Asked by: Lord Goddard of Stockport (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many incidences of subsea cables being damaged there have been within the UK's Exclusive Economic Zone in the last 10 years; and how many were attributable to (1) UK fishing trawlers, and (2) non-UK actors.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Information on the number of cable damages is not held. Subsea cable operators have arrangements in place to ensure a prompt response to damage or disruption, drawing upon national and international cable laying and repair companies.
Asked by: Lord Goddard of Stockport (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask His Majesty's Government what directions they intend to give Ofgem to reduce or abolish standing charges, to ease the financial burden on consumers, particularly the poorest.
Answered by Lord Callanan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Ofgem is an independent regulator and is directly accountable to Parliament. There are no plans to give directions to Ofgem to change the approach to standing charges.