Asked by: Matt Rodda (Labour - Reading East)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what is the annual cost to the public purse of her Department's expenditure on (a) IT infrastructure, (b) IT infrastructure purchased prior to 2013 and (c) legacy IT infrastructure for each year since 2010.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The accounting systems track IT spend, but do not capture the level of detail readily to identify spend on Infrastructure or legacy systems. Determination of legacy IT will require more work; the Legacy Risk Assessment will be prepared and submitted to Cabinet by the end of the current Financial year. Currently, within our centrally managed digital function, there is no legacy IT of any material size or value.
Asked by: Matt Rodda (Labour - Reading East)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the Central Digital & Data Office's guidance entitled, Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework, published 29 September 2023, how many red-rated IT systems are used by her Department as of 21 November 2023.
Answered by Graham Stuart
This information is not held centrally by the department. DESNZ is a new department, so the risk is unlikely to be recorded.
Asked by: Matt Rodda (Labour - Reading East)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has held recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on establishing a way of providing proof of address for itinerant liveaboard boaters who have not been able to obtain alternative fuel payment support.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Officials have consulted stakeholder representatives during the continued policy development of the energy affordability schemes to understand whether there is a robust method for itinerant liveaboard boaters to provide proof that their boat is their main or sole residence so they can claim this support. Officials are continuing these discussions and will update relevant stakeholders with further information once any decision has been made.
Asked by: Matt Rodda (Labour - Reading East)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to enable itinerant liveaboard boaters to provide proof of address for the purpose of obtaining alternative fuel payment support.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Officials are still working to determine if there is a robust method for itinerant liveaboard boaters to provide proof that their boat is their main or sole residence, so they can claim energy bills support whilst protecting public funds from fraud. The Government is working to resolve this issue and will communicate any decision with key stakeholder associations who represent these households when it has been made.
Asked by: Matt Rodda (Labour - Reading East)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent progress his Department has made on providing itinerant liveaboard boaters with alternative fuel payment support.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
Officials are still working to determine if there is a robust method for itinerant liveaboard boaters to provide proof that their boat is their main or sole residence so they can receive energy bills support whilst protecting public funds from fraud. The Government is working to resolve this issue and will communicate any decision with stakeholder associations who represent these households when it has been made.
Asked by: Matt Rodda (Labour - Reading East)
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 estimate of the number of people that have not been able to apply for alternative fuel payment support because they could not provide proof of address.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Government do not hold information that would enable us to make a reasonable estimate.