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1580580

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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 Discount Scheme: Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools
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 held recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the inclusion of (a) swimming pools and (b) leisure centres in the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries scheme.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Kim Leadbeater
uin	132541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government has taken a consistent approach to identifying the most energy and trade intensive sectors, with all sectors that meet agreed thresholds for energy and trade intensity eligible for Energy and Trade Intensive Industries support. These thresholds have been set at sectors falling above the 80th percentile for energy intensity, and 60th percentile for trade intensity, plus any sectors eligible for the existing energy compensation and exemption schemes. BEIS has worked closely with key Whitehall Departments, including DCMS, and will engage with them in the design and implementation of the scheme.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 30/01/2023 17:31:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4923 label Biography information for Kim Leadbeater

1580596

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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: 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 steps he is taking with his Cabinet colleagues to support businesses with energy prices.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	132544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenges that businesses are facing and is committed to helping ensure they are able to thrive. The Energy Bill Relief Scheme provides a discount on the wholesale element of gas and electricity bills to ensure that all eligible businesses that receive their energy from licensed suppliers, are protected from high energy costs over the winter period. The new Energy Bill Discount Scheme, will run from April until March 2024, and continue to provide a discount to eligible businesses.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 06/02/2023 09:21:19 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1580656

registered interest
date	25/01/2023
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 Discount Scheme: Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools
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 impact of not including (a) swimming pools and (b) other leisure services in the list of sectors eligible for support with energy bills under the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries scheme on the financial viability of (i) charitable trust not-for-profit leisure and (ii) swimming pool providers.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	132438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>During the review of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, analysis of many contributions from the private sector, trade associations, the voluntary sector and other types of organisations were assessed. These included leisure centres and swimming pools.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has taken a consistent approach to identifying the most energy and trade intensive sectors, with all sectors that meet agreed thresholds for energy and trade intensity eligible for Energy and Trade Intensive Industries support. These thresholds have been set at sectors falling above the 80th percentile for energy intensity, and 60th percentile for trade intensity, plus any sectors eligible for the existing energy compensation and exemption schemes.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 03/02/2023 10:57:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1580061

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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 estimate he has made of (a) how many prepayment energy meters there are in (i) St Helens and (ii) Merseyside and (b) what proportion of those are in households.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	131232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>BEIS produced a one-off publication in March 2019 of <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Felectric-prepayment-meter-statistics&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C60d0b26250b8449c543508db03932675%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638107702755118493%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iYuYsSw3mmWKlrPWzeiKl5%2BZ1jtzw%2BiQKebX%2FL7CHqc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">annual prepayment meter electricity statistics</a> for Great Britain by country, English regions and local authority. These statistics cover electricity prepayment meters which have a domestic meter profile in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Data on regional variation of payment method (prepayment, direct debit or credit) for domestic standard electricity customers, domestic economy 7 electricity customers and domestic gas customers is published in <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fquarterly-domestic-energy-price-stastics&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C60d0b26250b8449c543508db03932675%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638107702755118493%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=M5SKloimlPcqOmSeMv95aO4lXdM9oQd2bc6eb755K%2BQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Quarterly Energy Prices</a> table 2.4.2, table 2.4.3 and table 2.5.2.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/01/2023 16:54:10 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

1580131

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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: Coventry
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 small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry have received Government funding for support during the cost of living crisis.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	131265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>Businesses in Coventry will have benefitted from the Government’s reversal of the National Insurance rise, saving SMEs approximately £4,200 on average, the cut to fuel duty for 12 months and raising the Employment Allowance to £5,000.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Bill Relief and Energy Bill Discount Schemes will protect SMEs from high energy costs over the winter. The Autumn Statement announced £13.6 billion of support for businesses over the next five years, reducing the burden of business rates for SMEs.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is providing financial support – 198 SMEs in Coventry North East have received Start Up loans to the value of £1,920,907 and 504 SMEs in Coventry to the value of £5,124,978.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 30/01/2023 15:11:05 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1580132

