Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy<p>The exact date that an eligible household will receive support will depend on when the application is made and when the payment can be processed by the relevant local authority. The online application portal and accompanying contact centre helpline for those who do not have online access will be open by 27 February.</p>Beverley and HoldernessGraham Stuart2023-02-09falseBeverley and HoldernessGraham Stuart2023-02-09T17:02:03.347Z201Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy2023-02-01Energy Bills Rebate1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what length of time it takes to process payments under the Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding once an application has been submitted.falseLancaster and FleetwoodCat Smith137845Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy<p>The Energy Bill Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS AF) will provide £400 support to those households who do not have a direct relationship with a domestic electricity supplier in England, Scotland, and Wales, with the application portal due to open by 27 February. Park home residents, where the park home owner procures their electricity through a commercial contract and is therefore eligible for the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, are likely to be eligible for the EBSS AF.</p>Beverley and HoldernessGraham Stuart2023-02-09falseBeverley and HoldernessGraham Stuart2023-02-09T17:01:27.503Z201Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy2023-02-01Energy Bills Rebate: Park Homes1House of CommonsTo ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether park home residents who pay for their energy usage through an intermediary such as a park home owner will be eligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme discount where the intermediary has benefited from the Energy Bill Relief Scheme.falseNorth Ayrshire and ArranPatricia Gibson137949Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy<p>Through government funding to local authorities, including the Local Government Finance Settlement, UK-wide growth funding schemes and other grant programmes, the Government is enabling local areas to tackle net zero goals in ways that best suit their needs.</p><p>The Government also funds five Local Net Zero Hubs to support local authorities to develop net zero projects and attract commercial investment. As of January 2023, the Local Net Zero Hubs are working on a pipeline of projects with a projected total capital value of over £4billion.</p><p>Ofgem also supports community energy projects and is now welcoming applications from community interest groups, co-operative societies, and community benefit societies to the Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme.</p>Lord Callanan2023-02-08false2023-02-08T14:08:11.217Z201Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy2023-01-25Renewable Energy: Finance2House of LordsTo ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support (1) community energy, and (2) local energy development; and what funds they make available for such schemes.falseLord Taylor of WarwickHL5113Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy<p>The Government recognises that pubs and other hospitality businesses are facing cost of living pressures.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Bill Relief Scheme ensures businesses are protected from excessively high energy bills up to the 31 March 2022. Following a review of this scheme, a new Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS), will provide all eligible UK businesses and other non-domestic energy users with a discount on high energy bills from 1 April 2023 until 31 March 2024.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a range of support measures regarding business rates worth £13.6 billion over the next 5 years.</p>Lord Callanan2023-02-08false2023-02-08T14:07:20.39Z201Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy2023-01-25Public Houses2House of LordsTo ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide support to pubs deemed "at risk" by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), given increased energy costs, rising food prices, and consequently suppressed consumer demand.falseLord PendryHL5096Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy<p>The new Energy Bill Discount Scheme (EBDS) will run from April until March 2024 and continue to provide a discount to eligible non-domestic customers including hospices. An HMT-led review into the operation of the current Energy Bill Relief Schemes was conducted with the objective of significantly reducing the overall burden on the taxpayer/public finances, and ensuring support is targeted at those most in need and unable to adjust to recent energy price rises. The review considered a range of qualitative and quantitative evidence, including input from businesses and stakeholders. The new scheme strikes a balance between supporting non-domestic customers and limiting taxpayer’s exposure to volatile energy markets, with a cap set at £5.5 billion.