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401 records in UK in 2024
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an estimate of the quantity and proportion of energy infrastructure that will be required to meet his solar power targets that will be sourced from Chinese companies.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 September 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the number of smart meters which malfunction in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 September 2024
To ask the Chancellor for the Exchequer, whether she plans to review the list of approved energy-saving technologies that receive VAT relief.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the meeting between the Minister for Energy and energy firms on Wednesday 28 August 2024, what assessment he has made of the [a] potential impact of the costs of energy on p
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans has he to support pensioners with the cost of energy in (a) City of Durham and (b) County Durham.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the National Energy System Operator (NESO) integrates demand side flexibility into its market design.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to (a) help tackle reductions in the effectiveness of loft insulation during its lifetime and (b) increase (i) awareness of and (ii) access to new technologies to help
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to respond to the consultation entitled Home Energy Model: Future Homes Standard assessment which closed on 27 March 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with relevant organisations on steps to ensure that rural and island communities have (a) equitable access to SMART meters and (b) sup
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with (a) Ofgem and (b) energy companies on introducing a social tariff for low-income households.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many positions in his Department included (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity and (d) equality in their job title in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of the salar
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the energy price cap for winter 2024-25.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 September 2024
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report by Offshore Energies UK entitled Impact of UKCS fiscal policy on UK economic growth, published on 2 September 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) increasi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 September 2024
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report by Offshore Energies UK entitled Impact of UKCS fiscal policy on UK economic growth, published on 2 September 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) increasi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 September 2024
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report by Offshore Energies UK entitled Impact of UKCS fiscal policy on UK economic growth, published on 2 September 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) increasi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 September 2024
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the report by Offshore Energies UK entitled Impact of UKCS fiscal policy on UK economic growth, published on 2 September 2024, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) increasi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will hold discussions with energy producers on the potential merits of using profits to create an energy social tariff.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what information his Department holds on the average cost to energy companies of (a) installing and (b) maintaining smart meters in domestic properties in (i) 2023 and (ii) 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all new green-energy infrastructure is (a) built in suitable locations and (b) benefits nearby communities.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2024
My Noble Friend, the Minister of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Lord Hunt of Kings Heath OBE), made the following statement today:This Statement concerns an application for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008 by Ecotricity (Heck ...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2024
Our nation stands at a pivotal moment in our energy and net zero journey. As we navigate the challenges of energy security and the urgent need for a sustainable future, I am proud to announce the publication of the joint Government-Ofgem response to the S...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2024
This Statement concerns an application for development consent made under the Planning Act 2008 by Ecotricity (Heck Fen) Limited for the construction and operation of a solar photovoltaic electricity generating station situated in Lincolnshire.Under secti...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2024
My hon. Friend the Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero (Michael Shanks MP) made the following Statement today:Our nation stands at a pivotal moment in our energy and net zero journey. As we navigate the challenges of energy security and the urgent n...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the change in eligibility requirements for the Winter Fuel Payment in Winter 2024-25 on the affordability of energy for people aged over 65 in (a)
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to respond to the consultation entitled Improving the energy performance of privately rented homes in England and Wales, which closed on 8 January 2021; and wheth
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to ensure that people on a prepayment meter pay no more for energy than those on a contract.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to enable people on a prepayment meter to move onto an energy contract.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to provide trade unions with a role on the board of GB Energy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to ensure that energy companies have a legal responsibility to ensure that homes belonging to people in receipt of the State Pension are (a) warm and (b) damp-fr
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps she is taking to help ensure (a) people just above the Pension Credit threshold and (b) other older people can meet their energy costs,.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 September 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to prioritise his Department's housing retrofit programme to target (a) older and (b) disabled people.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the new chair of Great British Energy was appointed through open competition; what his remuneration is; and what provisions have been put in place to prevent potential conflicts of in
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to consult local residents prior to the approval of (a) solar farms and (b) onshore wind farms.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Great British Energy founding statement, published on 25 July 2024, whether he plans that every project invested in by Great British Energy will make a return by 2030.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans his Department has to reduce its energy usage.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will commission research into reducing consumer energy prices through locational energy consumption.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the investment that (a) oil and (b) gas companies have made in clean energy in the last 10 years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what data his Department holds on the number of smart meters installed that are reported as faulty, by constituency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what plans he has to help reduce household energy bills; and when those plans will come into effect.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what types of jobs Great British Energy will create; and where those jobs will be (a) in the North west and (b) nationally.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing imports of renewable energy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of Ofgem’s decision to increase the energy price cap from October 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of the potential impact of energy price rises on levels of child poverty.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if his Department will take steps to help households with the cost of energy during winter 2024-25.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of (a) Government and (b) industry data on household (i) income and (ii) energy needs to develop a targeted support mechanism for energy bills (A) for low-income
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a windfall tax for energy companies to help support consumers with the cost of energy bills.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the cost to his Department was of Ministerial severance payments during each year from 19 December 2019 to 30 May 2024; which Ministers received a severance payment; and how much each Mi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much his Department spent on communications in the last year for which data is available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Local Power Plan will contain measures to enable community energy schemes to sell electricity that they generate directly to local customers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 August 2024
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her planned timetable is for increasing the rate at which the Energy Profits Levy is charged.