Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 1 February 2024 to Question 1418 on the Energy Charter Treaty, if she will set a deadline for the receipt of views from stakeholders on membership of the Energy Charter Treaty; and if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the decision by other countries to withdraw from the charter.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Government is considering the views of stakeholders in business, civil society, and Parliament and will inform Parliament of the outcome in due course.
Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
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 impact assessment for the Energy Bills Support Scheme, published on 12 October 2022, on what evidential basis table 12 indicates that there are between 85,000 and 125,000 park homes; and if he will take steps to make a more precise estimate of the number of park homes.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Government used information from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and from the Scottish and Welsh governments, to estimate the number of park home households eligible for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding. As the scheme is now closed to new applications, the department will not be taking any further steps to estimate the number of households who were eligible for support.
Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the number of park home residents in England who were eligible for payments under the Energy Bills Support Scheme; how many applications under the scheme have been received; and how many have been successful.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Government published its working assumption for the number of eligible park home residents for the Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS) in October 2022 - https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3341/publications. The latest application figures for the EBSS AF were published on 15 June on GOV.UK - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-bills-support-scheme-alternative-fund-gb-ni-and-alternative-fuel-payment-alternative-fund-applications-made-by-customers
The final application figures for the scheme will be published later in the year.