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1271150

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2020
	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	Regional Planning and Development
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent progress his Department has made on the Government's levelling-up agenda.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	910327
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>We have a clear commitment to level up all areas of the country. The recent announcement of our 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution to support green jobs, and a forthcoming Industrial Strategy refresh, are a critical part of this.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 15/12/2020 13:25:37 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1136714

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2019
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Overtime
	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 the amount of unpaid overtime worked by staff in his Department in the last 24 months.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	272748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>BEIS does not keep a record of unpaid overtime worked in the Department.</p><p> </p><p>There may be occasions when employees have to work more than their conditioned hours. In these circumstances staff below the Senior Civil Service are be able to claim overtime or time off in lieu for the additional hours that have been worked.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/07/2019 15:06:47 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1138474

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons 31.2 per cent of freedom of information requests received by his Department were not fulfilled within the 20-day deadline in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	276159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) the 20 working day deadline for response to requests for information may be extended in order to consider the balance of public interest regarding disclosure of held information.</p><p>In 2018, 82% of requests received by the Department were answered within the statutory 20-day deadline or with a permitted extension. In the first quarter of 2019, 68% of requests were answered within the 20-day deadline or with a permitted extension.</p><p>The complexity and diverse nature of the Department means that individual requests may require the involvement of more than one area of the Department and/or consultation with key stakeholders. Regrettably this can sometimes lead to delays in the Department’s ability to providing a timely response.</p><p>The Department remains committed to improving the number of requests answered within the statutory deadline and is working closely with officials across the Department.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 276160 question first answered 16/07/2019 14:42:41 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1138475

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Freedom of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason only 55.4 per cent of FOI requests received by his Department in the first quarter of 2019 were met within the 20-day deadline.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	276160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) the 20 working day deadline for response to requests for information may be extended in order to consider the balance of public interest regarding disclosure of held information.</p><p>In 2018, 82% of requests received by the Department were answered within the statutory 20-day deadline or with a permitted extension. In the first quarter of 2019, 68% of requests were answered within the 20-day deadline or with a permitted extension.</p><p>The complexity and diverse nature of the Department means that individual requests may require the involvement of more than one area of the Department and/or consultation with key stakeholders. Regrettably this can sometimes lead to delays in the Department’s ability to providing a timely response.</p><p>The Department remains committed to improving the number of requests answered within the statutory deadline and is working closely with officials across the Department.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson grouped question UIN 276159 question first answered 16/07/2019 14:42:41 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1273725

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2021
	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	Fuel Poverty
	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 his Department is taking to reduce fuel poverty in winter 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	133674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>Improving the energy efficiency of homes is the best long-term solution to tackle fuel poverty. The Energy Company Obligation is a GB wide energy efficiency scheme worth £640m per year until March 2022 and is focused on low-income and vulnerable households. The Green Homes Grant, launched in September 2020, is a £2 billion programme which will help improve the energy efficiency of homes in England. Of this, around half is specifically for low income, vulnerable and fuel poor households.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that some households may need immediate support this winter and so we provide assistance with energy bills for low income and vulnerable consumers through the Warm Home Discount, Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments.</p><p> </p><p>We have also successfully negotiated an agreement with energy suppliers to support customers impacted by COVID-19. Based on the circumstances, this could include reassessing, reducing, or pausing debt repayments for households in financial distress and support for prepayment meter customers to stay on supply.</p><p> </p><p>The energy price cap currently protects around 11 million households in Great Britain on standard variable and default tariffs. From January 2021 a further 4 million households with prepayment meters will also come under the protection of the cap after the prepayment meter price cap expires. The cap ensures that loyal energy customers are protected from poor value tariffs, saving consumers a total of around £1 billion on their bills annually.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 19/01/2021 14:20:30 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1274683

