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638752

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
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	Magnox: Redundancy Pay
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 he is taking to support Magnox workers affected by the redundancy cap.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	53817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The public sector exit payments cap, as introduced by the Enterprise Act 2016, will apply to organisations classified as within the public sector by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), implementing the manifesto commitment made in April 2015. As Magnox is classified by the ONS as a public sector organisation and receives a significant amount of funding from the Exchequer, it is within the scope of the reforms.</p><p>The Government is aware of the particular context that Site Licence Companies operate in, and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority utilises redeployment and retraining opportunities in redundancy situations across its estate where it is appropriate to do so.</p><p>The regulations that will implement the cap are currently being drafted, and the Government will publically release both guidance and regulations for comment before the regulations are laid in Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/11/2016 11:39:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 22313 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

638753

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
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	Nuclear Power: Redundancy Pay
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 assessment he has made of the potential savings to the public purse of Magnox and other nuclear workers' pension schemes being included in the public sector redundancy cap.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	53818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>The potential savings from applying the public sector exit payment cap across the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority estate will depend on the number and type of exits from Site Licence Companies, including Magnox Ltd, in the future. It is therefore not possible to put a precise figure on these savings.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/11/2016 15:22:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 22311 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

638754

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
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	Magnox: Redundancy Pay
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 assessment he has made of the effect on Magnox workers' pensions of those pensions being included in the redundancy cap.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	53819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the particular context that Site Licence Companies operate in and has worked to understand the implications of the cap on exit payments; it should be noted that the public sector exit payment cap will cover payments made in relation to leaving employment. This includes additional pension top-up payments paid by the employer as part of an exit package.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/11/2016 10:40:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 22310 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

638755

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
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	Nuclear Power: Redundancy Pay
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 has met employers in the nuclear industry in relation to their pensions being included as part of the redundancy caps in the public sector.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	53820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Ministers in the Department of Energy and Climate Change and in this Department have met with Trade Union representatives to discuss workforce reform issues across the nuclear decommissioning estate, including the application of the public sector exit payments cap. The most recent meeting took place in October of this year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/11/2016 10:41:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 22312 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

638761

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
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: Insulation
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 takes to ensure that government funding to cavity wall insulation providers is spent as intended.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	53746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>There are no current government grant schemes for cavity wall insulation. However cavity wall insulation can be installed under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO). ECO requires large energy suppliers to deliver a range of energy efficiency measures, including cavity wall insulation, to eligible households. Ofgem E-Serve administers ECO. They are responsible for allocating proportionate carbon and bill saving targets to the obligated suppliers. They also carry out audits and ensure measures reported are compliant with the ECO rules.</p><p> </p><p>Cavity wall insulation providers may receive funding from ECO-covered energy suppliers, where they have a commercial contract with them to install insulation. BEIS does not collect information on the companies with whom energy suppliers contract, but the work done must adhere to agreed industry standards as set out in the Publically Available Specification (PAS2030). The installation of cavity wall insulation is within the scope of the Each Home Counts Review, an independent review being carried out by Dr Peter Bonfield on consumer advice, protection, standards and enforcement for home energy efficiency and renewable energy measures in the UK. The Review is expected to be published soon.</p><p> </p><p>ECO-covered suppliers determine what is cost-effective to deliver, balancing upfront costs compared to lifetime carbon or fuel cost savings achieved. The measures delivered, suppliers’ progress towards their ECO targets and the costs they incur under ECO are collected by BEIS (and published in the department’s Household Energy Efficiency National Statistics <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-november-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-november-2016</a> (Table 2.8)), allowing the department to measure the cost effectiveness of the scheme over time.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 53690 53740 question first answered 28/11/2016 11:51:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

638763

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
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: Meters
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 change there has been in the number of households using pre-payment meters in the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	53705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>Ofgem closely monitors domestic energy supplies’ performance and publishes information on prepayment meters customer accounts in Great Britain. Ofgem does not monitor the gas and electricity supply market in Northern Ireland, as it is devolved matter.</p><p>The table below shows either the number or proportion of domestic customers paying by prepayment meters in Great Britain in 2006 to 2015. Smart meters operating in pay-as-you-go mode are also classified as PPM for these statistics. Ofgem has changed the way it presents the data on the number of households using pre-payment meters in its Domestic Suppliers Social Obligations annual reports, and this is accounted for in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2006</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2007</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2008</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>No. of PPMs customers (millions)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of PPMs customers</p></td><td><p>No. of PPMs customers (millions)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of PPMs customers</p></td><td><p>No. of PPMs customers (millions)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of PPMs customers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>--</p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td><td><p>--</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td><td><p>--</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>--</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>--</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td><td><p>--</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2009</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2010</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2011</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>No. of PPMs customers (millions)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of PPMs customers</p></td><td><p>No. of PPMs customers (millions)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of PPMs customers</p></td><td><p>No. of PPMs customers (millions)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of PPMs customers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>2.6</p></td><td><p>--</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td><td><p>--</p></td><td><p>2.91</p></td><td><p>--</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td><td><p>--</p></td><td><p>4.0</p></td><td><p>--</p></td><td><p>4.09</p></td><td><p>--</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2012</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2013</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>No. of PPMs customers (millions)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of PPMs customers</p></td><td><p>No. of PPMs customers (millions)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of PPMs customers</p></td><td><p>No. of PPMs customers (millions)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of PPMs customers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>3.09</p></td><td><p>--</p></td><td><p>3.28</p></td><td><p>--</p></td><td><p>3.39</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>4.25</p></td><td><p>--</p></td><td><p>4.42</p></td><td><p>--</p></td><td><p>4.49</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>No. of PPMs customers (millions)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of PPMs customers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gas</p></td><td><p>--</p></td><td><p>15.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>--</p></td><td><p>16.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/11/2016 12:59:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

