Asked by: Gavin Williamson (Conservative - Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what is the estimated carbon footprint of his recent visit to Washington DC.
Answered by Kerry McCarthy - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
All Ministerial travel is subject to an assessment of the value of the engagement against a number of factors, including the mode of travel.
Asked by: Gavin Williamson (Conservative - Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of funding for the carbon capture, utilisation and storage scheme will be raised by a levy on energy bills from 2029 onwards.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Track 1 projects are expected to be funded through a mixture of levy and exchequer funding. We expect levy funded projects to become operational from late 2028. The exact split of levy and exchequer funding across Track 1 will be determined in due course and is subject to further negotiation, consultation, and statutory processes. DESNZ will consider potential impacts on energy bills as part of the statutory processes for drawing down on any other new or existing levies that may further support CCUS Track-1.
Asked by: Gavin Williamson (Conservative - Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the carbon capture, utilisation and storage scheme on energy bills.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Track 1 projects are expected to be funded through a mixture of levy and exchequer funding. We expect levy funded projects to become operational from late 2028. The exact split of levy and exchequer funding across Track 1 will be determined in due course and is subject to further negotiation, consultation, and statutory processes. DESNZ will consider potential impacts on energy bills as part of the statutory processes for drawing down on any other new or existing levies that may further support CCUS Track-1.
Asked by: Gavin Williamson (Conservative - Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of bringing forward the £400 energy support payment for residents of Park Homes to a date before 27 February 2023.
Answered by Graham Stuart
Developing and delivering the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS AF) is a complex task, and it is critical that the Government gets it right. There are significant complexities in delivering EBSS AF, which is a novel scheme with a wide variety of eligible groups with different energy arrangements. The Government remains committed to delivering for those households, including park home residents, without a direct relationship to a domestic energy supplier as soon as possible, but we need to ensure consumers are protected, and public money is well spent, including robust verification and anti-fraud checks.