Dr Alan Whitehead

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in the UK are in receipt of pension credit; and what the annual cost is of that credit.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of implementing an investment allowance for the renewable energy sector within the Electricity Generator Levy.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential effect of the Electricity Generator Levy on the international competitiveness of the renewables sector.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of including the potential benefits of (a) gas, (b) pumped storage hydroelectricity, (c) battery storage, (d) coal and (e) oil generation in the Electricity Generator Levy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the advice he has received from his officials on the coal mine in Whitehaven, Cumbria.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2023 to Question 131105 on Energy: Meters, how many court orders were granted allowing energy companies to forcibly install prepayment meters in homes in the week commencing 2...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will take steps to implement a national framework to incentivise and manage exploration and production of geothermal heat.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Growth Plan 2022, whether it remains the Government's policy to meet environmental and social costs, including green levies, included in domestic energy bill...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court orders have been granted allowing energy companies to forcibly install prepayment meters in homes since (a) the start of January 2023 and (b) the week commencing 16 January 2023.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to provide funding to cover the environmental and social costs, including green levies, currently included in non-domestic energy bills.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to take steps consult on long-term options for energy levies and obligations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to target all the funding from the ECO+ scheme at the low-income eligibility group in order to help meet the Government's fuel poverty targets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to amend the Town and Country Planning Act 2015 to remove the requirement ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has considered introducing a floor mechanism for the development of geothermal energy schemes as part of pot 2 arrangements with Allocation Round 5 of Contr...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what funding has his Department allocated towards the development of electrolytic hydrogen production from energy facilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to assess and support alternative pathways for low carbon hydrogen not considered in this year’s Low Carbon Hydrogen Standard, such as electrol...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an estimate of the potential volumes of electrolytic hydrogen production that could be sourced from energy from waste facilities; and if she will take steps to dev...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that the energy support provided by his Department to heat network customers after March 2023 will be bespoke to the needs of thos...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether housing associations will be included in the Treasury-led Review of the Energy Bill Relief Scheme to assess the energy support they will require beyond March 2023.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November to Question 94670 on Electricity Generation: Taxation, what the sufficient level of return to incentivise investment required to transition to net zero.