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registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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	Fuel Poverty
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to establish a national fuel fund to support those unable to meet gas and electricity bills.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL17253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>We have no current plans to establish a national fuel fund.</p><p>The Government provides support to those struggling with their gas and electricity bills through:</p><p>• The Warm Home Discount, which provides a £140 rebate to more than two million households;</p><p>• Winter Fuel Payments, that provides £200-300 to pensioners, ensuring that they can keep warm during the colder months; and</p><p>• Cold Weather Payments, which were automatically provided to more than one million households during winter 2018-19.</p><p>In addition, the default tariff cap protects all consumers on default tariffs from being overcharged and Ofgem’s safeguard price cap protects consumers on pre-payment meter tariffs.</p><p>The most sustainable approach to decreasing energy bills is improving energy efficiency.</p><p>• The Energy Company Obligation drives £640 million of investment annually into improving the efficiency of low income and vulnerable households.</p><p>• The Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards require landlords spend up to £3500 (including VAT) improving their rented properties to EPC Band E.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 23/07/2019 13:45:57 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1136422

registered interest
date	02/07/2019
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	Coal Fired Power Stations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for the reuse of the sites of former coal-fired power stations; and whether any such plans include using those sites for (1) alternative energy production, (2) industrial and employment uses, and (3) housing, in particular social housing.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL16872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a clear policy to close all unabated coal power generation by 2025. Decisions on the reuse of the sites of former coal-fired power stations will be for the commercial owners or operators.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 16/07/2019 14:47:31 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

801229

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord Henley on 4 December (HL Deb, col 850), what steps they intend to take to manage the risk of high electricity costs arising from the Hinkley Point C plant, particularly with regard to (1) poor people, and (2) commercial users.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The strike price for Hinkley Point C (HPC) is fixed at £92.50 (2012 prices, rising with CPI inflation) for each megawatt hour (MWh) generated over the first 35 years of operation. The strike price is made up of a combination of wholesale market prices and a levy on consumer energy bills and ensures that consumers will pay no more than this for electricity from HPC during the contract period. When wholesale prices rise above the strike price the developer will need to repay the difference. When shared across consumers (households and businesses), payments under the Contract for Difference will amount to around £12 of the average household bill over 2026 – 2030 (based on 2012 prices).</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to tackling fuel poverty. In line with our commitment to upgrade fuel poor homes to band C by 2030 we are taking action to support households in fuel poverty. The Warm Home Discount provides over 2 million low income and vulnerable households each year with a £140 rebate on their energy bills, including this winter. Since April, 70% of the £640m per year Energy Company Obligation has been focused on low income households through the Affordable Warmth part of the scheme. It will upgrade the energy efficiency of over 300,000 homes per year, tackling the root cause of fuel poverty. We are also safeguarding the competitiveness of those energy intensive industries particularly exposed to the additional costs arising from the Contract for Difference by exempting them from a proportion of these costs. An exemption scheme allows for real-time changes in energy use to be taken into account and provides certainty to business.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 13/12/2017 16:00:55 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

767311

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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	Zero Hours Contracts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the social and economic consequences of restricting zero-hours contracts to students and pensioners.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL1729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave to question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2017-07-17/HL893/" target="_blank">HL893</a> that states that the government has not made an estimate of the social and economic consequences of restricting zero hours contracts to students and pensioners.</p><p> </p><p>The government has not assessed the social and economic consequences of restricting zero hours contracts to students and pensioners. The Matthew Taylor review found that zero hours contracts have a part to play in a modern, flexible labour market and benefit those who cannot or do not want to work in a regular contract.</p><p> </p><p>However, this government shares the concerns regarding flexible work arrangements. That is why in October 2016 my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister asked Matthew Taylor to carry out an independent review to consider employment practices and whether they need to change to keep pace with modern business models. We are now considering the report and will respond in full later in the year.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 18/10/2017 14:50:21 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

752447

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the social and economic consequences of restricting zero-hours contracts to students and pensioners.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>Government has not made an estimate of the social and economic consequences of restricting zero hour contracts to students and pensioners.</p><p>Further to my oral statement in the House on 11 July regarding the publication of the independent Review of Modern Working Practices by Matthew Taylor, the Review concluded that the UK has employment levels and rates that are at historic highs. It also concluded that the UK is widely recognised as having one of the most flexible labour markets in the world and many people working on atypical contracts value the flexibility that they bring and choose to work this way.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 31/07/2017 12:49:10 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

750539

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
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	Horizon Europe
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Lord Prior of Brampton on 11 July (HL Deb) on Good work: the Taylor review of modern working practices, why no reference was made to zero-hours contracts; what consideration they are giving to increasing the level of employment rights protections afforded to workers employed under such contracts towards the level afforded to full-time workers, or the self-employed; and whether they intend to introduce a right to weekly guaranteed minimum paid hours.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The oral statement referred to was to bring to the notice of the House the publication of the independent Matthew Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices. Zero hours contracts are just one example of a working practice in the UK labour market and Matthew in his review has considered the labour market as a whole. I refer the noble Lord to the full transcript of the <a href="http://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2017-07-11/debates/805C6758-D847-475F-98D2-49F75499FAF8/TaylorReviewOfModernWorkingPractices" target="_blank">statement</a> where zero hours contracts are discussed.</p><p> </p><p>This Government will give the report the careful consideration it deserves and will respond in full later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 24/07/2017 10:47:07 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Attachment to HL671.pdf title Extract from Official Report
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton