Asked by: Harry Harpham (Labour - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough)
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what meetings have taken place between representatives of her Department and National Grid about any sale of National Grid assets or businesses.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
No such discussions have taken place under this Government.
Asked by: Harry Harpham (Labour - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough)
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on (a) local economies, (b) customer service and (c) safety of any sell-off of National Grid (i) gas distribution networks and (ii) metering business.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
Any sale of this kind would be a commercial matter. Any owner would need to be fully compliant with all relevant regulatory requirements.
Asked by: Harry Harpham (Labour - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough)
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what her Department's policy is on the potential sell-off by National Grid of its (a) gas distribution networks and (b) metering business.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
Any sale of this kind would be a commercial matter. Any owner would need to be fully compliant with all relevant regulatory requirements.
Asked by: Harry Harpham (Labour - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough)
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many children live in households that are classed as being in fuel poverty in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
Fuel poverty is measured at the household level rather than the individual level and detailed data on the age of household occupants is not available at the sub-regional level. The table below shows the number and proportion of fuel poor households which contain at least one child under the age of 16 in (a) England and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber, in 2013.
Fuel poor households with at least one child under 16 (000s) | Proportion of fuel poor households with at least one child under 16 (%) | |
England | 1,064 | 45 |
Yorkshire and Humberside | 124 | 52 |
In Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough the total number of households in fuel poverty was estimated to be six thousand, representing 14 per cent of all households in the region.
Asked by: Harry Harpham (Labour - Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough)
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many people are classed as living in fuel poverty in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough constituency.
Answered by Andrea Leadsom
The estimated number and proportion of households which are fuel poor in 2013 under the Low Income High Costs indicator in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber (c) Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough constituency are shown in the table below.
Number of households in fuel poverty (thousands) | Proportion of households in fuel poverty within the area (%) | |
England | 2,347 | 10 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 240 | 11 |
Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough | 6 | 14 |