Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of how much will be provided in cost of living energy support for third and second homes.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government estimates around 545,000 second homes in Great Britain, which make up around 2% of the UK’s housing stock. If all of these homes were eligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme grant, this could contribute a maximum estimate of £218million towards the cost of the scheme.
The Government is prioritising issuing the money to 29 million households by winter 2022. Accurately identifying second homeowners would delay the delivery of the scheme. Additionally, some second homes will be held in circumstances where the recipient may need cost of living support, such as providing a home for an elderly or disabled relative.
Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many (a) successful and (b) total applicants there were to the Green Homes Grant.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme closed to new applicants at the end of 31 March 2021. The latest Green Homes Grant voucher release official statistics, published on gov.uk in February 2022, show at the end of 7 February 2022 the total number of household applications received was 113,736, the total number of approved household applications was 61,650, and the number of household applications with at least one measure installed was 43,303. There will be a final statistical release towards the end of 2022 when all exceptional circumstance vouchers are redeemed.
Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many responses his Department received to its consultation on the Green Finance Strategy.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
In response to its Green Finance Strategy consultation, the Government received 145 responses from organisations, and over 1,250 responses from individuals.
Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Energy Bills Support Scheme, whether households who live in unmetered properties will receive support for the costs of energy in 2022-23.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Energy suppliers will deliver this support to households with a domestic electricity meter over six months from October. Other support for consumers who might not be eligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme was announced by the Government on the 26 May.
Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy or Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Energy Bills Support Scheme, whether owners of multiple properties with a domestic electricity meter will receive £400 for each of those properties.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The £400 grant will be delivered to households via energy suppliers through electricity bills over six months from October.
The Government held a technical consultation on the Energy Bills Support Scheme from 11 April to 23 May. The responses to this consultation are being analysed and a response will be published later in the summer.
Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much the Exchequer has paid to lenders as a result of defaults in the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan scheme; and how much of that figure is a result of fraud.
Answered by Paul Scully
The latest information is available at https://www.british-business-bank.co.uk/covid-19-emergency-loan-schemes-repayment-data/”.
Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) the value and (b) proportion of loans made through the Bounce Back Loan scheme that will not be repaid.
Answered by Paul Scully
The latest estimates of projected losses in the Bounce Back Loan Scheme are available in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2020-2021.
Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the value of fraudulent loans made through the Bounce Back Loan scheme.
Answered by Paul Scully
The latest estimates are available in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2020-2021.
Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the value of fraudulent loans made through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan scheme.
Answered by Paul Scully
The latest estimates of projected losses for the scheme are available in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2020-2021.
Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he has made of the (a) value and (b) proportion of loans made through the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan scheme that will not be repaid.
Answered by Paul Scully
The latest estimates for projected losses from the scheme are available in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2020-2021.