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1698431

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Discount Scheme: District Heating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of applications her Department has received from heat suppliers via the Energy Bills Discount Scheme; and how many individual heat networks are covered by those applications.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department has received around 14,400 Energy Bills Discount Scheme applications for heat networks. There is no centralised list of heat networks across the UK, or how many domestic customers these networks serve. The most reliable data we have access to is taken from the Heat Network Metering and Billing Regulations, which estimates that there are 8,900 heat networks serving residential customers in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 15/04/2024 08:37:18 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1698434

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Discount Scheme: District Heating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many qualifying heat supplier certificates have been issued via the Energy Bills Discount Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>As of 28 March 2024, 12,743 heat network applications for the Energy Bills Discount Scheme have been approved (and therefore certificates issued).</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 15/04/2024 08:36:40 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1698438

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Discount Scheme: District Heating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of heat suppliers has her Department taken enforcement action against under the Energy Bills Discount Scheme as of 25 March 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Office of Product Safety and Standards acts on behalf of the Secretary of State to enforce the scheme. They have taken action against 657 heat network cases.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 15/04/2024 08:35:11 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1698444

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Discount Scheme: District Heating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make it her policy to accept retrospective support applications from heat suppliers via the Energy Bills Discount Scheme after 31 March 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>For eligible heat networks, the deadline to apply for the scheme was 31 March 2024. The closure of the Energy Bills Discount Scheme for heat networks has been communicated through numerous campaigns, online, and through targeted outreach to suppliers and networks. We also wrote to Members of Parliament who have qualifying heat networks in their constituency, asking them to reach out to the heat network suppliers to inform them of their requirement to apply for the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Department is allowing a two-week grace period following the 31 March 2024 deadline for any newly eligible heat networks to submit an application.</p><p> </p><p>Any applications that submitted their application before the deadline, and were eligible on 1 April 2023, will receive support backdated to that date.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 15/04/2024 08:33:28 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1698446

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Energy Bills Discount Scheme: District Heating
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking to help ensure all eligible heat network consumers receive financial support via the Energy Bills Discount Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) regulations placed a legal duty on heat network suppliers with at least one domestic customer to apply for EBDS Heat Network support, and to pass through any benefit received to the end consumer.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has conducted extensive engagement to maximise applications from eligible heat networks, to try and reach as many customers as possible. This included extensive stakeholder communications campaigns and reaching out to all known heat networks on government databases. We also wrote to Members of Parliament who have qualifying heat networks in their constituency, asking them to reach out to the heat network suppliers to inform them of their requirement to apply for the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>We have also streamlined the application process to make it easier for heat networks to apply and worked closely with the Office for Product Safety and Standards to initiate enforcement action against known heat networks who have failed to apply.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 15/04/2024 08:31:53 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1698120

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Fuel Poverty: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many rural households were in fuel poverty in (a) each region of England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland as of 22 March 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	20000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>DESNZ has responsibility for the measurement of fuel poverty in England. The latest estimates of fuel poverty in England are available here:</p><p><a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Ffuel-poverty-statistics&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary.PQ%40energysecurity.gov.uk%7Cc5bbdf2f08bf43663c0608dc4f0a0333%7Ccbac700502c143ebb497e6492d1b2dd8%7C0%7C0%7C638472151644096360%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EhFTWH%2Fq%2B0OZqp1ywuElJFPofiP1VDVJkQ%2ByDbr9sGU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Table 5 of the detailed tables shows the number of fuel poor households by rurality in 2023 and Table 6 by region. Due to sample size constraints, it is not possible to provide suitable estimates for rural households in fuel poverty by individual region.</p><p> </p><p>Fuel poverty is a devolved matter and different metrics of fuel poverty are used in the Devolved Administrations.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 15/04/2024 06:41:01 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1692524

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Energy: Private Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many private rented properties have a registered exemption from minimum energy efficiency standards as of 28 February 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	16063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>On 28 February 2024, there were a total of 15,222 registered exemptions from the minimum energy efficiency standard regulations for both domestic and non-domestic private rented properties.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 04/03/2024 12:28:04 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1691357

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Energy: Prices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress her Department has made on the fairness and affordability review on consumer energy bills.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	15400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the challenges posed by cost-of-living pressures, including the impact of energy bills, and is already providing extensive financial support to households which includes a £104 billion package, or £3,700 per household on average, over 2022-2025.</p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to support households with the cost of living past April 2024. In the Autumn Statement the Government announced the biggest increase to the National Living Wage, which will benefit around 2.7 million workers and is worth £1,800 to a full-time worker. We also announced an increase to benefits of 6.7% which is worth around £470.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 28/02/2024 06:31:28 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1683408

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Electricians: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she is taking steps to help increase the number of skilled electricians able to support the (a) installation and (b) maintenance of low-carbon technologies.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	10361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>Government will publish the Green Jobs Plan in the first half of 2024. This will outline the actions government and industry will take to ensure we have the skilled workforce at the right time and place, to deliver our net zero, nature, and energy security targets.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware of the need to increase the number of appropriately skilled electricians for installation and maintenance of low carbon technologies. The Green Jobs Delivery Group is utilising workforce assessments to understand the scale of demand in different sectors; actions are being developed to address this demand within the Green Jobs Plan.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 24/01/2024 06:25:56 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1681957

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	District Heating: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many people have started on the (a) low carbon heating technician apprenticeship scheme, (b) Home Decarbonisation Skills Training Scheme and (c) training funded by the Heat Training Grant since September 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	9369
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>(a) The low carbon heating technician apprenticeship standard is newly approved as of August 2023, and so published data is not yet available;</p><p> </p><p>(b) Since September 2023, 1,796 accredited courses have been started under Phase 2 of the Home Decarbonisation Skills Training Competition, upskilling insulation installers and retrofit coordinators and assessors. The funding is expected to result in around 8,000 training opportunities; and,</p><p> </p><p>(c) Since July 2023, the Heat Training Grant has funded 1,443 courses relevant to heat pumps and heat networks. The grant is expected to support 10,000 training opportunities by April 2025.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 18/01/2024 07:54:33 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead