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1564628

registered interest
date	06/01/2023
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 Rebate
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 eligible households are aware of (a) how and (b) when to apply for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	117708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>On 19 December, the Government publicly announced the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding on Gov.uk: <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fvital-help-with-energy-bills-on-the-way-for-millions-more-homes-across-great-britain-and-northern-ireland&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7Cbac2729e380f429121cf08daf7b19d88%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638094639460196801%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=18dIAyxdtJKpoagXTASuRDNanitlFRk4FX%2BR6QWuwXQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/vital-help-with-energy-bills-on-the-way-for-millions-more-homes-across-great-britain-and-northern-ireland</a>. The Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding will open for applications in Great Britain in January 2023. In addition to this announcement, the Government has been engaging with stakeholders in order to provide communications to the groups that would be eligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/01/2023 15:44:32 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1542911

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
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	Mineworkers' Pension 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, if he will make an estimate of the average amount by which the annual pension received by remaining members of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme would change if the surplus sharing arrangements were revised to create a (a) 70-30, (b) 90-10 and (c) 100-zero per cent split between the scheme and the Government.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	88950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>Any surplus will depend on the returns on the Scheme’s investments - this will be assessed at the valuation in 2023. The Government has no current plans to change the surplus sharing arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/11/2022 17:28:44 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1542912

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
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	Mineworkers' Pension 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, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the surplus sharing arrangements for the Mineworker’s Pension Scheme on the Government’s levelling-up agenda.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	88951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The Scheme’s surplus-sharing arrangements mean that scheme members receive approximately 33% higher payments than they would otherwise have done. There are currently no plans for a review of the surplus-sharing arrangements. In addition, the Government guarantee ensures that pensions increase in line with RPI.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/11/2022 17:25:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1542913

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
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	Mineworkers' Pension 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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of replacing the existing surplus sharing agreement with the Mineworker’s Pension Scheme with a new arrangement in which the Government would only receive a share of surpluses if it is required in future to contribute to the value of the scheme under the existing guarantee.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	88952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government stated in its response to the BEIS Select Committee Report, published on 29 April 2021, which made this recommendation that it would not agree to such a change as it believes the current arrangements to be fair to Scheme members and taxpayers.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/11/2022 17:27:58 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1542914

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
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	Mineworkers' Pension 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, if he will make an estimate of the number of surviving members of the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme who have (a) injuries and (b) industrial diseases caused by working in the mining industry which affect their quality of life as of 16 November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	88953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 24/11/2022 17:29:27 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1538741

registered interest
date	02/11/2022
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	Minimum Wage: Uprating
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 recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the (a) national minimum wage and (b) national living wage in line with inflation.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	77484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>We have set out an ambitious target for the minimum wage to reach 2/3 of median earnings by 2024 subject to wider economic conditions. It is important that increases are evidence-based, sustainable and affordable for business. That is why we consider the expert and independent advice of the Low Pay Commission when increasing the rates as setting the minimum wage too high may lead to higher unemployment and harm the very people the policy is intended to help.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 11/11/2022 13:42:13 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1538118

registered interest
date	01/11/2022
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	Alternative Fuel Payments
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 impact of the timing of payments from the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Fund on people who have not yet received a payment.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	76011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment. The Government recognises that those households who do not have a domestic electricity meter or a direct relationship with an energy supplier and who are not benefitting from the main Energy Bills Support Scheme are in need of energy support over the winter. The Government is working to deliver this support through the EBSS Alternative Funding as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 14/11/2022 16:19:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1523120

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
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	Biofuels
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 his timescale is for publishing the Biomass Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	64212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is actively progressing work on the Biomass Strategy and plans to publish it in due course.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/10/2022 13:16:42 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1523121

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
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	Heating: Biofuels
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 role of bioLPG in decarbonising heat in off-gas grid properties.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	64213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government expects heat pumps will be the primary technology for decarbonising off-grid buildings. The Government recognises that not all off-grid properties will be suitable for a heat pump and there will be a role for alternative low carbon technologies where heat pumps cannot be used. Further evidence is needed to assess what role biofuels such as bioLPG or hydrotreated vegetable oil could play in the future heating mix – in particular the overall amount of sustainable biomass available to the UK and how this could be best used across the economy to achieve our net zero target.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/10/2022 13:14:44 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1523122

registered interest
date	17/10/2022
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	Heat Pumps: Rural Areas
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 the potential viability and contribution of hybrid heat pumps to give off-gas grid properties fuel security on the route to decarbonisation.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	64214
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government expects heat pumps will be the primary technology for decarbonising off-grid buildings. The Government recognises not all off-grid properties will be suitable for a heat pump and there will be a role for alternative low-carbon technologies. To play a long-term role, all fuels used by a hybrid system must be consistent with net zero.</p><p> </p><p>Further evidence is needed to assess what role biofuels could play in the future heating mix – in particular the overall amount of sustainable biomass available to the UK and how this could be best used across the economy to help deliver net zero.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 25/10/2022 13:14:00 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day