Asked by: Alex Mayer (Labour - Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress she has made on the Boiler Upgrade Scheme.
Answered by Martin McCluskey - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
We are making good progress on the delivery of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme. We have removed the requirement for a valid EPC to access the scheme, included air-to-air heat pumps for the first time - capable of providing heating and cooling, and increased the grant to £9,000 for those using heating oil and LPG.
Asked by: Alex Mayer (Labour - Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason coach operators are not included in the one-off uplift to the Bus Service Operators Grant diesel reimbursement rate.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The temporary fuel uplift was targeted at local bus services and eligible community transport operators through the existing Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG). The uplift is intended to help protect essential local transport links facing increased fuel costs, including services relied upon by rural communities, vulnerable passengers and people travelling to work, education and healthcare appointments. Coach services are not generally eligible for BSOG and were therefore not included within the scope of the uplift.
Asked by: Alex Mayer (Labour - Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a definition of Critical National Growth Infrastructure.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Critical National Growth Infrastructure (CNGI) is a designation used in the draft Heathrow Expansion National Policy Statement (HENPS) that recognises Heathrow expansion as infrastructure of importance to national growth. The draft HENPS, which can be found here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a3923ed0bea238415c9a3a9/proposed-draft-revision-to-the-anps-to-be-known-as-the-henps.pdf, explains why the Government consider Heathrow expansion to be CNGI and sets out how this designation should be applied in the assessment of any application for development consent. We have consulted on this approach and are now considering the responses received.