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1643804

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Boilers: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to ban the sale of new boilers fuelled by (a) non-mains gas, (b) oil and (c) biomass.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	189037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government consulted on proposals to end the installation of heating systems using high carbon fossil fuels in homes, businesses and public buildings off the gas grid during the 2020s. The Government will publish its response to the consultations in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The proposals referred to phasing out installation of coal, heating oil and non-mains gas heating systems, but not to biomass. The Government has no current plans to end the sale of new biomass boilers.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 19/06/2023 15:43:27 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

1626102

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Carbon Emissions: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the competitiveness of the UK's carbon taxation regime.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	904827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The UK Emissions Trading Scheme is our main carbon pricing scheme and promotes cost-effective decarbonisation by allowing businesses to cut carbon where it is cheapest to do so.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to supporting the competitiveness of UK sectors.</p><p> </p><p>This is why we protect ETS participants by allocating free allowances, with installations vulnerable to carbon leakage receiving up to 100% of their emissions allowances for free based on sector benchmarks.</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Gareth Davies question first answered 09/05/2023 15:34:56 answering member 4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

1586711

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential impact of the Energy Profits Levy on independent North Sea oil and gas companies.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	147402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The Energy Profits Levy (EPL) was introduced in May 2022 in response to sharp increases in oil and gas prices over the past year. At the Autumn Statement 2022, the Chancellor announced that the rate of the levy would rise by ten percentage points to 35% from 1 January 2023 and will last until 31 March 2028.</p><p> </p><p>The government has been clear it wants to see the oil and gas sector reinvest its profits to support the economy, jobs and the UK’s energy security. That is why the levy includes a new investment allowance, ensuring that for every £1 an oil and gas company spends, they can claim around 91p in tax relief for most types of investment expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>For every £100 an oil and gas company invests to decarbonise upstream oil and gas production, they will be able to deduct £109.25 when calculating their levy profits. This provides an immediate and significant fiscal incentive to reinvest profits in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The government published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) on the Energy Profits Levy changes announced at the Autumn Statement. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-the-energy-oil-and-gas-profits-levy/energy-oil-and-gas-profits-levy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-the-energy-oil-and-gas-profits-levy/energy-oil-and-gas-profits-levy</a>. The TIIN sets out that the levy is not expected to have a significant macroeconomic impact on the level of business investment.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2022, the Chancellor attended a roundtable with representatives from the oil and gas sector. The government has regular engagement with a range of stakeholders, including independent oil and gas companies operating in the North Sea, and I have also met with representatives of North Sea Oil and Gas.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 147403 question first answered 24/02/2023 07:34:58 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

1586712

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of the Energy Profits Levy on investment in the North Sea, including by independent operators.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	147403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The Energy Profits Levy (EPL) was introduced in May 2022 in response to sharp increases in oil and gas prices over the past year. At the Autumn Statement 2022, the Chancellor announced that the rate of the levy would rise by ten percentage points to 35% from 1 January 2023 and will last until 31 March 2028.</p><p> </p><p>The government has been clear it wants to see the oil and gas sector reinvest its profits to support the economy, jobs and the UK’s energy security. That is why the levy includes a new investment allowance, ensuring that for every £1 an oil and gas company spends, they can claim around 91p in tax relief for most types of investment expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>For every £100 an oil and gas company invests to decarbonise upstream oil and gas production, they will be able to deduct £109.25 when calculating their levy profits. This provides an immediate and significant fiscal incentive to reinvest profits in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The government published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) on the Energy Profits Levy changes announced at the Autumn Statement. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-the-energy-oil-and-gas-profits-levy/energy-oil-and-gas-profits-levy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-the-energy-oil-and-gas-profits-levy/energy-oil-and-gas-profits-levy</a>. The TIIN sets out that the levy is not expected to have a significant macroeconomic impact on the level of business investment.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2022, the Chancellor attended a roundtable with representatives from the oil and gas sector. The government has regular engagement with a range of stakeholders, including independent oil and gas companies operating in the North Sea, and I have also met with representatives of North Sea Oil and Gas.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 147402 question first answered 24/02/2023 07:34:58 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

