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631270

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	Kerosene: Prices
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 his Department has made of reasons for the disparity between the trade price of kerosene and that offered to individual consumers; what role his Department plays in regulating and monitoring this disparity; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
tabling member printed	Richard Arkless
uin	51995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>There is an open market for the supply of petroleum products, including jet kerosene and heating oil, in the UK which provides the best long term guarantee of competitive prices. The Government does not control prices but we do monitor the UK national average cost of jet kerosene and heating oil.</p><p> </p><p>The average cost for wholesale kerosene in September 2016 was 26 pence per litre, 1p more expensive than the corresponding month in 2015, and down 22p since its 2014 peak (Jan 2014).</p><p> </p><p>The average cost for retail kerosene in September 2016 was 37 pence per litre, 1p more expensive than the corresponding month in 2015, and down 22p since its 2014 peak (Jan 2014).</p><p> </p><p>The value of the pound sterling has been decreasing against the dollar which means crude oil, which is traded in dollars, becomes more expensive for UK refiners to import. Analysis suggests that on average, at a national level, crude price changes are fully passed through into kerosene prices within a month.</p><p><br> In addition, the price of kerosene is influenced by a range of factors, including refinery capacity, stock levels, distribution costs, retail margins and seasonal factors The supply of kerosene in more remote areas is influenced by increased logistical costs.</p><p> </p><p>I encourage households that use kerosene to heat their homes to join an oil buying group and to shop around for the best deal.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/11/2016 16:20:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 20392 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4387 label Biography information for Richard Arkless

631277

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme
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 made direct payments to the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme under the guarantee arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	51977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>No payments have been made into the scheme by the Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/11/2016 16:17:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 20393 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

631278

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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	British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme
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 much the Government has received from the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme since 1994.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	51978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>In its role as Guarantor, the Government has received £3,119m from the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme since 1994 representing part of its share of assessed surpluses. Prior to 2009, the surplus-sharing arrangements worked well, with the presence of the Guarantee enabling the Trustees to invest in a way that generated surpluses and, as a consequence, bonuses to members. However, after shortfalls in 2009 and 2012 valuations, new arrangements were agreed in 2015 to end surplus-sharing and replace it by a series of fixed benefit uplifts for members in order to ensure the long term viability of the scheme.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/11/2016 16:18:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 20396 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

631291

registered interest
date	07/11/2016
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, when he plans to enable smart meters to be read by all energy suppliers and not exclusively by the company installing the smart meter; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	52126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Energy suppliers will be able to read meters (‘SMETS2’ meters) installed onto the new smart metering national data and communications infrastructure, when a consumer switches supplier. This is up and running in the majority of the country and will be available across the country in the next few weeks.</p><p> </p><p>Work by both the Data and Communications Company and SMETS1 communications service providers is underway on ways to make SMETS1 meters interoperable. Once this is complete, consumers with SMETS1 meters will also be able to retain smart services on switching energy supplier.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/11/2016 16:27:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

628092

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
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 assessment he has made of the effect on the smart meter rollout in the North of Scotland of Arqiva providing signal coverage to 80 per cent of customers in that area.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	51760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>As the Data and Communications Company’s communications service provider for the north region (which includes Scotland), Arqiva is contracted to provide Wide Area Network (WAN) coverage of at least 99.5% of GB premises by the end of 2020. This level of coverage compares favourably with other technologies, such as mobile and broadband networks.</p><p> </p><p>Arqiva is on track to deliver its contractual coverage commitments, having already achieved coverage of more than 80% of premises in the north region. Energy suppliers will be made aware of the areas in which WAN is available at any point in time, and can plan their rollout accordingly.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/11/2016 16:10:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

628198

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
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: Conservation
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 encourage more people to make energy-saving home improvements.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	51779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government has made a commitment to insulate 1 million more homes this Parliament, with 276,000 homes insulated already since May 2015 to end July 2016.</p><p>Our proposals to reform the Energy Company Obligation scheme will increase support for low income and vulnerable households from £310 million to £450 million in 2017, with an intention to increase this to £640m each year from 2018 to 2022.</p><p>The Government has also introduced regulation for minimum energy efficiency standards for the private rented sector, which will come into force from April 2018, and will help consumers to reduce their energy bills and have warmer, more energy efficient properties.</p><p>We are also rolling out smart meters, with more than 4.2 million meters now operating across homes and businesses in Great Britain, helping consumers to understand and take control of their energy use.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/11/2016 14:57:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

628199

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
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, if he will make an estimate of the rate of uptake of home insulation improvements in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	51801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy only holds data on the number of insulation measures installed though central Government Schemes. This includes measures delivered through the Carbon Emission Reduction Target (CERT), Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP), Warm Front, Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and the Green Deal.</p><p> </p><p>Between the start of July 2011 to the end of June 2016 through Government schemes, there have been 1.61 million cavity wall insulation installations, 2.7 million lofts insulated, and 267,000 solid wall insulation installations.</p><p> </p><p>Delivery since April 2013 is reported in Table 4.3 in the latest Household Energy Efficiency National Statistics Release here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-october-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-october-2016</a></p><p>Delivery statistics since April 2008 is available in Table 4.3 here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-detailed-report-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-detailed-report-2015</a></p><p> </p><p>Less prevalent insulation measures, such as under floor insulation, delivered under ECO since January 2013, are available In Table 2.1.1 here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-october-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics-headline-release-october-2016</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/11/2016 17:57:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

628200

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
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 Stations
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 made an assessment of the potential merits of using thorium rather than plutonium in nuclear power plants.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	51802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2016 answer text <p>BEIS maintains an interest in the global potential of thorium nuclear fuels.</p><p>In 2012, DECC published an initial comparative assessment of thorium and uranium technologies in nuclear power electricity generation. This is available online from:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thorium-and-uranium-fuel-cycles-comparison-by-the-national-nuclear-laboratory" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thorium-and-uranium-fuel-cycles-comparison-by-the-national-nuclear-laboratory</a></p><p>BEIS also draws on the expertise of its national laboratories to model nuclear scenarios that include the use of thorium. These are used to inform research and development needs on future nuclear fuel cycles. An overview of these are included in the document “Nuclear Energy Research and Development Roadmap: Future Pathways”, which is available from: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nuclear-energy-research-and-development-roadmap-future-pathways" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nuclear-energy-research-and-development-roadmap-future-pathways</a></p><p>Plutonium plays a different functional role in the design of proposed nuclear fuels than thorium does and would only be used in conjunction with thorium, rather than in place of it. For this reason, BEIS has undertaken no assessment of replacing plutonium with thorium.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/11/2016 14:57:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

628202

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
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	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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of high-altitude kites as a source of wind energy.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	51787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of high altitude kites as a source of wind energy. This was performed in support of our Energy Entrepreneur Fund innovation project by Kite Power Systems Ltd.</p><p> </p><p>The assessment showed that high altitude kites could offer cost advantages over other wind energy solutions although they are at an early stage of development.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/11/2016 14:09:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 19604 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

627482

registered interest
date	02/11/2016
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	Fuel Poverty
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 people are deemed to live in fuel poverty; and how this figure has changed over the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	51747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>Fuel poverty is measured at household level. The official statistics for the past three years for which data is available show that the number of households living in fuel poverty has remained relatively stable.</p><p> </p><p>There were 2.36 million households living in fuel poverty in England in 2012, this fell slightly to 2.35 million households in 2013, then increased to 2.38 million households in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>We believe the most sustainable way to address fuel poverty is by improving the energy efficiency of homes occupied by those living in fuel poverty. Between 2012 and 2014 the number of fuel poor homes with an energy efficiency rating of E, F or G reduced by approximately 350,000.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/11/2016 18:00:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron