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1505337

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2022
	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	Natural Gas: Production
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government has plans to strengthen the UK's energy security through an increase in domestic gas production.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	48320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Government has been in commercial negotiations with both EDF and the Sizewell C project company since January 2021. These negotiations are ongoing and commercially sensitive.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government is accelerating all sources of domestic energy, including North Sea oil and gas production. Subject to the Climate Compatibility Checkpoint, The North Sea Transition Authority will be launching a new licensing round for North Sea oil and gas shortly, which is expected to lead to over 100 new licences being awarded.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government will also end the pause on shale gas extraction. Having domestic sources of gas makes us less dependent on foreign imports.</ins></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 23/09/2022 12:52:51 question first ministerially corrected 03/10/2022 10:37:54 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 20216 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1506601

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	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	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, how many homes were upgraded to energy performance certificate band C in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	51773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Estimates of the number of dwellings by EPC band are made for England in the English Housing Survey headline report annex table 2.8. The table below collates the time series requested:</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Estimated Number of Dwellings in England by Energy Efficiency Rating (Thousands)</strong></ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>A-C</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>D-G</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Number of homes improved to Band A-C[1]</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2009</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,595</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">19,740</ins></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2010</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2,971</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">19,573</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">167</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3,348</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">19,406</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">167</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4,141</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">18,577</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">829</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5,373</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17,881</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">696</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,125</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17,246</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">635</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2015</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6,700</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16,843</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">403</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,049</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16,684</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">159</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2017</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7,214</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16,736</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">-52</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2018</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8,290</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">15,883</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">853</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2019</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9,854</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">14,560</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,323</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2020</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10,856</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">12,678</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1,881</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> Source: English Housing Survey</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">[1] The estimate of homes upgraded to band A-C from D-G has been derived by subtraction of the previous year’s estimate of D-G homes.</ins></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fenglish-housing-survey-2020-to-2021-headline-report&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C7bf51f0374324661a59b08daa15b5c72%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637999710997470241%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JgD2gpD0pk01v8kSW38CT1PYJ6uGeBFevtYZ6EIeLmo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2020-to-2021-headline-report</a>.</p><p>It should be noted that it is difficult to make accurate year on year comparisons and there have been slight changes in the methodology used to derive EPC ratings over time. Overall, the number of dwellings in England is increasing and so the total increase in band A-C dwellings is higher than the number of D-Gs improved to band A-C due to new dwellings.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/09/2022 14:19:55 question first ministerially corrected 03/10/2022 10:37:25 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 21042 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1518931

	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	Energy Bills Rebate: Park Homes
	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 help ensure that households living in park homes who do not directly deal with an energy supplier have prompt access to the Energy Bills Support Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Somerton and Frome
	tabling member printed	David Warburton
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	58989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave the hon. Member for St Albans on <del class="ministerial">14th</del> <ins class="ministerial">22nd</ins> September to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-09-06/48498" target="_blank">48498</a>.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/10/2022 16:18:55 question first ministerially corrected 18/10/2022 17:02:29 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 23922 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4526 label Biography information for David Warburton

1550515

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2022
	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	Wind Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to include micro urban wind turbines in the Government's solar and wind strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	108332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government is serious about delivering cheaper, cleaner, more secure energy, and will consider all options for increasing electricity generation from renewable sources, including at the small-scale. The Government already supports small-scale onshore wind through the Smart Export Guarantee, which ensures small-scale (<ins class="ministerial">5MW) low-carbon electricity generators, such as homes with wind turbines, get payment for the renewable electricity they export to the grid. </ins><ins class="ministerial"></ins></p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/12/2022 13:34:24 question first ministerially corrected 03/01/2023 10:38:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 44612 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1503345

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Iron and Steel: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government is taking steps to help support the UK steel industry to decarbonise; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Jane Stevenson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	45011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Net Zero Strategy, published on 19 October 2021, reaffirms the Government’s commitment to work with the steel industry on decarbonisation and to consider the implications of the recommendations of the Climate Change Committee: to ‘set targets for ore-based steelmaking to reach near-zero emissions by 2035’.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS continues to work with companies, who are developing their own decarbonisation strategies, to understand the trajectories of their plans and to support them as they make commercial decisions on the optimum route for their sites.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/09/2022 09:29:25 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 17570 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4750 label Biography information for Jane Stevenson

1503407

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Hinkley Point C Power Station
	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 discussions his Department has had with (a) EDF and (b) the Low Carbon Contracts Company about an extension of EDF's deadline for generating electricity from reactor one at Hinkley Point C nuclear plant while continuing to access the full 35 year contractual period of the Contract for Difference.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	45096
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government, the Low Carbon Contract Company (LCCC) and EDF maintain regular contact on the Hinkley Point C Contract for Difference (CfD).</p><p>In their role as counterparty to the CfD, the LCCC have recognised that COVID-19 is capable of being a Force Majeure event and discussions on this are ongoing.</p><p>HPC is a private, developer-led project and any cost overruns during construction are borne by the developer.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/09/2022 09:29:01 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 17571 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1503888

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Small Businesses: 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, what steps his Department plans to take to support small and medium sized businesses with rising energy costs.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	45490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The recently announced Energy Bill Relief Scheme (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fgovernment-outlines-plans-to-help-cut-energy-bills-for-businesses&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cd30ad7609f9a43d3361208daa162de47%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C637999743240632270%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=jPI93Dj91u9ANnkNiLZ0mTofTgGXKZhSamJuCs4pfu8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-outlines-plans-to-help-cut-energy-bills-for-businesses</a>) ensures that all businesses and other non-domestic customers are protected from excessively high energy bills over the winter period. A review of the scheme, to be published in three months, will identify the most vulnerable non-domestic customers and how the government will continue assisting them with energy costs after the initial six months.</p><p> </p><p>Government is also providing a 50% business rates relief for businesses across the UK and reducing employer national insurance. This is in addition to the billions in grants and loans offered throughout the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/09/2022 15:09:09 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 17573 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1503890

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Energy Charter Treaty
	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 the Government is taking to ensure that the UK's membership of the Energy Charter Treaty does not affect progress towards environmental targets.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
	tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	45543
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2022 answer text <p>On 24 June 2022, Contracting Parties came to an agreement in principle on the amendments to modernise the Energy Charter Treaty. The modernised Energy Charter Treaty recognises the urgent need to address climate change and align with the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement. It promotes an accelerated energy transition and reduces the risk of successful challenge to UK net zero policies.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/10/2022 16:45:14 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 17574 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1504031

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Carbon Emissions
	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 help ensure that the UK meets its net zero targets during the period of its membership of the Energy Charter Treaty.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	45887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2022 answer text <p>On 24 June 2022, Contracting Parties came to an agreement in principle on the amendments to modernise the Energy Charter Treaty. The modernised Energy Charter Treaty recognises the urgent need to address climate change and align with the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement. It promotes an accelerated energy transition and reduces the risk of successful challenge to UK net zero policies.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 29/09/2022 10:06:54 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 17581 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1504045

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2022
	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	Electricity: Price Caps
	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 an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a national pricing structure for the supply of electricity.
	tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
	tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	45606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2022 answer text <p>The British wholesale electricity market currently has a national pricing structure.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is considering reforms to wholesale electricity pricing under the Review of Electricity Markets Arrangement (REMA). The recently published REMA consultation sets out the Government’s initial considerations on zonal and nodal pricing, which are two potential alternatives to national pricing under consideration.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 20/09/2022 09:28:48 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart previous answer version 17577 answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones