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1541076

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Employment: Fertility
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 he has made of the adequacy of (a) workplace rights and (b) support for people undergoing fertility treatment.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	83733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government regularly considers whether the employment rights framework remains fit for purpose. Legislation is not the only way take employment issues forward. We were pleased to note the launch of the “Fertility Workplace Pledge” and encourage employers to sign up.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 18/11/2022 14:04:28 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1541081

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Carbon Emissions: Northern Ireland
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 discussions he has had with his Northern Irish counterpart on Northern Ireland's Net Zero target to deliver energy savings of 25 per cent from buildings and industry by 2030.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	83625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>The Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change Inter-ministerial Group (IMG) brings together Ministers from the four administrations to discuss emission reduction efforts across the UK. At the most recent IMG on 26 October, Minister Poots shared an update on progress towards net zero with others in attendance.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/11/2022 13:56:30 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1541082

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Renewable Energy: Northern Ireland
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 is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues and the Northern Ireland Executive to help ensure that the proportion of energy generated from renewable sources is reflected in the energy prices charged to energy consumers in Northern Ireland; and what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the level of renewable energy generation.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	83626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Renewables Obligation is the principal renewable energy scheme in Northern Ireland, supporting renewable electricity generation. Usually paid for by consumers via their electricity bills, the levy costs are currently further reduced under the UK Government’s energy bill support measures.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to work with Northern Ireland’s Department for the Economy officials to identify a suitable pathway for a Northern Ireland Contracts for Difference scheme to bring more renewable generation online.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/11/2022 14:10:24 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1541133

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Strike Ballots: Internet
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 the Government will make it its policy to allow trade union members to vote online when deciding to take industrial action.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	83772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>Before responding to the Knight Review recommendations, the Government was required by Section 4 of the Trade Union Act 2016 to consult relevant organisations, including professionals from expert associations, to seek their advice and recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>We have done this and are now finalising our consideration of Sir Ken’s recommendations before we issue our response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 18/11/2022 10:34:44 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1541148

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Renewable Energy: Smart Export Guarantee
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 the average rate payable under the Smart Export Guarantee for renewable energy generated by households was in the latest period for which data is available; and if he will make an assessment of adequacy of the responsiveness of rates available under the Smart Export Guarantee to market conditions.
tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
tabling member printed	Mark Tami
uin	83539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>Ofgem’s second annual report for 2021/22 found that 12 suppliers offered 36 different tariffs, including offerings of over 5p per kilowatt hour (which is in some cases higher than the FIT export tariff) and above the 3p per kilowatt hour average electricity wholesale price for 2020. The Government continues to monitor whether the market is delivering an effective range of options for small exporters.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/11/2022 14:04:16 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

1541149

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Sustainable Development: Standards
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 it is his policy to consult on a process for adopting the sustainability reporting standards to be issued by the International Sustainability Standards Board.
tabling member constituency	Rugby
tabling member printed	Mark Pawsey
uin	83609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>The Government strongly supports the development of IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards by the International Sustainability Standards Board and is committed to developing an endorsement and adoption mechanism to allow for use of the Standards in the UK. The Government will consult on the endorsement and adoption mechanism in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 18/11/2022 10:32:34 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4052 label Biography information for Mark Pawsey

1541182

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Energy Price Guarantee
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 ensure that the cost to the public purse of the Energy Price Guarantee is not increased by the profit margins of energy providers.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	83794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Price Guarantee discount is set by the Government. The costs of the scheme are linked to changes in energy wholesale prices, as reflected in the Ofgem price cap, and the volume of energy consumed by households.</p><p> </p><p>Exchequer funding provided to the energy suppliers under the Energy Price Guarantee is directly equivalent to the savings made by domestic consumers in their gas and electricity bills. The Government does not pay any premium to energy suppliers.</p><p> </p><p>HM Treasury will conduct a review to consider how to support households with their energy bills from April 2023.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/11/2022 14:14:13 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1541254

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Housing: Fuel Oil and Liquefied Petroleum Gas
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 the number of domestic properties using (a) oil and (b) liquefied petroleum gas for heating by parliamentary constituency.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	83774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>Survey data only exists at a national level for the number of properties that use oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for heating.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Country</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oil for heating</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>LPG for heating</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>762,000 dwellings (3.2 per cent)</p></td><td><p>159,000 households (0.7 per cent)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland<sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>129,000 households (5 per cent)</p></td><td><p>18,000 households (1 per cent)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales<sup>3</sup></p></td><td><p>135,000 dwellings (10 per cent)</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Ireland<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p>526,000 dwellings (67.5 per cent)</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em><sup>1 </sup>English Housing Survey, 2020 (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Fenergy-performance&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C22231bde4363452f419408dac965a2ab%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638043735593608548%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=w9URyQhEnhAK2a2uBmmPOCGtQ%2F8HW70HIkZ7p1hltN0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/energy-performance</a>)</em></p><p><em><sup>2 </sup>Scottish House Condition Survey, 2019 (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.scot%2Fpublications%2Fscottish-house-condition-survey-2019-key-findings%2Fpages%2F4%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C22231bde4363452f419408dac965a2ab%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638043735593764868%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=y5a%2F9ob%2FudvnqJoETct9%2B5S1ygwS81S44YJDpDpP5kA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-house-condition-survey-2019-key-findings/pages/4/</a>)</em></p><p><em><sup>3 </sup>Welsh Housing Conditions Survey, 2017/18 (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgov.wales%2Fwelsh-housing-conditions-survey-energy-efficiency-dwellings-april-2017-march-2018&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C22231bde4363452f419408dac965a2ab%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638043735593764868%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=dil26S0Uh0rRCqhBbV3bhDHnnf552hDM8gU%2BeDtfIK0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://gov.wales/welsh-housing-conditions-survey-energy-efficiency-dwellings-april-2017-march-2018</a>)</em></p><p><em><sup>4 </sup>Northern Ireland House Condition Survey, 2016 (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.communities-ni.gov.uk%2Fpublications%2Fnorthern-ireland-housing-statistics-2020-21&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C22231bde4363452f419408dac965a2ab%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638043735593764868%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5tEb%2FH1%2F9g7W5juBsQSF9gtXIWPhWPvB9rl%2F9XtSsjA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/publications/northern-ireland-housing-statistics-2020-21</a>)</em></p><p> </p><p>The 2011 Census includes estimates that classify occupied household spaces in England and Wales by the types of central heating present, including oil central heating, for 2010 parliamentary constituencies (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nomisweb.co.uk%2Fcensus%2F2011%2Fqs415uk&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary.PQ%40BEIS.gov.uk%7C22231bde4363452f419408dac965a2ab%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638043735593764868%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9GzUKKnrx4L5X3jFY0%2Fa5zpgO7o1SXFf89jJ3Ppz0mo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/qs415uk</a>)</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/11/2022 14:12:46 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1541290

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Coronavirus
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 employees in his Department work on matters related to covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	83576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have 49 Employees (including contingent) who are currently working on matters related to Covid-19.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 18/11/2022 11:30:41 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1541314

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
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	Energy Supply Taskforce
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 the remit is of the Energy Supply Taskforce; by what criteria his Department will make an assessment of whether the Taskforce has been a success; and what the planned timetable is for the publication of the first report by the Taskforce.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
uin	83760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2022 answer text <p>The Energy Supply Taskforce was announced on the 8 September 2022, with the objective of investigating commercial alternatives for the United Kingdom’s energy security. Its remit covers natural gas and not the wider energy market. The Taskforce is engaging with a broad range of gas producers and shippers, and is advising Ministers accordingly. It would not be appropriate to publish a report on their work, which is highly commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 18/11/2022 10:35:40 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson