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 15/11/2022 17:09:58 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1458978

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2022
	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	Warm Home Discount Scheme: Reform
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he intends to bring forward the relevant legislative proposals to implement the reforms to the Warm Home Discount for winter 2022-23.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
	uin	156606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2022 answer text <p>The Government intends to lay the Regulations for the reformed Warm Home Discount scheme in England and Wales in Parliament in the coming weeks, with the reforms coming into force from the 2022/23 scheme year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consult, and lay separate Regulations for the Warm Home Discount scheme in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/04/2022 11:52:40 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols