Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many SMEs have received discounts on digital products through the Help to Grow: Digital programme since March 2021.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Full details on the take up of the Help to Grow: Digital scheme will be released in due course once the scheme has fully closed.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the cost to the public purse has been of the Help to Grow: Digital programme since March 2021.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Full details on the take up of the Help to Grow: Digital scheme will be released in due course once the scheme has fully closed.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many homes in Feltham and Heston constituency with cavity walls have been insulated as of 31 October 2022.
Answered by Graham Stuart
BEIS estimates that under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) and Green Homes Grant (GHG) government schemes, around 1,700 cavity wall insulation measures have been installed in Feltham and Heston constituency.
Data for ECO covers January 2013 to September 2022. Data for the GHG schemes cover October 2020 to September 2022.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to increase the number of green jobs in Feltham and Heston constituency.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Government’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution incorporates £12 Billion and sets out our plans to work with industry to create the skilled workforce needed to transition to a green economy. The Green Jobs Delivery Group has already supported 68,000 jobs nationally within the green economy. This forms part of around 430,000 jobs in low carbon businesses and their supply chains across the country generating an estimated turnover of £41.2 billion. Feltham and Heston also benefit from several streams of growth funding awarded to London, including £144m through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund announced on Monday 5 December 2022, a central pillar of the Government’s ambitious Levelling Up agenda.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to increase the rate of energy efficiency measure installations in homes in Feltham and Heston constituency.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Government is committed to improving the energy performance of homes across the country, including in Feltham and Heston.
The Government is already investing £6.6 billion over this parliament on decarbonising heat and energy efficiency measures.
The additional £6 billion of new Government funding, announced in the Autumn Statement, will be made available from 2025 to 2028.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he plans to publish the Product Safety review to which the Government committed in Spring 2022.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The product safety review’s consultation, which will set out the government’s ambition for fundamental reform, is being finalised for publication and will be brought forward as quickly as possible.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an estimate of the depreciation of the value of properties whose communal energy supply is bought on their behalf by management companies at a commercial rate.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Department has not seen evidence of property value depreciation as a result of communal energy supply being bought by management companies, but would welcome the provision of any such evidence.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to provide support to households whose property value has depreciated because the property is heated by a communal energy supply for which energy is purchased at the commercial rate.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Department has not heard instances of property value depreciating due to a heat network connection, but will continue to monitor this situation.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with businesses in Feltham and Heston constituency on the potential impact of the cost of living crisis on those businesses.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government recognises the impact rising prices are having on businesses, including those in Feltham and Heston, and is engaging with businesses across the UK to understand these challenges and explore ways to mitigate them.
The Government has reversed the National Insurance rise, saving SMEs £4,200 on average, cut fuel duty for 12 months and brought in the Energy Bill Relief Scheme, which is shielding businesses across the country from soaring energy prices, saving some around half of their wholesale energy costs.
We have also announced £13.6 billion of support for businesses over the next five years, reducing the burden of business rates for SMEs.
Asked by: Seema Malhotra (Labour (Co-op) - Feltham and Heston)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to introduce new rules on product safety.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government is undertaking a review of the current product safety framework which is heavily based on the EU model. The Review seeks to reform the framework to ensure it is fit for the digital age and better meets the needs of UK consumers and businesses. A call for evidence was run last year and the Government response was published on 11 November 2021. We are currently finalising a consultation on proposals for reform.