Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak)
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 Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency had heat pumps installed as of 13 December 2022.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Microgeneration Certification Scheme Installations Database shows that as of 13 December 2022, 23 heat pump installations were registered in the Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency.
The database does not include all heat pump installations, for example, those installed without Government funding support, such as in new buildings. These not typically recorded in the Microgeneration Certification Scheme Installations Database.
Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak)
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 Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Government is committed to improving the energy performance of homes across the country, including in Birmingham, Selly Oak.
The Government is already investing £6.6 billion over this parliament on decarbonising heat and energy efficiency measures.
An additional £6 billion of new Government funding, announced in the Autumn Statement, will be made available from 2025 to 2028. This provides long-term funding certainty, supporting the growth of supply chains, and ensuring we can scale up our delivery over time.
Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to support households who have not received the £400 cost of living energy bills discount because their landlord has been given a payment for the main meter.
Answered by Graham Stuart
Households with a domestic electricity supply will automatically receive the Energy Bills Support Scheme discount of £400. To ensure that this energy support reaches the intended beneficiaries, the Government has introduced regulations so that intermediaries, such as landlords, are required to pass on the financial benefit to their tenants. These pass-through requirements apply to tenants who do not have a direct relationship with an energy supplier, for example, where there is a main meter. If the landlord does not pass on the benefit, the tenant can pursue recovery of the benefit as a civil debt through the county courts.
Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak)
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 his Department has made of the number and proportion of households with submeters that are receiving the Energy Bills Support Scheme payment.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Government does not hold an estimate for households with submeters receiving the Energy Bills Support Scheme payment. Only primary meters are eligible for EBSS, as stated in the guidance: Energy Bills Support Scheme – Guidance for Electricity Suppliers, clause 5.1.
Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak)
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 number of jobs that are linked to insulating properties in the West Midlands.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The transition to high-efficiency low-carbon buildings could support 240,000 skilled jobs by 2035, concentrated on areas of the UK where investment is needed most. The Government does not have an estimate for the number of jobs that are linked to insulating properties specifically in the West Midlands.
Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to Answer of 20 September 2022 to Question 51421 on Buildings: Insulation, if he will make an estimate of the number of properties that have undergone heat insulation works in the West Midlands in 2022 to date.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The table below shows the number of insulation measures funded through Government schemes, installed in properties in the West Midlands in 2022 up to the latest available data. The Government schemes in scope here are the Energy Company Obligation (ECO), Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery (LAD), and Green Homes Grant Vouchers (GHGV). Further information on these schemes are available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/household-energy-efficiency-national-statistics;
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/green-home-grant-statistics.
Number of insulation measures[1]installed in West Midland funded through ECO[2], LAD and GHGV[3]
| ECO | LAD | GHGV | Total |
2022 | 3,666 | 88 | 21 | 3,775 |
Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak)
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 number of properties that have undergone heat insulation works in the West Midlands in each year since 2010.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The table below shows the number of insulation measures funded through Government schemes, installed in properties in the West Midlands since 2013. The Government schemes in scope here are the Energy Company Obligation (ECO), Green Homes Grant Local Authority Delivery (LAD), and Green Homes Grant Vouchers (GHGV). Further information on these schemes are available here and here.
Number of insulation measures[1]installed in West Midland funded through ECO, LAD and GHGV[2]
| ECO | LAD | GHGV | Total |
2013 | 40,356 | N/A | N/A | 40,356 |
2014 | 62,154 | N/A | N/A | 62,154 |
2015 | 30,620 | N/A | N/A | 30,620 |
2016 | 18,809 | N/A | N/A | 18,809 |
2017 | 8,499 | N/A | N/A | 8,499 |
2018 | 9,639 | N/A | N/A | 9,639 |
2019 | 12,457 | N/A | N/A | 12,457 |
2020 | 17,323 | 40 | 19 | 17,382 |
2021 | 15,787 | 274 | 4,957 | 21,018 |
The Carbon Emissions Reduction Target (CERT) and Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP) were Government energy efficiency schemes that ran prior to 2013. More information on these schemes can be found hereand here.
[1] Insulation measures in scope are cavity wall, solid wall, loft, roof, floor, park home, and draught proofing. A property may receive more than one insulation measure.
[2] LAD and GHGV started in 2020
Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he plans to take to ensure that energy bill rebates for student accommodation landlords are evenly distributed amongst their tenants.
Answered by Graham Stuart
If landlords have a domestic electricity meter point, they will receive £400 through the Energy Bills Support Scheme. The Government encourages landlords to pass the payment to tenants to ensure it is reflected in tenants’ inclusive charges or separate bill payments. If landlords have a commercial meter, they will not receive the £400 payment.
As per Ofgem’s Maximum Resale Price guidance (https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/sites/default/files/docs/2005/10/11782-resaleupdateoct05_3.pdf) there are rules which can protect tenants and ensure they are being charged no more than they should be when they buy the electricity through their landlord.
The Government is working with key stakeholder groups in the private rented sector to help communicate this information.
Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak)
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 ensure that energy companies are not sending consumers false information in relation to smart meters.
Answered by Graham Stuart
Energy suppliers are required to abide by the Standards of Conduct outlined in their licence conditions, which set expectations regarding their behaviour, information provision and customer service processes. As part of this, when communicating with their customers, energy suppliers must provide information that is complete, accurate and not misleading.
Energy suppliers are regulated against their licence obligations by Ofgem, which has a range of enforcement tools at its disposal.
Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reason his Department's net zero expenditure plans for the energy efficiency of buildings is being reduced from £1.3 billion in 2021-22 to £0.7 billion in 2023-23.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government is investing over £6.6 billion over this parliament to improve energy efficiency and decarbonise heating.
The spending profiles of Government schemes reflect the need for Local Authorities and Housing Associations to deliver over financial years, supported by their local supply chains. The ECO4 order has now been laid, and debates have taken place in both Houses. The Government expects regulations to come into force this month. The scheme is worth £1bn per annum and will run from 2022 – 2026.