Asked by: Alok Sharma (Conservative - Reading West)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when the Government plans to publish its response to the consultation on improving the energy performance of privately rented homes that closed in January 2021.
Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The consultation on improving the energy performance of privately rented homes closed on 8th January 2021. The Government is continuing to refine the policy design to ensure the costs and circumstances relating to energy efficiency improvements are fair and proportionate for landlords and tenants. The Government will publish a summary of responses by the end of this year.
Asked by: Alok Sharma (Conservative - Reading West)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will publish a plan for how the UK will meet the Global Methane Pledge launched at COP26 in Glasgow in November 2021.
Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The UK has adopted early and ambitious measures to tackle methane emissions. Between 1990 and 2020, UK methane emissions dropped by 62%, more than any other OECD country.
The Government recognises the urgency to do more, including to meet the Global Methane Pledge as a global target, and is pursuing efforts to secure further emission reductions in line with the Net Zero Strategy, Net Zero Growth Plan, and Carbon budgets. The Government does not have plans to produce a separate methane focused plan.
Asked by: Alok Sharma (Conservative - Reading West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of families eligible for tax-free childcare in Reading West constituency.
Answered by Baroness Morgan of Cotes
The information requested is not available.