Helen Maguire MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Electricity: Standing ChargesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to review standing charges on electricity bills for households on prepayment meters.
Answer: The Government knows that too much of the burden of the bill is placed on standing charges. We are committed to lowering the cost of standing charges and have worked constructively with the regulator, Ofgem, on this issue. Ofgem have been considering how ...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat Networks: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to ensure that households on heat network schemes have access to the same consumer protections as people on standard tariffs.
Answer: DESNZ is introducing heat network regulation which aims to provide consumers with comparable protections to existing gas and electricity consumers.From 27 January 2026 Ofgem will formally commence their role as the market regulator, with powers to investi...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBatteries: StorageDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has had discussions with the British Standards Institution on the implications of Publicly Available Specification 63100:2024 for the installation of domestic battery storage syste
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 63100:2024 is a standard and not part of government regulation. The ...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGas Fired Power StationsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of improving the efficiency of existing Combined Cycle Gas Turbine power stations on wholesale electricity prices.
Answer: No direct assessment has been made of the impact of more efficient CCGTs on wholesale electricity prices, nor of the efficiency of CCGTs versus small modular reactors. An efficient electricity system needs a range of technologies to ensure that we reach o...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGas Fired Power Stations and Small Modular Reactors: InvestmentDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53778More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of (a) the comparative efficiency and (b) cost-effectiveness of (i) improving the thermal efficiency of existing Combined Cycle Gas Turbine power stations an
Answer: No direct assessment has been made of the impact of more efficient CCGTs on wholesale electricity prices, nor of the efficiency of CCGTs versus small modular reactors. An efficient electricity system needs a range of technologies to ensure that we reach o...
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNuclear PowerDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53777More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many meetings his Department has had with (a) representatives of commercial nuclear manufacturers, (b) power utilities interested in building a new nuclear plant and (c) non-governmental
Answer: Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretaries' meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 29 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBoiler Upgrade SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Government's response to the Boiler Upgrade Scheme Regulations consultation, published in March 2024, whether the Boiler Upgrade Scheme
Answer: Following the conclusion of the first phase of the Spending Review on 30 October 2024, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme has a committed budget of £295 million for this financial year (2025/26). The Boiler Upgrade Scheme is a critical element of the Government’s ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what progress his Department has made on developing an online consumer advice service for retrofit.
Answer: The Government is working to enhance our existing digital consumer advice offer on gov.uk by streamlining services into a single access point for all domestic consumers (homeowners, landlords and tenants. This will simplify the user experience and enable ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with energy companies on policy cost rebalancing on energy bills to incentivise the uptake of low-carbon technologies.
Answer: Details of Ministers’ and Permanent Secretaries’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: ConservationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what proportion of energy efficiency measures were funded by the (a) Energy Company Obligation, (b) Great British Insulation Scheme, (c) Home Upgrade Grant, (d) Warm Homes: Local Grant and (e
Answer: The Department publishes Household Energy Efficiency Statistics reports which provide detailed breakdowns of measures installed under various government support schemes. Statistics for 2023 are available on GOV.UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy Company ObligationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he plans to continue the Energy Company Obligation after April 2026.
Answer: We are committed to meeting fuel poverty and Net Zero targets, and we are currently considering what policy mix will best achieve that, including what role energy company obligations should play post-2026. We will ensure that lessons learned from the Ener...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWind Power: ScotlandDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing capacity for Scottish onshore wind by 700MW between 2030 and 2035 on net zero targets.
Answer: We don't consider the increase in capacity planned for Scotland between 2030 and 2035 to have an impact on our ability to reach our net zero targets. The 2035 capacity number for Scotland is based on the National Energy System Operator’s Future Energy Sce...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRenewable EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to prevent (a) stalled and (b) speculative schemes from preventing viable renewable energy projects from progressing.
Answer: The government is working closely with Ofgem, National Energy System Operator (NESO) and network companies to reform the connections process and enable advanced projects, that align with our strategic needs, to connect faster. Ofgem is currently consideri...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFuel PovertyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that fuel poverty interventions are (a) sufficient and (b) well targeted.
Answer: The Government believes the only way to protect consumers permanently is to speed up the transition towards homegrown clean energy. The creation of Great British Energy will help us to harness clean energy and have less reliance on volatile international ...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes Plan: Epsom and EwellDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 7 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of households are (a) eligible for and (b) in receipt of the Warm Homes Discount in Epsom and Ewell constituency.
Answer: The latest published Warm Home Discount statistics are for 2023/4 and use the constituency boundaries operating prior to the 2024 General Election. Most (87%) of the residential premises in Epsom and Ewell constituency come from Epsom and Ewell constituen...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of a national strategy to make properties built before 1920 more energy efficient.
Answer: The UK has the oldest housing stock in Europe and the government recognises that there is no “one-size-fits-all" approach to tackle the UK’s diverse building stock, and the need to ensure more historic buildings are able to achieve Net Zero. The Depa...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
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