</p>Lord Callanan2023-02-08false2023-02-08T14:06:29.81Z201Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy2023-01-25Energy Bill Relief Scheme: Hospices2House of LordsTo ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact that replacing the Energy Bill Relief Scheme with the Energy Bill Discount Scheme will have on the hospice sector.falseBaroness Lister of BurtersettHL5088Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy<p>Ensuring environmental protections are maintained is a key component of work being undertaken by Government to facilitate the acceleration of offshore wind. The Energy Bill makes provisions to deliver the Offshore Wind Environmental Improvement Package (OWEIP), which was announced in the British Energy Security Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>The OWEIP will streamline Habitat Regulation Assessments, develop and implement Offshore Wind Environmental Standards, and create a Marine Recovery Fund to enable environmental compensation to be undertaken at a strategic level. This ensures developments are located where there are lower environmental sensitivities, and/or where impacts can be avoided, reduced, mitigated, or if required, compensated.</p>Lord Callanan2023-02-08false2023-02-08T14:05:34.413Z201Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy2023-01-25Wind Power: Seas and Oceans2House of LordsTo ask His Majesty's Government, further to the planned fivefold increase in the target for offshore wind power production by 2030, what plans they have to amend the criteria for assessing the related cumulative impact.falseLord Foster of BathHL5068Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy<p>No individual pre-emptive assessments are made by the Government to avoid prejudicing planning decisions which are taken on the merits of each individual case.</p><p> </p><p>All projects are consented after thorough consideration of all relevant information, including cumulative impacts. Environmental and socio-economic impacts are considered in line with policy in the National Policy Statements.</p><p> </p><p>The rationale for the Secretary of State’s decision for development consent in relation to Sizewell C, consented offshore wind farms and associated infrastructure are set out in the published decision letters available on the relevant project pages of the Planning Inspectorate’s National Infrastructure Planning website.</p>Lord Callanan2023-02-08false2023-02-08T14:05:01.847Z201Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy2023-01-25Renewable Energy: Suffolk2House of LordsTo ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on (1) tourism, (2) tourism-related jobs, and (3) the environment, by (a) the planned building of Sizewell C, (b) offshore wind farms, and (c) the associated infrastructure in the Suffolk coastal area.falseLord Foster of BathHL5067Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy<p>In the Government’s consultation response published in April 2022, we proposed the creation of a new, independent Future System Operator (FSO). Depending on a number of factors, including timings of legislation, updating licensing arrangements, amending industry codes, and discussing timelines with key parties, the FSO could be established by, or in, 2024.</p><p> </p><p>The Primary Legislation required to establish the FSO is contained within the Energy Bill 2023, which is currently passing through Parliament. Subject to reaching Royal Assent, we aim to establish the FSO as soon as practicable, while maintaining the safety and stability of the energy systems and ensuring a smooth transition.</p><p> </p>Lord Callanan2023-02-08false2023-02-08T14:04:12.173Z201Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy2023-01-25National Grid: Public Appointments2House of LordsTo ask His Majesty's Government what factors prevent the establishment of the National Grid Future Systems Operator by 2023.falseLord Foster of BathHL5066Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy<p>The Electricity System Operator has undertaken consideration of the best approach to coordinate offshore transmission infrastructure to deliver greater efficiencies, reductions in planned infrastructure and accelerate the offshore wind delivery. Belgium’s Modular Offshore Grid connects several wind farms via a single cable. The UK’s Holistic Network Design delivers a similar outcome at greater scale, covering 21GW of offshore generation in its first round and 23GW in its second. Our approach will utilise shared connection points for multiple generators and aims to use multipurpose interconnectors to transmit energy from generators to consumers; reducing costs and impacts for developers, communities, and bill-payers.</p>Lord Callanan2023-02-08false2023-02-08T14:03:14.463Z201Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy2023-01-25Electricity Generation: Offshore Industry2House of LordsTo ask His Majesty's Government what assessment has been made of the suitability of the use of Modular Offshore grids in the North Sea corridor to transport power closer to demand; and what assessment they have made of the implementation of Belgium’s offshore grid in this regard.falseLord Foster of BathHL5065Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy<p>The Holistic Network Design (HND) was published in July 2022. For offshore wind projects that do not yet have firm connection contracts, the HND recommends network solutions that deliver coordination, cost and efficiency benefits and an overall reduction in new infrastructure. However it cannot mandate changes to projects with pre-existing connection contracts, including many in East Anglia. For these, the Government has launched the £100m capital grant scheme to support the development of voluntary coordination options.</p>Lord Callanan2023-02-08false2023-02-08T14:02:40.25Z201Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyBusiness, Energy and Industrial Strategy2023-01-25Wind Power: East Anglia2House of LordsTo ask His Majesty's Government why, in contrast to other regions, the Holistic Network Design impact criteria are not being used to assess the suitability of sites for offshore wind power infrastructure in East Anglia.falseLord Foster of BathHL5064100124153