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2021
	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	Fuel Poverty: Yorkshire and the Humber
	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 people in (a) Hemsworth Parliamentary constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber region were living in fuel poverty in each year since 2010 and up to and including 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	134346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2021 answer text <p>The table below shows the estimated number of households living in fuel poverty for the requested areas:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Hemsworth Parliamentary constituency</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire and the Humber region</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>269,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4,100</p></td><td><p>271,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>266,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3,600</p></td><td><p>244,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>271,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>282,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4,700</p></td><td><p>275,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>4,200</p></td><td><p>244,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>236,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The latest available estimates are for 2018. Estimates for fuel poverty in 2010 have not been made at sub-regional level under the current Low Income High Costs metric.</p><p>Also note, estimates of fuel poverty at the sub-regional level are based on a small number households and are therefore subject to higher levels of uncertainty in particular when comparing changes over time.</p><p> </p><p>The regional data in the table above was taken from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fuel-poverty-trends-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fuel-poverty-trends-2020</a> table 4.</p><p> </p><p>The parliamentary constituency data in the table above was taken from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-sub-regional-statistics</a>.</p><p>For example, the data for 2018 was found in table 5 of the following:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 18/01/2021 18:02:10 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1274685

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2021
	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 the average dual energy bill was for a household in (a) Hemsworth Parliamentary constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber region in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	134348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2021 answer text <p>Data on household electricity and gas energy bills are published as part of the Quarterly Energy Prices statistical series (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/quarterly-energy-prices" target="_blank">here</a>). The department collects this information at the regional level and does not hold it at the constituency level. Data on the average annual domestic electricity bills for UK regions are presented in table QEP 2.2.3 and average annual domestic gas bills for GB regions are presented in table QEP 2.3.3 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics" target="_blank">here</a>).</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 19/01/2021 14:23:41 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1301290

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	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	Fuel Poverty
	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 people were in fuel poverty, in each year from 2010 to 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	166323
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>Fuel poverty is measured at the household level. Using the Low Income Low Energy Efficiency (LILEE) indicator, a household is considered to be fuel poor if it is living in a property with a fuel poverty energy efficiency rating of band D, E, F or G and its after housing costs income minus its energy costs would be less than 60 per cent of the median after housing costs income.” The number of households in fuel poverty in England between 2010 and 2019, the latest year for which statistics are available is shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 1 - Total number of households living in fuel poverty, 2010-2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of households (000's)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of fuel poor households (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fuel poor</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 4,780 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 22.1 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 4,726 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 21.6 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 4,351 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 19.8 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 4,186 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 18.5 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 3,905 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 17.3 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 3,778 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 16.7 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 3,731 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 16.2 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 3,739 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 16.1 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 3,517 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 15.0 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 3,176 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 13.4 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><em>Note: This is based on the Low Income Low Energy Efficiency metric, 2010-2019</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Further details on trends in fuel poverty in England can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fuel-poverty-trends-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fuel-poverty-trends-2021</a>.</p><p>Following the publication of the 2019 fuel poverty statistics on 4<sup>th</sup> March, projections for 2020 and 2021 are due to be published on the 29<sup>th</sup> of April this year.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 18/03/2021 17:04:34 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1334110

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2021
	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	Mineworkers' Pension 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 plans he has to implement the recommendations of the Sixth Report of Session 2019-21 of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee on the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme, published on 29 April 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	15167
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2021 answer text <p>I am grateful for the Committee’s report, and I am considering their recommendations. I am due to the meet the Scheme Trustees on 21 June, and I am keen to hear their views before responding to the Select Committee.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 17/06/2021 16:04:44 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1521322

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2022
	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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Railways
	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 much his Department spent on first class train travel for (a) ministers and (b) civil servants in (i) 2020, (i) 2021 and (iii) 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	61747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s policy is that staff should always seek to book standard class rail travel for Ministers and Civil Servants, and only by exception should first class rail travel be permitted. Expenditure on first class train travel was as shown in the following table. For 2022, the amounts shown are to the end of August only.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>First Class Train travel</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(a) Ministers</p></td><td><p>£5,168</p></td><td><p>£3,923</p></td><td><p>£3,011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(b) Civil Servants</p></td><td><p>£627</p></td><td><p>£3,452</p></td><td><p>£2,694</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 21/10/2022 14:07:24 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett