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843854

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Green Deal 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 he plans to introduce a new code of practice for green deal providers and assessors in the relaunched green deal.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	128285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Green Deal Framework remains in place and we are aware that various sources of private finance have continued to be utilised under the Framework. As such, the Green Deal was at no point ended and consequently will not be “re-launched”.</p><p> </p><p>We are, however, looking to improve and revitalise the Green Deal. My department published a Call for Evidence on the Green Deal Framework in October 2017. We are considering the responses and will consult on any proposals to reform the Green Deal in due course. Current participants in the Green Deal scheme must continue to adhere to all the requirements of the scheme that apply to them.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 128288 question first answered 27/02/2018 17:11:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

843855

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Green Deal Scheme: 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, how many green deal providers were not certified by UKAS as meeting the green deal standard in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	128108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Green Deal Providers are just one of four key authorised participants involved in the Green Deal customer journey, each with different customer interactions. There are also differences in the requirements to become authorised participants. The criteria that they have to meet are set out in the Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgement, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Organisations are not required to have UKAS approval in order to become Green Deal Providers.</p><p> </p><p>It is not the Provider’s role to produce Green Deal reports (or “Green Deal Advice Reports”). This is the responsibility of the Green Deal Assessor. No Providers, therefore, have been refused the right to produce Green Deal reports.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of organisations, by year, who have been registered as Green Deal Providers. These numbers do not take account of the numbers by year who have withdrawn from the scheme. The total number of currently-authorised Providers is 169.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 128115 128286 question first answered 27/02/2018 17:02:59 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

843856

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Green Deal 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 many green deal providers were refused the right to produce green deal reports.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	128286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Green Deal Providers are just one of four key authorised participants involved in the Green Deal customer journey, each with different customer interactions. There are also differences in the requirements to become authorised participants. The criteria that they have to meet are set out in the Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgement, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Organisations are not required to have UKAS approval in order to become Green Deal Providers.</p><p> </p><p>It is not the Provider’s role to produce Green Deal reports (or “Green Deal Advice Reports”). This is the responsibility of the Green Deal Assessor. No Providers, therefore, have been refused the right to produce Green Deal reports.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of organisations, by year, who have been registered as Green Deal Providers. These numbers do not take account of the numbers by year who have withdrawn from the scheme. The total number of currently-authorised Providers is 169.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 128108 128115 question first answered 27/02/2018 17:02:59 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

843857

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Green Deal Scheme: 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, how many green deal providers were investigated by the green deal oversight body between 2013 and 2015.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	128112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Since the Green Deal was introduced, two companies have been investigated by the Green Deal Ombudsman and Investigation Service. The first was concluded in 2015 by a sanction against the company Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd. The other investigation took place during 2015 and did not lead to a sanction. Separately, the Green Deal Oversight and Registration Body carried out 44 audits of Green Deal Providers since 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 128287 question first answered 22/02/2018 15:59:35 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

843858

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Green Deal 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 many green deal providers were investigated by the green deal oversight body between 2015 and 2018.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	128287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>Since the Green Deal was introduced, two companies have been investigated by the Green Deal Ombudsman and Investigation Service. The first was concluded in 2015 by a sanction against the company Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd. The other investigation took place during 2015 and did not lead to a sanction. Separately, the Green Deal Oversight and Registration Body carried out 44 audits of Green Deal Providers since 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 128112 question first answered 22/02/2018 15:59:36 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

843859

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Green Deal Scheme: Registration
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 green deal providers have registered with the Green Deal Registration and Oversight Body in each year since that body has been established.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	128115
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Green Deal Providers are just one of four key authorised participants involved in the Green Deal customer journey, each with different customer interactions. There are also differences in the requirements to become authorised participants. The criteria that they have to meet are set out in the Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgement, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Organisations are not required to have UKAS approval in order to become Green Deal Providers.</p><p> </p><p>It is not the Provider’s role to produce Green Deal reports (or “Green Deal Advice Reports”). This is the responsibility of the Green Deal Assessor. No Providers, therefore, have been refused the right to produce Green Deal reports.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the number of organisations, by year, who have been registered as Green Deal Providers. These numbers do not take account of the numbers by year who have withdrawn from the scheme. The total number of currently-authorised Providers is 169.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 128108 128286 question first answered 27/02/2018 17:02:59 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

843860

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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	Green Deal 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 existing providers will have to undergo new quality and standards checks before participating in the new green deal scheme.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	128288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Green Deal Framework remains in place and we are aware that various sources of private finance have continued to be utilised under the Framework. As such, the Green Deal was at no point ended and consequently will not be “re-launched”.</p><p> </p><p>We are, however, looking to improve and revitalise the Green Deal. My department published a Call for Evidence on the Green Deal Framework in October 2017. We are considering the responses and will consult on any proposals to reform the Green Deal in due course. Current participants in the Green Deal scheme must continue to adhere to all the requirements of the scheme that apply to them.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 128285 question first answered 27/02/2018 17:11:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

843861

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will set out (a) the number of complaints relating to the equalisation of the state pension age that her Department's independent case examiner is currently considering and (b) the number of cases that the independent case examiner has resolved since 2 October 2017.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	128116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>(a) Details of the number of complaints relating to the equalisation of state pension age, that are currently (as at 20<sup>th</sup> February 2018) being considered by the Independent Case Examiner’s Office are detailed below:</p><p> </p><ul><li>369 complaints undergoing checks to establish if they can be accepted for examination</li><li>1,800 complaints awaiting investigation</li><li>36 complaints being investigated</li></ul><p> </p><p>(b) Since 2 October 2017, the Independent Case Examiner’s Office has issued 44 investigation reports into complaints about the equalisation of state pension age.</p><p><em></em></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/02/2018 17:15:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

843862

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if her Department will set a maximum waiting time for responses to complaints regarding the equalisation of the state pension age received by the Independent Case Examiner.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	128289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>We will not set a maximum waiting time for responses to complaints regarding the equalisation of state pension age.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/02/2018 17:00:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

843863

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	State Retirement Pensions: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the average time taken for a reply to be issued to a complaint submitted to the Independent Case Examiner regarding the equalisation of the state pension age.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	128119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2018 answer text <p>The average time taken to respond to complaints about the equalisation of state pension age, from the point at which the investigation of the complaint commenced, is currently 9.75 weeks.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/02/2018 17:18:53 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen