Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts have been made to RRH Benbecula for maintenance issues relating to (a) roofing, (b) loss of heating and hot water, (c) electrics, (d) pest control and (e) damp and mould since April 2022.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The total number of callouts to Service Family Accommodation (SFA) for RAF Kirknewton, RRH Benbecula, RRH Buchan, RAF Saxa Vord, Kinloss Barracks, Glencorse Barracks, Dreghorn and Redford Barracks for maintenance issues since April 2022, are shown in the table below. Please note we are unable to separate the figures for Dreghorn and Redford Barracks as they are both held under the Edinburgh location.
MOD Site | Roofing | Loss of Heating & Hot Water | Electrical | Pest Control | Damp & Mould |
RAF Kirknewton | Station closed – All SFA have been identified for disposal | ||||
RRH Benbecula | SFA have been identified for disposal | ||||
RRH Buchan | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
RAF Saxa Vord | No SFA associated with this site. | ||||
Kinloss Barracks | 3 | 7 | 52 | 11 | 122 |
Glencorse Barracks | 5 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 118 |
Dreghorn & Redford Barracks | 10 | 11 | 86 | 8 | 203 |
The total number of callouts to RAF Kirknewton, RRH Benbecula, RRH Buchan, RAF Saxa Vord, Kinloss Barracks, Glencorse Barracks, Dreghorn and Redford Barracks for maintenance issues since April 2022 excluding callouts to SFA, are shown in the table below;
MOD Site | Roofing | Loss of Heating & Hot Water | Electrical | Pest Control | Damp & Mould |
RAF Kirknewton | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
RRH Benbecula | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
RRH Buchan | 10 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
RAF Saxa Vord | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
Kinloss Barracks | 126 | 420 | 289 | 44 | 68 |
Glencorse Barracks | 121 | 296 | 249 | 7 | 50 |
Dreghorn Barracks | 4 | 148 | 206 | 3 | 6 |
Redford Barracks | 81 | 207 | 353 | 11 | 6 |
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts have been made to RRH Buchan for maintenance issues relating to (a) roofing, (b) loss of heating and hot water, (c) electrics, (d) pest control and (e) damp and mould since April 2022.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The total number of callouts to Service Family Accommodation (SFA) for RAF Kirknewton, RRH Benbecula, RRH Buchan, RAF Saxa Vord, Kinloss Barracks, Glencorse Barracks, Dreghorn and Redford Barracks for maintenance issues since April 2022, are shown in the table below. Please note we are unable to separate the figures for Dreghorn and Redford Barracks as they are both held under the Edinburgh location.
MOD Site | Roofing | Loss of Heating & Hot Water | Electrical | Pest Control | Damp & Mould |
RAF Kirknewton | Station closed – All SFA have been identified for disposal | ||||
RRH Benbecula | SFA have been identified for disposal | ||||
RRH Buchan | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
RAF Saxa Vord | No SFA associated with this site. | ||||
Kinloss Barracks | 3 | 7 | 52 | 11 | 122 |
Glencorse Barracks | 5 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 118 |
Dreghorn & Redford Barracks | 10 | 11 | 86 | 8 | 203 |
The total number of callouts to RAF Kirknewton, RRH Benbecula, RRH Buchan, RAF Saxa Vord, Kinloss Barracks, Glencorse Barracks, Dreghorn and Redford Barracks for maintenance issues since April 2022 excluding callouts to SFA, are shown in the table below;
MOD Site | Roofing | Loss of Heating & Hot Water | Electrical | Pest Control | Damp & Mould |
RAF Kirknewton | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
RRH Benbecula | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
RRH Buchan | 10 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
RAF Saxa Vord | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
Kinloss Barracks | 126 | 420 | 289 | 44 | 68 |
Glencorse Barracks | 121 | 296 | 249 | 7 | 50 |
Dreghorn Barracks | 4 | 148 | 206 | 3 | 6 |
Redford Barracks | 81 | 207 | 353 | 11 | 6 |
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many callouts have been made to Redford Barracks for maintenance issues (a) roofing, (b) loss of heating and hot water, (c) electrics (d) pest control and (e) damp and mould since April 2022.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The total number of callouts to Service Family Accommodation (SFA) for RAF Kirknewton, RRH Benbecula, RRH Buchan, RAF Saxa Vord, Kinloss Barracks, Glencorse Barracks, Dreghorn and Redford Barracks for maintenance issues since April 2022, are shown in the table below. Please note we are unable to separate the figures for Dreghorn and Redford Barracks as they are both held under the Edinburgh location.
MOD Site | Roofing | Loss of Heating & Hot Water | Electrical | Pest Control | Damp & Mould |
RAF Kirknewton | Station closed – All SFA have been identified for disposal | ||||
RRH Benbecula | SFA have been identified for disposal | ||||
RRH Buchan | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
RAF Saxa Vord | No SFA associated with this site. | ||||
Kinloss Barracks | 3 | 7 | 52 | 11 | 122 |
Glencorse Barracks | 5 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 118 |
Dreghorn & Redford Barracks | 10 | 11 | 86 | 8 | 203 |
The total number of callouts to RAF Kirknewton, RRH Benbecula, RRH Buchan, RAF Saxa Vord, Kinloss Barracks, Glencorse Barracks, Dreghorn and Redford Barracks for maintenance issues since April 2022 excluding callouts to SFA, are shown in the table below;
MOD Site | Roofing | Loss of Heating & Hot Water | Electrical | Pest Control | Damp & Mould |
RAF Kirknewton | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
RRH Benbecula | 6 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
RRH Buchan | 10 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
RAF Saxa Vord | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 |
Kinloss Barracks | 126 | 420 | 289 | 44 | 68 |
Glencorse Barracks | 121 | 296 | 249 | 7 | 50 |
Dreghorn Barracks | 4 | 148 | 206 | 3 | 6 |
Redford Barracks | 81 | 207 | 353 | 11 | 6 |
Asked by: Lord Stunell (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the whole life net carbon savings which will be forfeited as a result of removing the requirement for Boiler Upgrade Scheme grant applicants to comply with Energy Performance Certificate recommendations, in particular arising from (1) the need to specify an oversized heat pump if a home is not improved, and (2) the impact on the existing annual pipeline of grant applicants, many of whom would have proceeded to install in compliance with the old requirements.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Removing the insulation requirements from the Boiler Upgrade Scheme will reduce barriers to scheme participation and increase the number of property owners moving from polluting fossil fuel heating systems to low carbon heating systems.
Whilst we are empowering consumers to decide what is right for them, it remains government guidance that properties should be well insulated to save money on bills.
In addition, we will continue to mandate that installers on the scheme are MCS certified to ensure systems are appropriately designed and sized for the property and customers are provided with advice on bills.
Asked by: Bill Wiggin (Conservative - North Herefordshire)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Green Heat Network fund in supporting shared ground loop deployment in rural off-gas grid areas.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
I refer my hon Friend to the answer I gave on 21 March 2024 to my hon Friend the Member for St Ives (Derek Thomas) to Question UIN 18922.
Asked by: Bill Wiggin (Conservative - North Herefordshire)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to help support the deployment of shared ground loops in rural areas.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme provides grants of £7,500 to support the installation of air source, ground source and water source heat pumps including plants installed as part of a shared ground loop. We are increasing the shared ground loops system capacity limit in May from 45kW to 300kW to address the concerns that groundworks for ground source heat pumps are a significant barrier to deployment.
Shared ground loop installations which satisfy the eligibility criteria for the Green Heat Network Fund can apply to the scheme for support. To be eligible, applicants must demonstrate that their networks can deliver a minimum of 2GWh per year of heat.
Asked by: Bill Wiggin (Conservative - North Herefordshire)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to support clean heat installations in rural areas.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Government ‘help to heat’ schemes supports deployment of low carbon heating in rural areas through ECO, Wave 2 of SHDF and HUG2.
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme also provides grants of £7,500 towards upfront cost and installation of air and ground source heat pumps. Up to the end of February 2024, 57% of grants paid out were for clean heat installations in rural areas
Through the Heat Network Transformation Programme, the Government is working with industry and local authorities to develop new heat networks and improve existing ones, including investing £500 million half a billion pounds in funds.
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help increase the number of people that are accredited to retrofit residential housing stock.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
To build retrofit workforce capacity, the government has invested nearly £29m since 2021 to deliver around 34,000 retrofit training opportunities. This includes an £8.85m Home Decarbonisation Skills Training Competition to deliver 8,000 insulation installation and retrofit professional qualifications, and a £5m Heat Training Grant to support 10,000 training opportunities relevant to heat pumps and heat networks up to 2025. The government launched a new Low Carbon Heating Technician apprenticeship in Autumn 2023 and is working with industry to develop occupational standards for insulation and building treatments to create new apprenticeships and T Levels for retrofit work.
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the number of households in Wales affected by (a) charges which represent a significant proportion of their income and (b) poor standards of workmanship under the Energy Company Obligation Scheme since July 2022.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) places a requirement on larger energy suppliers to deliver heating and insulation measures to eligible low-income and fuel poor households. Energy suppliers recoup delivery costs through consumer bills.
Homes benefitting from ECO4 will cut approximately £430 off their energy bills.
The Department does not hold data on the number of households affected by poor standards of workmanship under ECO. Through the ongoing evaluation of ECO4, we are gathering feedback from a sample of households on their satisfaction with installations.
Asked by: Charlotte Nichols (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps her Department is taking to ensure a just transition when moving from fossil fuels to a hydrogen-based economy.
Answered by Andrew Bowie - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
As well as supporting UK energy independence, low carbon hydrogen will be critical to helping British industries transition from oil and gas, provide greener energy for power, transport and potentially home heating. Government’s working closely with the oil and gas industry to achieve a managed transition, including through the North Sea Transition Deal. Deal recognises the world-leading skills of the sector and supply chain and key role it could have in helping deliver net zero and Hydrogen production ambition. The Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill sends a strong signal to support the continued investment necessary to our energy security and transition to cleaner technologies.