Asked by: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour (Co-op) - Brighton, Kemptown)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential options for providing support to people on low incomes who are excluded from the Warm Homes Discount due to their accommodation not meeting the required energy cost score.
Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
I refer the Hon. Member to the reply I gave him on 17th January 2023 to Question 120076.
Asked by: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour (Co-op) - Brighton, Kemptown)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, of the potential merits of providing increased support to people on low incomes who are not eligible for the Warm Homes Discount as a result of their property or accommodation not meeting the required energy cost score.
Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The Government has expanded the Warm Home Discount scheme this year, providing the £150 rebate to over 3 million households, an increase of 800,000.
Energy suppliers can also provide additional support to households through the Industry Initiatives portion of the scheme, through measures such as financial assistance, debt write-off, benefit entitlement checks, energy advice and energy efficiency. This support can be provided to households, irrespective of whether they are eligible for a rebate.
The scheme comes on top of additional support the Government is providing this winter and next winter, including through the Energy Price Guarantee and Cost of Living Payments.
Asked by: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour (Co-op) - Brighton, Kemptown)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 21 June 2022 to Question 17919 on Energy Bills Rebate, what steps his Department will take to support park home residents; and when his Department plans to make this support available.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave the hon. Member for St Albans on 20th June 2022 to Question 18990.
Asked by: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour (Co-op) - Brighton, Kemptown)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to ensure that domestic consumers are prioritised in the distribution of domestically produced gas.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Energy security is a top priority for this Government. Great Britain benefits from highly diverse and flexible sources of gas supply and a diverse electricity mix, which ensures that households, businesses, and heavy industry get the energy they need. The Government remains confident that Great Britain's energy security will be maintained.
In the event of a gas supply emergency, National Grid Gas, as the system operator, has long-standing response plans that prioritise domestic customers.
Asked by: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour (Co-op) - Brighton, Kemptown)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the membership of the Energy Skills Alliance is.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The North Sea Transition Deal underpins the Government’s partnership with the offshore oil and gas sector, to achieve a managed energy transition which leaves no-one behind. The sector, through its skills body OPITO, is developing an integrated People and Skills Plan to support mutual recognition of workforce skills and competencies across energy sectors, which is due to be published in the coming months.
The Offshore Wind Sector Deal also includes actions to develop an Offshore Energy Passport to accredit offshore workers and facilitate job-mobility between offshore renewable and extractive industries; the Offshore Wind Industry Council produces a quarterly People and Skills Bulletin to provide an update on activities.
Specific training requirements fall within the remit of skills standards and training certifying bodies.
The Energy Skills Alliance (ESA) is chaired by OPITO, with information on the ESA and its membership published on the OPITO website.
Asked by: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour (Co-op) - Brighton, Kemptown)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the North Sea Transition Deal, published on 24 March 2021, when he plans to publish the Integrated People and Skills Plan.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The North Sea Transition Deal underpins the Government’s partnership with the offshore oil and gas sector, to achieve a managed energy transition which leaves no-one behind. The sector, through its skills body OPITO, is developing an integrated People and Skills Plan to support mutual recognition of workforce skills and competencies across energy sectors, which is due to be published in the coming months.
The Offshore Wind Sector Deal also includes actions to develop an Offshore Energy Passport to accredit offshore workers and facilitate job-mobility between offshore renewable and extractive industries; the Offshore Wind Industry Council produces a quarterly People and Skills Bulletin to provide an update on activities.
Specific training requirements fall within the remit of skills standards and training certifying bodies.
The Energy Skills Alliance (ESA) is chaired by OPITO, with information on the ESA and its membership published on the OPITO website.
Asked by: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour (Co-op) - Brighton, Kemptown)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the North Sea Transition Deal, published on 24 March 2021, what progress the Energy Skills Alliance has made in developing training and standards for all offshore energy industries.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The North Sea Transition Deal underpins the Government’s partnership with the offshore oil and gas sector, to achieve a managed energy transition which leaves no-one behind. The sector, through its skills body OPITO, is developing an integrated People and Skills Plan to support mutual recognition of workforce skills and competencies across energy sectors, which is due to be published in the coming months.
The Offshore Wind Sector Deal also includes actions to develop an Offshore Energy Passport to accredit offshore workers and facilitate job-mobility between offshore renewable and extractive industries; the Offshore Wind Industry Council produces a quarterly People and Skills Bulletin to provide an update on activities.
Specific training requirements fall within the remit of skills standards and training certifying bodies.
The Energy Skills Alliance (ESA) is chaired by OPITO, with information on the ESA and its membership published on the OPITO website.
Asked by: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour (Co-op) - Brighton, Kemptown)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of training times required to achieve basic certification to work in the offshore (a) oil and gas and (b) wind sector of the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS).
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The North Sea Transition Deal underpins the Government’s partnership with the offshore oil and gas sector, to achieve a managed energy transition which leaves no-one behind. The sector, through its skills body OPITO, is developing an integrated People and Skills Plan to support mutual recognition of workforce skills and competencies across energy sectors, which is due to be published in the coming months.
The Offshore Wind Sector Deal also includes actions to develop an Offshore Energy Passport to accredit offshore workers and facilitate job-mobility between offshore renewable and extractive industries; the Offshore Wind Industry Council produces a quarterly People and Skills Bulletin to provide an update on activities.
Specific training requirements fall within the remit of skills standards and training certifying bodies.
The Energy Skills Alliance (ESA) is chaired by OPITO, with information on the ESA and its membership published on the OPITO website.
Asked by: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour (Co-op) - Brighton, Kemptown)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the (a) amount of CO2 that needs to be captured by Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage and (b) volume of wood pellets required for the UK to reach net zero by 2050.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Analysis for the Net Zero Strategy’s illustrative 2050 scenarios conducted using the UK TIMES model includes 52 to 58 Mt of CO2 per year of engineered removals delivered by Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage in 2050. This analysis also includes the annual consumption of 70 to 180 TWh of pellets made from wood, crops and agricultural waste by 2050. The range comes from the three illustrative scenarios detailed in the government’s Net Zero Strategy report, which also contains more information about the model.
Asked by: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour (Co-op) - Brighton, Kemptown)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Climate Change Committee’s recommendation that the vast majority of the biomass burnt in UK power stations should be UK grown; and whether any of the wood pellets burnt in UK power stations in 2021 were from trees grown in the UK.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government will consider the use of domestically grown biomass feedstocks as part of the Biomass Strategy.