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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	Business: Coventry
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 he has had with businesses in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry on the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on those businesses.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	131266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the impact rising prices are having on businesses, including those in Coventry North East and Coventry constituency, and is engaging with businesses across the UK to understand these challenges and explore ways to mitigate them.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has reversed the National Insurance rise, saving SMEs approximately £4,200 on average, implemented the cut to fuel duty for 12 months and raised the Employment Allowance to £5,000. The Energy Bill Relief Scheme will protect SMEs from high energy costs over the winter.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, at the Autumn Statement, my Rt Hon Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer announced £13.6 billion of support for businesses over the next five years, reducing the burden of business rates for SMEs.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 30/01/2023 15:11:52 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1580156

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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 Discount Scheme: Leisure and Swimming Pools
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 impact of not including (a) swimming pools and (b) other leisure services in the list of sectors eligible for the Energy and Trade Intensive Industries scheme on their financial viability.
tabling member constituency	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
tabling member printed	Gerald Jones
uin	131270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>During the review of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, a large number of contributions from the private sector, trade associations, the voluntary sector and other types of organisations were assessed. These included leisure centres and swimming pools. The Government has taken a consistent approach to identifying the most energy and trade intensive sectors. All sectors that meet agreed thresholds for energy and trade intensity will be eligible for Energy and Trade Intensive Industries support. These thresholds have been set at sectors falling above the 80th percentile for energy intensity and 60th percentile for trade intensity, plus any sectors eligible for the existing energy compensation and exemption schemes.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 30/01/2023 15:15:07 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4501 label Biography information for Gerald Jones

1580233

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2023 to Question 120907 on Iron and Steel: Employment, what assessment he has made of the causes for the decline in jobs in (a) steel production and (b) the steel production supply chain.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	131197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2023 answer text <p>The answer I gave the Hon. Member on 17<sup>th</sup> January to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-11/120907" target="_blank">120907</a> shows there has been an increase in the estimated number of people employed in basic iron and steel between 2010 and 2020.</p><p> </p><p>There are a series of acute global challenges for steel including steel overcapacity, unfair subsidies and dumping, and global impacts on raw material and energy costs from the pandemic and Russia’s barbaric invasion of Ukraine.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government remains committed to working with the industry to support its transition to a competitive, sustainable, and low carbon future, supporting local economic growth and levelling-up.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 30/01/2023 15:23:16 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1580403

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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: 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 steps he is taking to help support households with their energy bills.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	131457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>In order to support households with energy bills, the Government has set up the Energy Bills Support Scheme which is delivering a £400 non-repayable government discount this winter.</p><p> </p><p>The Energy Price Guarantee reduces the amount a household is charged per unit of gas or electricity, to an annual equivalent of around £2,500 for a typical household in Great Britain from 1 October 2022 to end of March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>For households that use alternative fuels such as biomass, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) or heating oil, the Alternative Fuel Payment scheme will deliver an additional £200.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/01/2023 16:55:31 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1579531

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
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	Death: Weather
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the End Fuel Poverty Coalition's analysis of official data on the levels of excess winter deaths caused by cold homes, published in December 2022, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of that organisation's findings on trends in the number of excess deaths caused by living in cold and damp homes.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	129988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2023 answer text <p>It is likely that a combination of factors has contributed to excess deaths over winter 2022/23, including high flu prevalence, cold weather, the ongoing challenges of COVID-19 and health conditions including heart disease and diabetes. However, the Government recognises the difficulty many households, especially vulnerable households, are experiencing this winter.</p><p> </p><p>Energy efficiency improvements are the best way to tackle fuel poverty in the long term. Measures are available through a range of schemes including the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, the Home Upgrade Grant and the Energy Company Obligation.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also announced significant support for this winter and next with specific measures for the most vulnerable.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/01/2023 14:07:55 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden