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Written Question
Fuel Oil and Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Prices
Thursday 20th October 2022

Asked by: Victoria Atkins (Conservative - Louth and Horncastle)

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 further support in addition to the £400 Energy Bill Support Scheme payment and the £100 one-off payment announced on 21 September, for households that are reliant on domestic heating oil and LPG.

Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

In addition to the £400 support from the Energy Bill Support Scheme and the £100 one off Alternative Fuel Payment, households reliant on domestic heating oil and LPG, but who use electricity for their other energy needs, will benefit from the electricity component of the Energy Price Guarantee.


Written Question
Fuel Oil: Prices
Monday 17th October 2022

Asked by: Victoria Atkins (Conservative - Louth and Horncastle)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what medium his Department plans to use to provide the additional payment of £100 to households who are not able to receive support for their heating costs through the Energy Price Guarantee to compensate for the rising costs of alternative fuels such as heating oil as announced on 21 September 2022.

Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Households in Great Britain eligible for these payments will receive £100 as a credit on their electricity bill this winter. Households who are eligible for but who do not receive Alternative Fuel Payment or the £100 heat network payment, because they do not have a relationship with an electricity supplier for example, will receive the £100 via the Alternative Fuel Payment Alternative Fund, which will be provided by a designated body. The Government will confirm details of the AFP Alternative Fund shortly.


Written Question
Energy Bills Rebate
Monday 17th October 2022

Asked by: Victoria Atkins (Conservative - Louth and Horncastle)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when his Department expects to provide the additional payment of £100 to households who are not able to receive support for their heating costs through the Energy Price Guarantee to compensate for the rising costs of alternative fuels such as heating oil as announced on 21 September 2022.

Answered by Graham Stuart - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The details of when this payment will be made will be confirmed shortly. The Government is committed to delivering this support to customers as quickly as possible.


Written Question
Fuels: Prices
Tuesday 4th April 2017

Asked by: Victoria Atkins (Conservative - Louth and Horncastle)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the extent of price differentials between motorway and non-motorway service stations; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by John Hayes

The Department does not monitor the pricing of fuel at Motorway Service Areas or on Trunk Roads.

However, the Department does monitor areas of concern raised by road users in order to make improvements and Highways England are monitoring the price of fuel solely for evaluating the impact of the motorway fuel price signs trial.


Written Question
Glyphosate: Safety
Monday 27th March 2017

Asked by: Victoria Atkins (Conservative - Louth and Horncastle)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of the scientific evidence on the safety of glyphosate to humans and its continued use in farming.

Answered by George Eustice

In November 2015, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reassessed glyphosate to take into account scientific developments since it was approved and identified no safety concerns. UK experts agree that glyphosate meets the safety standards required to be approved for use in farming.


Written Question
Fuels: Prices
Friday 24th March 2017

Asked by: Victoria Atkins (Conservative - Louth and Horncastle)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the average price differential of fuel per litre in cost and percentage terms between motorway and non-motorway service stations.

Answered by John Hayes

The Department does not monitor the pricing of fuel at Motorway Service Areas.

However, the Department does monitor areas of concern raised by road users in order to make improvements. Recent research by Transport Focus, the independent watchdog representing users of England’s major roads, concluded that overall Motorway Service Areas do meet the needs of most users.


Written Question
Fuels: Prices
Friday 24th March 2017

Asked by: Victoria Atkins (Conservative - Louth and Horncastle)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government monitors the extent of fuel price differentials between motorway and non-motorway service stations.

Answered by John Hayes

The Department does not monitor the pricing of fuel at Motorway Service Areas.

However, the Department does monitor areas of concern raised by road users in order to make improvements. Recent research by Transport Focus, the independent watchdog representing users of England’s major roads, concluded that overall Motorway Service Areas do meet the needs of most users.


Written Question
Mink: Lincolnshire
Tuesday 25th October 2016

Asked by: Victoria Atkins (Conservative - Louth and Horncastle)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the (a) extent of the increase in numbers of North American mink in the river systems and waterways of the marshes of East Lindsey and (b) effect of that increase on (i) the water vole and (ii) other native wildlife species.

Answered by Thérèse Coffey

Since 2008, the Water Vole Database and Mapping Project has managed and stored water vole survey records, as well collating data on American mink. This has enabled mapping of this data and effective use of the datasets for the benefit of water vole populations. The map on page 66 of the 2014 report, found at http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/watervole-project, indicates a thriving population of water vole in the Lindsey Marshes. The data for East Lindsey can be requested from the Lincolnshire Environmental Records Centre.

The project does not itself involve assessing the effect of one species on another but the presence of American mink is the most significant factor in the decline of the water vole. Ongoing control of the mink at a catchment scale is therefore a priority for water vole conservation.


Written Question
Borders
Monday 6th June 2016

Asked by: Victoria Atkins (Conservative - Louth and Horncastle)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what work her Department has undertaken with international partners on access to sources of data that can be used to enhance the security of the UK border.

Answered by James Brokenshire

The Government works multilaterally and bilaterally with foreign governments, international law enforcement partners and security agencies to share data in order to strengthen the UK border against a range of security threats. The UK uses Interpol’s Stolen and Lost Travel Documents Database to identify individuals trying to enter the UK on such documents.

Since April 2015, the UK has also had access to the Schengen Information System which allows us intercept individuals at the border who are subject to a European Arrest Warrant. The Government also works with the global carrier industry to process passenger and crew information to inform border security decisions in advance of travel to or from the UK and at the border.


Written Question
Schools: Finance
Monday 25th April 2016

Asked by: Victoria Atkins (Conservative - Louth and Horncastle)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department is making on ensuring that funding is distributed fairly across schools.

Answered by Sam Gyimah

The fair distribution of funding is a priority for this Government. A National Funding Formula will ensure that every school is allocated funding fairly and transparently according to need. The first stage of a two part consultation closed last week and we are currently considering the responses. It is important that we get such a significant change right and so we will publish our response to the first stage, and second consultation, later this year.