638764

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
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	Sellafield: Trade Unions
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 information his Department holds on when officials from the Office of Nuclear Regulation last met Sellafield trades union leaders from (a) Unite, (b) Prospect and (c) the GMB.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	53763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) met with safety representatives from the unions on 13 July 2016 as part of preparations for Sellafield’s Annual Regulatory Review. Union leaders were invited to attend and Prospect and GMB were represented at this meeting. ONR regularly interacts with union representatives from Unite, Prospect and the GMB as part of its normal regulatory business, including at site stakeholder and safety representative meetings. The most recent of these interactions attended by a senior Sellafield union representative (Prospect) was on 1 November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/12/2016 17:18:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 22316 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

638767

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
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: Insulation
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 information his Department has published on the (a) number and (b) names of cavity wall insulation providers who have received government funding.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	53690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>There are no current government grant schemes for cavity wall insulation. However cavity wall insulation can be installed under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO). ECO requires large energy suppliers to deliver a range of energy efficiency measures, including cavity wall insulation, to eligible households. Ofgem E-Serve administers ECO. They are responsible for allocating proportionate carbon and bill saving targets to the obligated suppliers. They also carry out audits and ensure measures reported are compliant with the ECO rules.</p><p> </p><p>Cavity wall insulation providers may receive funding from ECO-covered energy suppliers, where they have a commercial contract with them to install insulation. BEIS does not collect information on the companies with whom energy suppliers contract, but the work done must adhere to agreed industry standards as set out in the Publically Available Specification (PAS2030). The installation of cavity wall insulation is within the scope of the Each Home Counts Review, an independent review being carried out by Dr Peter Bonfield on consumer advice, protection, standards and enforcement for home energy efficiency and renewable energy measures in the UK. The Review is expected to be published soon.</p><p> </p><p>ECO-covered suppliers determine what is cost-effective to deliver, balancing upfront costs compared to lifetime carbon or fuel cost savings achieved. The measures delivered, suppliers’ progress towards their ECO targets and the costs they incur under ECO are collected by BEIS (and published in the department’s Household Energy Efficiency National Statistics <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-november-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-november-2016</a> (Table 2.8)), allowing the department to measure the cost effectiveness of the scheme over time.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 53740 53746 question first answered 28/11/2016 11:51:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

638768

registered interest
date	18/11/2016
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: Insulation
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 and by what criteria he evaluates the effectiveness of the spending of government grants to cavity wall insulation providers.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	53740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>There are no current government grant schemes for cavity wall insulation. However cavity wall insulation can be installed under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO). ECO requires large energy suppliers to deliver a range of energy efficiency measures, including cavity wall insulation, to eligible households. Ofgem E-Serve administers ECO. They are responsible for allocating proportionate carbon and bill saving targets to the obligated suppliers. They also carry out audits and ensure measures reported are compliant with the ECO rules.</p><p> </p><p>Cavity wall insulation providers may receive funding from ECO-covered energy suppliers, where they have a commercial contract with them to install insulation. BEIS does not collect information on the companies with whom energy suppliers contract, but the work done must adhere to agreed industry standards as set out in the Publically Available Specification (PAS2030). The installation of cavity wall insulation is within the scope of the Each Home Counts Review, an independent review being carried out by Dr Peter Bonfield on consumer advice, protection, standards and enforcement for home energy efficiency and renewable energy measures in the UK. The Review is expected to be published soon.</p><p> </p><p>ECO-covered suppliers determine what is cost-effective to deliver, balancing upfront costs compared to lifetime carbon or fuel cost savings achieved. The measures delivered, suppliers’ progress towards their ECO targets and the costs they incur under ECO are collected by BEIS (and published in the department’s Household Energy Efficiency National Statistics <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-november-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-november-2016</a> (Table 2.8)), allowing the department to measure the cost effectiveness of the scheme over time.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 53690 53746 question first answered 28/11/2016 11:51:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith