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1217107

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2020
	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	Ofgem
	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 it his policy to publish a revised Strategy and Policy Statement in 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	63454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>With regards to energy, under the Energy Act 2013, a Strategy and Policy Statement (SPS) requires that my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State set out the Government’s strategic priorities in formulating its policy for the energy sector. The forthcoming Energy White Paper will address the transformation of our energy system, promoting high-skilled jobs and clean, resilient economic growth as we deliver net-zero emissions by 2050.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 01/07/2020 16:55:00 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1349469

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2021
	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	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
	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 15 July to Question 31509, which pyrotechnics bodies are in discussions with UKAS.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	38376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2021 answer text <p>While we are aware that pyrotechnics bodies are currently engaging with UKAS, and are in the process of getting accredited, we cannot share any information about those individual bodies due to commercial sensitivities.</p><p><br>We are working closely with the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) to ensure that a pyrotechnics conformity assessment body is accredited as soon as possible. We will provide an update as soon as a pyrotechnics body has been appointed by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State.</p><p><br>In order to further support businesses in adapting to the new goods regime, we will introduce legislation which will allows CE-marked goods to continue to be placed on the GB market (England, Scotland, and Wales) for a further year until 1 January 2023.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 09/09/2021 16:39:54 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1345884

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2021
	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	Green Homes Grant Scheme: Local Government
	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 councils have expressed an interest in applying for Phase 1B of the Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	31515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>We received 83 Expressions of Interest (EOIs) from Local Authorities indicating their interest in applying for funding under the Local Authority Delivery (LAD) scheme Phase 1B. When the application window closed on 4<sup>th</sup> December 2020 we had received 108 applications for funding from Local Authorities or consortia - this was comprised of 87 applications from individual Local Authorities and 21 from consortia made up of a total of 133 Local Authorities.</p> answering member constituency Berwick-upon-Tweed answering member printed Anne-Marie Trevelyan question first answered 20/07/2021 16:13:53 answering member 4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1224584

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2020
	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	Private Rented 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, if he will make it his policy to raise the minimum energy efficiency standard for properties in the private rented sector to Band D by 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	73936
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>We committed in the Clean Growth Strategy to look at a trajectory to improve as many privately rented homes as possible to EPC Band C by 2030, where practical, cost-effective, and affordable. The Government remains committed to this ambition and intends to consult on improving the energy performance standards of privately rented homes in due course.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 22/07/2020 15:18:24 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1345841

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2021
	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	Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
	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 allow an extension of the use of CE markings for pyrotechnics to avoid any potential disruption to the UK automotive industry following the UK's departure from the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	31509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2021 answer text <p>We are working closely with the UK Accreditation Service (UKAS) to ensure that a UK approved body is accredited as soon as possible.    <br>  <br>We are also aware that pyrotechnics bodies are currently engaging with UKAS and are in the process of getting accredited.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 15/07/2021 13:11:26 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1278700

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2021
	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	Conditions of Employment
	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 plans to publish the Government's response to his Department's July 2019 consultation, Good Work Plan: Proposals to Support Families.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	140900
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2021 answer text <p>We are currently assessing the responses from the consultation on high-level options for reforming parental leave and pay. We have also conducted a formal evaluation of the Shared Parental Leave and Pay scheme, including large-scale, representative surveys of employers and parents. Together, these will give us a fuller picture of how well the current system of parental leave and pay is working for parents and employers.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently processing and analysing the data that we have collected and will consider this in tandem to the information that we have collected through the consultation. This has taken longer than expected due to the impact of Covid-19 on our research partners and because we have necessarily prioritised work on supporting parents during the pandemic. We will publish our findings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 29/01/2021 13:19:19 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1518907

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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	Heating: Hydrogen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, (a) what recent estimate his Department has made of the potential additional costs to consumers if hydrogen is used for domestic heating and (b) what recent assessment he has made of the suitability of hydrogen as a fuel for domestic heating.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	58961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Using 100% hydrogen for domestic heating is not yet an established technology. The Government, working with industry, is undertaking further work to assess the technical feasibility, costs, benefits and other impacts of using hydrogen, relative to other heat decarbonisation technologies. This will enable decisions in 2026 on the role of low carbon hydrogen in heating.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 59024 59243 question first answered 18/10/2022 16:18:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1518908

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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	Heating: Hydrogen
	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 recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) health and (b) air quality impacts of nitrogen oxide emissions generated by the burning of hydrogen in (i) boilers and (ii) other domestic appliances.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	59024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Using 100% hydrogen for domestic heating is not yet an established technology. The Government, working with industry, is undertaking further work to assess the technical feasibility, costs, benefits and other impacts of using hydrogen, relative to other heat decarbonisation technologies. This will enable decisions in 2026 on the role of low carbon hydrogen in heating.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 58961 59243 question first answered 18/10/2022 16:18:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1519037

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	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	Heating: Hydrogen
	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 his remarks in the House on 22 September 2022 on to the potential use of hydrogen for domestic heating, if his Department will publish an assessment of the potential (a) costs and (b) disruption that consumers would experience if hydrogen were used for that purpose.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	59243
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Using 100% hydrogen for domestic heating is not yet an established technology. The Government, working with industry, is undertaking further work to assess the technical feasibility, costs, benefits and other impacts of using hydrogen, relative to other heat decarbonisation technologies. This will enable decisions in 2026 on the role of low carbon hydrogen in heating.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 58961 59024 question first answered 18/10/2022 16:18:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1416878

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2022
	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	Drax Power Station: Subsidies
	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 publish the (a) number of meetings between officials in his Department and Drax Group at which the issue of continuing subsidy payments to Drax beyond 2027 has been raised and (b) dates on which those meetings took place.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	112660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>UK Government officials meet regularly with businesses and stakeholders that are involved in renewable electricity generation. As a major renewable electricity generator in the UK officials meet regularly with Drax Group.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 03/02/2022 15:24:46 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse