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Written Question
Energy: Prices
Thursday 8th September 2016

Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)

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 make an estimate of the average annual energy charges paid by (a) existing and (b) new customers in each of the last five years.

Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons

Average annual domestic bills for gas and electricity and industrial energy prices are published as part of the BEIS’s quarterly energy prices publication. The latest available figures are for the average annual domestic bills in 2015 which are £714 for gas (GB) and £584 (UK) for standard electricity.

The information required to distinguish between existing and new customers is not held by BEIS.

Speech in General Committees - Mon 18 Jul 2016
Draft Pubs Code (Fees, Costs and Financial Penalties) Regulations 2016

"May I compliment the hon. Lady on her presentation, congratulate her on her appointment and wish her all the best in Victoria Street? That is an excellent place for a Minister to be—I was there once. There is even someone behind her, supporting her, who was there when I was …..."
Ian C. Lucas - View Speech

View all Ian C. Lucas (Lab - Wrexham) contributions to the debate on: Draft Pubs Code (Fees, Costs and Financial Penalties) Regulations 2016
Written Question
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Tuesday 1st March 2016

Asked by: Ian C. Lucas (Labour - Wrexham)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library the most recent submissions made by the parties involved in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.

Answered by Anna Soubry

The European Commission has published a large number of documents relating to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) on its website, including EU proposals for legal text, position papers and factsheets.

The Commission and the US have agreed that national parliamentarians should have access to classified TTIP documents, including consolidated texts, via reading rooms in national ministries. Restrictions placed on these rooms include that they are only accessible to officials of Member State central governments and Members of Member State national Parliaments.

The UK intends to establish such a reading room in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). This will give equivalent access to documents for Members of both Houses to that afforded to Members of the European Parliament. Members of both Houses will be informed of the process and details of how to access the room shortly, once these have been finalised.