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The Government is committed to ensuring that Parliament can effectively scrutinise the UK\u2019s trade deals. It is the Government\u2019s view that to give Parliament binding votes over international agreements would fundamentally change the UK\u2019s constitutional settlement and undermine the Government\u2019s flexibility to negotiate deals that best serve the interests of UK businesses, consumers and communities.<\/p>
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The India trade agreement will be subject to pre-ratification scrutiny through the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act. Furthermore, any legislative changes required to give effect to the agreement will also be scrutinised and passed by Parliament in the usual way.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1526", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Greg Hands"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Chelsea and Fulham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Greg Hands"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-12-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1546432/answer/previousversion/39318", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1526", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Greg Hands"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Chelsea and Fulham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Greg Hands"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-12-08T14:42:45.517Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "202"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "International Trade"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-11-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Trade Agreements: India"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of making the terms of any draft UK-India free-trade deal subject to a vote by the House of Commons.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4432", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Patrick Grady"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Glasgow North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Patrick Grady"} ], "uin" : "98810"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1464658", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1464658/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) will work within the existing energy system, regulated by Ofgem.<\/p>
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The Government recently closed a technical consultation on the Scheme and will publish a response in due course.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1526", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Greg Hands"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Chelsea and Fulham"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Greg Hands"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-05-25", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-05-25T14:59:32.43Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "201"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-05-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Electricity: Consumers"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Answers of 25 April to Question 156512 and to Question 156513 and with reference to (a) the trend of growth in domestic meter points and (b) the proposal to recover payments from meter points rather than individual accounts or households, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that energy companies do not ultimately profit from the repayment of the £200 loan under the Energy Bills Support Scheme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4432", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Patrick Grady"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Glasgow North"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Patrick Grady"} ], "uin" : "5667"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1458817", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1458817/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
BEIS publishes statistics on the number of domestic electricity customers in Great Britain and also Northern Ireland. These statistics were last updated on the 31st of March 2022.[1],[2]<\/sup> [3]<\/p> <\/p> A summary of the historic number of meter points from these published statistics is provided in table 1. (Figures are only available up to 2020 for Northern Ireland).<\/p> <\/p> Table 1 - Total number of domestic electricity customers 2017 -2021<\/strong><\/em><\/p> <\/p><\/td> 2017<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2019<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2020<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2021<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> GB<\/p><\/td> 28,217,000<\/p><\/td> 28,439,000<\/p><\/td> 28,663,000<\/p><\/td> 28,831,000<\/p><\/td> 29,082,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Northern Ireland<\/p><\/td> 886,000<\/p><\/td> 895,000<\/p><\/td> 904,000<\/p><\/td> 907,000<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 29,103,000<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 29,334,000<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 29,567,000<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 29,738,000<\/strong><\/p><\/td> N/A<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-switching-statistics<\/a><\/em><\/p> [2] https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/sub-national-electricity-consumption-statistics-in-northern-ireland<\/a><\/em><\/p>
Note: the GB figures are taken from the December total for each year. Also, the total number of customers reported in the above statistics is based on the number of electricity meter points. As a result, these values are higher than from the total number of households in the UK, owing to some household having multiple meters.<\/em><\/p>