1586727

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Energy: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will take steps to convene a roundtable for independent oil companies operating in the North Sea on the potential impact of the Energy Profits Levy on investment in the UK.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	147415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <p>The Energy Profits Levy (EPL) was introduced in May 2022 in response to sharp increases in oil and gas prices over the past year. At the Autumn Statement 2022, the Chancellor announced that the rate of the levy would rise by ten percentage points to 35% from 1 January 2023 and will last until 31 March 2028.</p><p> </p><p>The government has been clear it wants to see the oil and gas sector reinvest its profits to support the economy, jobs and the UK’s energy security. That is why the levy includes a new investment allowance, ensuring that for every £1 an oil and gas company spends, they can claim around 91p in tax relief for most types of investment expenditure.</p><p> </p><p>For every £100 an oil and gas company invests to decarbonise upstream oil and gas production, they will be able to deduct £109.25 when calculating their levy profits. This provides an immediate and significant fiscal incentive to reinvest profits in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The government published a Tax Information and Impact Note (TIIN) on the Energy Profits Levy changes announced at the Autumn Statement. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-the-energy-oil-and-gas-profits-levy/energy-oil-and-gas-profits-levy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/changes-to-the-energy-oil-and-gas-profits-levy/energy-oil-and-gas-profits-levy</a>. The TIIN sets out that the levy is not expected to have a significant macroeconomic impact on the level of business investment.</p><p> </p><p>In December 2022, the Chancellor attended a roundtable with representatives from the oil and gas sector. The government has regular engagement with a range of stakeholders, including independent oil and gas companies operating in the North Sea, and I have also met with representatives of North Sea Oil and Gas.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 03/03/2023 10:29:39 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

1463194

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Double Glazing: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the cost of extending VAT relief on energy efficient materials to secondary glazing.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	2598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The Government has not estimated the cost of including secondary glazing in the VAT relief for energy saving materials.</p><p>HMRC does not hold information on VAT revenue from specific products or services, such as secondary glazing, because businesses are not required to provide figures at a product level on their VAT returns, as this would impose an excessive administrative burden.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 23/05/2022 06:49:31 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

1462763

registered interest
date	13/05/2022
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	Fracking
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 British Geological Survey's short report on shale gas extraction commissioned by his Department, if he will publish the criteria for lifting the moratorium on shale gas extraction.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	1520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2022 answer text <p>The recent request to the British Geological Survey has been made to assess if any progress has been made in the scientific understanding which underpins government policy on hydraulic fracturing.</p><p>The Government has always been clear that the exploration of shale gas reserves in England could only proceed if the science shows that it is safe, sustainable and of minimal disturbance to those living and working nearby. The request to the British Geological Survey does not indicate a change to government policy.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 18/05/2022 14:05:31 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

1453241

registered interest
date	22/03/2022
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	Electricity Generation
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 his Department has made of the UK electricity demand in 2050; what forecast his Department has made of the composition of the energy source supplying that demand.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	144982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>Annex O of the Government’s Energy and Emission Projections provides four indicative 2050 scenarios for the power sector: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-and-emissions-projections" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-and-emissions-projections</a>. These have two levels of demand (higher and lower) and show capacity mixes that could meet this demand, while ensuring emissions fall in line with legislated ambition and costs to consumers are minimised.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 28/03/2022 16:56:30 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

1361728

registered interest
date	20/10/2021
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Listed Buildings: Energy Performance Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many listed buildings have been granted an exemption from obtaining an Energy Performance Certificate; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing such a statutory exemption for listed buildings to protect their historic value.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	59910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on how many listed buildings have been granted an exemption from obtaining an Energy Performance Certificate. Therefore, we have not made an assessment of the potential merits of providing a statutory exemption for listed buildings to protect their historic value.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 26/10/2021 16:43:47 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

1359415

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Influenza: Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the influenza infection fatality rate in the UK in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	56456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>Influenza infection levels and related deaths are not routinely collected in the format requested, therefore this specific estimate has not been made. The number of influenza infections and deaths due to influenza-related complications varies with each flu season.</p> answering member constituency Erewash answering member printed Maggie Throup question first answered 21/10/2021 15:58:37 answering member 4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay