Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he make an assessment of the potential merits of extending employment rights to allow employees take leave during a red weather alert.
Answered by Andrew Griffiths
Employers should look kindly on workers who follow official guidance not to travel and treat them in good faith. I would encourage employers to come to a reasonable solution on leave that is fair to employees and right for their business.
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on employers requiring staff to travel into work during a red weather warning; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Andrew Griffiths
BEIS does not collect information on employers requiring staff to travel into work during a red weather warning.
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the Government's policy is on employers requesting workers to travel into work during a red weather warning.
Answered by Andrew Griffiths
We would encourage employers to exercise common sense and consider the advice given by agencies such as the Met Office on travelling in such adverse conditions.
Employers should consider their legal obligations under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act, if asking employees to travel for work.
Guidance for driving at work can be found in HSE’s leaflet: INDG382 Driving for Work, www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg382.pdf
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether existing providers will have to undergo new quality and standards checks before participating in the new green deal scheme.
Answered by Claire Perry
The Green Deal Framework remains in place and we are aware that various sources of private finance have continued to be utilised under the Framework. As such, the Green Deal was at no point ended and consequently will not be “re-launched”.
We are, however, looking to improve and revitalise the Green Deal. My department published a Call for Evidence on the Green Deal Framework in October 2017. We are considering the responses and will consult on any proposals to reform the Green Deal in due course. Current participants in the Green Deal scheme must continue to adhere to all the requirements of the scheme that apply to them.
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton West)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he plans to introduce a new code of practice for green deal providers and assessors in the relaunched green deal.
Answered by Claire Perry
The Green Deal Framework remains in place and we are aware that various sources of private finance have continued to be utilised under the Framework. As such, the Green Deal was at no point ended and consequently will not be “re-launched”.
We are, however, looking to improve and revitalise the Green Deal. My department published a Call for Evidence on the Green Deal Framework in October 2017. We are considering the responses and will consult on any proposals to reform the Green Deal in due course. Current participants in the Green Deal scheme must continue to adhere to all the requirements of the scheme that apply to them.
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton 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 green deal providers were refused the right to produce green deal reports.
Answered by Claire Perry
Green Deal Providers are just one of four key authorised participants involved in the Green Deal customer journey, each with different customer interactions. There are also differences in the requirements to become authorised participants. The criteria that they have to meet are set out in the Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgement, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012.
Organisations are not required to have UKAS approval in order to become Green Deal Providers.
It is not the Provider’s role to produce Green Deal reports (or “Green Deal Advice Reports”). This is the responsibility of the Green Deal Assessor. No Providers, therefore, have been refused the right to produce Green Deal reports.
The table below sets out the number of organisations, by year, who have been registered as Green Deal Providers. These numbers do not take account of the numbers by year who have withdrawn from the scheme. The total number of currently-authorised Providers is 169.
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
19 | 100 | 52 | 16 | 11 | 7 |
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton 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 green deal providers have registered with the Green Deal Registration and Oversight Body in each year since that body has been established.
Answered by Claire Perry
Green Deal Providers are just one of four key authorised participants involved in the Green Deal customer journey, each with different customer interactions. There are also differences in the requirements to become authorised participants. The criteria that they have to meet are set out in the Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgement, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012.
Organisations are not required to have UKAS approval in order to become Green Deal Providers.
It is not the Provider’s role to produce Green Deal reports (or “Green Deal Advice Reports”). This is the responsibility of the Green Deal Assessor. No Providers, therefore, have been refused the right to produce Green Deal reports.
The table below sets out the number of organisations, by year, who have been registered as Green Deal Providers. These numbers do not take account of the numbers by year who have withdrawn from the scheme. The total number of currently-authorised Providers is 169.
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
19 | 100 | 52 | 16 | 11 | 7 |
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton 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 green deal providers were not certified by UKAS as meeting the green deal standard in (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.
Answered by Claire Perry
Green Deal Providers are just one of four key authorised participants involved in the Green Deal customer journey, each with different customer interactions. There are also differences in the requirements to become authorised participants. The criteria that they have to meet are set out in the Green Deal Framework (Disclosure, Acknowledgement, Redress etc.) Regulations 2012.
Organisations are not required to have UKAS approval in order to become Green Deal Providers.
It is not the Provider’s role to produce Green Deal reports (or “Green Deal Advice Reports”). This is the responsibility of the Green Deal Assessor. No Providers, therefore, have been refused the right to produce Green Deal reports.
The table below sets out the number of organisations, by year, who have been registered as Green Deal Providers. These numbers do not take account of the numbers by year who have withdrawn from the scheme. The total number of currently-authorised Providers is 169.
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
19 | 100 | 52 | 16 | 11 | 7 |
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton 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 green deal providers were investigated by the green deal oversight body between 2015 and 2018.
Answered by Claire Perry
Since the Green Deal was introduced, two companies have been investigated by the Green Deal Ombudsman and Investigation Service. The first was concluded in 2015 by a sanction against the company Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd. The other investigation took place during 2015 and did not lead to a sanction. Separately, the Green Deal Oversight and Registration Body carried out 44 audits of Green Deal Providers since 2013.
Asked by: Ged Killen (Labour (Co-op) - Rutherglen and Hamilton 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 green deal providers were investigated by the green deal oversight body between 2013 and 2015.
Answered by Claire Perry
Since the Green Deal was introduced, two companies have been investigated by the Green Deal Ombudsman and Investigation Service. The first was concluded in 2015 by a sanction against the company Home Energy and Lifestyle Management Ltd. The other investigation took place during 2015 and did not lead to a sanction. Separately, the Green Deal Oversight and Registration Body carried out 44 audits of Green Deal Providers since 2013.