The Government is taking action to ensure there are appropriate standards in place for smart devices, essential in delivering demand side flexibility and a smarter energy system.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Government has sponsored the development of technical standards for devices that have high potential for domestic demand side response, called Energy Smart Appliances, through an industry-led process with the British Standards Institution. A new standard, Publicly Available Standard 1878, was published in May 2021 for heat pumps, household appliances, battery storage and Electric Vehicle (EV) Chargepoints.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Government has already taken action to standardise EV chargepoints. In December 2021, the Government laid the Smart Chargepoints Regulations, which will come into force on 30th<\/sup> June this year. These regulations mandate that most chargepoints sold for private use on the GB market must be smart and meet minimum device level standards.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Kamall on 28 March (HL7110), given that the TransActual UK Trans lives survey 2021: Enduring the UK's hostile environment was not referring to transition treatments, but to general physical and mental health care, what progress they have made in addressing these issues.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW<\/p>
As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am replying to your Parliamentary Question asking what plans the Government have to publish environmental and greenhouse gas emission figures beside the quarterly GDP figures (HL7794).<\/p>
2 https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/environmentalaccounts/bulletins/ukenvironmentalaccounts/2021<\/p>"}
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