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1438010

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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	District Heating
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to address the financial impact of rising energy prices on households with district heat systems that are not covered by the energy price cap; and what is their timetable for implementing those plans.
tabling member printed	Lord Foster of Bath
uin	HL6608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The Experimental Statistics on Heat Networks published by the Government in 2018 showed that approximately 440,000 of all UK heat network customers are residential. The specific geographical distribution in terms of number of residential customers can be found in Figure 1 below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Government Office Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of customers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>15,769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>25,147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>195,851</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>16,418</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>35,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>39,107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>23,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>29,436</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>25,824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>England</em></p></td><td><p><em> 406,566 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Wales</em></p></td><td><p><em> 7,680 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Scotland</em></p></td><td><p><em> 23,779 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Northern Ireland</em></p></td><td><p><em> 1,524 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>UK</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em> 439,549 </em></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest 2020 Fuel Poverty Statistics published shows that only 3% (i.e. 92,000) of all fuel poor households in England has central heating systems that use ‘other’ fuels, which consist of propane, bulk LPG and community heating or heat networks. Therefore, the proportion of fuel poor households served by district heating systems are likely to be much smaller than 3%.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Heat Network Consumer Survey published in 2017 estimated that the proportion of heat network customers living in more energy efficient buildings such as flats or social housing are significantly higher than the general England and Wales population. Given most flats or social housing tend to have energy efficiency ratings higher than EPC Band D, it therefore indicates heat network customers are much less likely to experience fuel poverty in comparison to the wider population.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is aware of the steep increases that some consumers on communal networks are facing. For this reason, the government is taking action worth more than £9.1bn supporting households through initiatives such as the Energy Bills Rebate, the Household Support Fund, Warm Home Discount, Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments. These measures are intended to cover heat network consumers and the government is engaging closely with industry and consumer groups to understand the specific impacts in the heat network sector and continue to assess whether further options are needed to help households through this challenging period.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the noble Lord to the answers given by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth to the Hon. Member for Battersea on 28 February to Questions 125466 and 125467. We need to ensure heat network consumers receive a fair price for their heating and that is why we are committed to legislating within this parliament to regulate the heat networks sector and in December 2021 we announced that Ofgem will take on the role of regulator. We will be giving Ofgem new powers to regulate prices in this sector as a matter of priority. This will enable equivalent protection for domestic heat network customers as well as ensuring heat network operators are securing good purchasing deals for their consumers. This will mean that consumers are charged a fair rate for heating whilst encouraging investment in heat networks.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL6609 question first answered 14/03/2022 12:02:48 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	214 label Biography information for Lord Foster of Bath

1438011

registered interest
date	03/03/2022
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	District Heating
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of households that are supplied by district heating systems; what assessment they have made of the geographic distribution of those households; and what estimate they have made of the (1) number, and (2) proportion, of those households that experience fuel poverty.
tabling member printed	Lord Foster of Bath
uin	HL6609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The Experimental Statistics on Heat Networks published by the Government in 2018 showed that approximately 440,000 of all UK heat network customers are residential. The specific geographical distribution in terms of number of residential customers can be found in Figure 1 below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Government Office Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of customers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>15,769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>25,147</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>195,851</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>16,418</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>35,212</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>39,107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>23,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>29,436</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>25,824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>England</em></p></td><td><p><em> 406,566 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Wales</em></p></td><td><p><em> 7,680 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Scotland</em></p></td><td><p><em> 23,779 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Northern Ireland</em></p></td><td><p><em> 1,524 </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>UK</em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em> 439,549 </em></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest 2020 Fuel Poverty Statistics published shows that only 3% (i.e. 92,000) of all fuel poor households in England has central heating systems that use ‘other’ fuels, which consist of propane, bulk LPG and community heating or heat networks. Therefore, the proportion of fuel poor households served by district heating systems are likely to be much smaller than 3%.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s Heat Network Consumer Survey published in 2017 estimated that the proportion of heat network customers living in more energy efficient buildings such as flats or social housing are significantly higher than the general England and Wales population. Given most flats or social housing tend to have energy efficiency ratings higher than EPC Band D, it therefore indicates heat network customers are much less likely to experience fuel poverty in comparison to the wider population.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is aware of the steep increases that some consumers on communal networks are facing. For this reason, the government is taking action worth more than £9.1bn supporting households through initiatives such as the Energy Bills Rebate, the Household Support Fund, Warm Home Discount, Winter Fuel Payments and Cold Weather Payments. These measures are intended to cover heat network consumers and the government is engaging closely with industry and consumer groups to understand the specific impacts in the heat network sector and continue to assess whether further options are needed to help households through this challenging period.</p><p> </p><p>I refer the noble Lord to the answers given by my Rt. Hon. Friend the Minister of State for Business, Energy and Clean Growth to the Hon. Member for Battersea on 28 February to Questions 125466 and 125467. We need to ensure heat network consumers receive a fair price for their heating and that is why we are committed to legislating within this parliament to regulate the heat networks sector and in December 2021 we announced that Ofgem will take on the role of regulator. We will be giving Ofgem new powers to regulate prices in this sector as a matter of priority. This will enable equivalent protection for domestic heat network customers as well as ensuring heat network operators are securing good purchasing deals for their consumers. This will mean that consumers are charged a fair rate for heating whilst encouraging investment in heat networks.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL6608 question first answered 14/03/2022 12:02:48 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	214 label Biography information for Lord Foster of Bath

1437614

registered interest
date	02/03/2022
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	The United States of America Corporation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to investigate the authenticity of the information filed at Companies House by The United States of America Corporation Ltd, which has an authorised share capital of £1.8 trillion.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL6573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>We are unable to comment on individual cases.</p><p> </p><p>The Registrar of Companies has no current powers to verify information properly delivered in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 or other enactments.</p><p>However, following extensive consultation over 2020 and 2021, the Government published on 28 February 2022 a detailed White Paper (copy attached) setting out far-reaching reforms to Companies House which will mean that:</p><ul><li>Anyone setting up, running, owning or controlling a company in the UK will need to verify their identity with Companies House;</li><li>The Registrar will have new powers to challenge information that appears dubious, and will be empowered to inform security agencies of potential wrongdoing;</li><li>Company agents from overseas will no longer be able to create companies in the UK on behalf of foreign criminals or secretive oligarchs.</li></ul><p>It is the Government’s intention to bring forward appropriate legislation early in the next session of this Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL6574 HL6575 question first answered 15/03/2022 11:44:13 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan attachment 1 file name corporate-transparency-white-paper.pdf title Corp. Transparency & Register Reform White Paper
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1437615

registered interest
date	02/03/2022
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	The United States of Africa Corporation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to investigate the authenticity of the information filed at Companies House by The United States of Africa Corporation Ltd, which has an authorised share capital of £500 billion.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL6574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>We are unable to comment on individual cases.</p><p> </p><p>The Registrar of Companies has no current powers to verify information properly delivered in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 or other enactments.</p><p>However, following extensive consultation over 2020 and 2021, the Government published on 28 February 2022 a detailed White Paper (copy attached) setting out far-reaching reforms to Companies House which will mean that:</p><ul><li>Anyone setting up, running, owning or controlling a company in the UK will need to verify their identity with Companies House;</li><li>The Registrar will have new powers to challenge information that appears dubious, and will be empowered to inform security agencies of potential wrongdoing;</li><li>Company agents from overseas will no longer be able to create companies in the UK on behalf of foreign criminals or secretive oligarchs.</li></ul><p>It is the Government’s intention to bring forward appropriate legislation early in the next session of this Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL6573 HL6575 question first answered 15/03/2022 11:44:13 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan attachment 1 file name corporate-transparency-white-paper.pdf title Corp. Transparency & Register Reform White Paper
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1437616

registered interest
date	02/03/2022
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	World Corporate Organization
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans, if any, they have to investigate the authenticity of the information filed at Companies House by World Corporate Organization Ltd, which has an authorised share capital of £900 billion.
tabling member printed	Lord Sikka
uin	HL6575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>We are unable to comment on individual cases.</p><p> </p><p>The Registrar of Companies has no current powers to verify information properly delivered in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 or other enactments.</p><p>However, following extensive consultation over 2020 and 2021, the Government published on 28 February 2022 a detailed White Paper (copy attached) setting out far-reaching reforms to Companies House which will mean that:</p><ul><li>Anyone setting up, running, owning or controlling a company in the UK will need to verify their identity with Companies House;</li><li>The Registrar will have new powers to challenge information that appears dubious, and will be empowered to inform security agencies of potential wrongdoing;</li><li>Company agents from overseas will no longer be able to create companies in the UK on behalf of foreign criminals or secretive oligarchs.</li></ul><p>It is the Government’s intention to bring forward appropriate legislation early in the next session of this Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL6573 HL6574 question first answered 15/03/2022 11:44:13 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan attachment 1 file name corporate-transparency-white-paper.pdf title Corp. Transparency & Register Reform White Paper
tabling member	4885 label Biography information for Lord Sikka

1436315

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
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	Audit
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 Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors' report, Cultivating a healthy culture, dated March 2022; and what steps, if any, they plan to take in response to the report and its findings.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL6478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The report rightly highlights the important role that internal audit can play in helping companies to promote a positive corporate culture. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) strengthened the UK Corporate Governance Code in 2018 to provide for company boards to assess and monitor culture, to ensure a link between culture, purpose, values and strategy, and to report on this annually. The FRC’s latest annual review of corporate governance reporting, published in November 2021, found some progress in how companies report on their culture.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Government has set out proposals to give the FRC’s planned successor body – the Audit, Reporting and Governance Authority – new powers to hold large companies to account for the quality and usefulness of their corporate reporting, including reporting on culture. These proposals were set out in the White Paper on ‘Restoring Trust in Audit and Corporate Governance’ in 2021. The Government will be responding to that consultation in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 14/03/2022 16:07:31 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1434973

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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 Supply
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 (1) security, and (2) cost, of energy, in light of the hostilities in Ukraine.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL6375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains confident that Great Britain’s energy security will be maintained. The Government works closely with Ofgem, National Grid Gas and other key industry organisations to monitor gas supply and demand, and the National Grid Electricity System Operator has the tools it needs to operate the electricity system reliably.</p><p> </p><p>In the past 5 years the UK has met nearly half of its annual gas supply through domestic production, with most imports coming from reliable suppliers such as Norway. Less than 4% of our gas was sourced directly from Russia in 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has experienced gas prices at historic highs reflecting a number of market fundamentals, but also the current uncertain geopolitical situation. The Government is working closely with key international and industry partners to monitor gas supply and demand, and remains confident that Great Britain’s energy security will be maintained.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 09/03/2022 17:35:18 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1434978

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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	Storms: Electricity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the resilience of overhead line transmission of electricity to storm outages; and what steps they intend to take to achieve greater resilience.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL6380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy works closely with the National Grid Electricity System Operator, energy infrastructure operators, and the regulator Ofgem to assess the appropriate level of current and future resilience to key assets and infrastructure. Overhead lines are considered as part of a range of options in infrastructure planning.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 09/03/2022 17:28:28 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1434980

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
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	Solar Power: Land Use
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the area of land that has been used in England for the installation of solar panels in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL6382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not hold information on the area of land in England used for solar installations.</p><p> </p><p>Further information is available on GOV.UK.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 09/03/2022 17:32:48 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

1434487

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
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	Directors: Females
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to require companies to publish action plans on how they aim to increase the number of women in FTSE 100 boardroom roles.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL6360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2022 answer text <p>Decisions about the publishing of action plans are for private companies to make, and not subject to any mandatory Government requirements. However, since 2011 the Government has sponsored and supported a series of independent reviews, aimed at increasing the proportion of women in top FTSE roles. This business led approach to increasing the proportion of women on boards has involved voluntary targets, persuasive and informative information campaigns as well as active tracking of the FTSE performance.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2011 the proportion of women on FTSE 350 boards has increased from 9.5% in 2011, to 37.6% at the end of 2021. The independent reviews initially set a target of 25% of board members should be women (under the Davies Review), followed by 33% (under the Hampton-Alexander Review) and, finally, 40% under the FTSE Women Leaders Review, the latest report for which was published on 22<sup>nd</sup> February 2022.</p><p> </p><p>The significant progress made in women on FTSE boards has allowed the UK to this year rank in second place, behind France, when compared internationally to other countries working to improve the gender balance on the boards of public listed companies. The UK is now ranked higher than countries who have set a statutory quota for women on boards.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 08/03/2022 17:21:06 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick