Every parliamentary written question tabled by Mark Garnier this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
Showing 21–29 of 29 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
If he will make it his policy to retain the social housing obligation in future iterations of the Energy Company Obligation scheme.
The current iteration of the Energy Company Obligation (ECO), ECO4, began in April 2022 and is scheduled to run until March 2026. ECO supports eligible social housing properties in energy efficiency bands D - F.We are considering the role of supplier obli...
Whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a national energy efficiency advice service.
The Government recognises that access to trusted and impartial information is an important enabler to consumers, when making choices about how to retrofit their homes. This is why the government delivers a number of digital services on GOV.UK to support c...
If he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to require (a) FTSE 100 companies and (b) financial services firms to (i) develop green transition plans and (ii) publish a timetable for doing this.
The Government has committed to making the UK the green finance capital of the world and is exploring requirements in relation to transition plans for companies and financial institutions. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero is working with other government departments, including HM Treasury and the Department for Business and Trade, on these requirements and will provide further information about plans and a timetable in due course.
With reference to the Great British Energy founding statement, published on 25 July 2024, whether he plans that every project invested in by Great British Energy will make a return by 2030.
Great British Energy will be an operationally independent company, overseen by a Board. The exact impact and timeline of Great British Energy’s interventions will be determined by detailed development and design of the organisation’s functions. Any discussions around specific project to support would be determined by Great British Energy itself, as an operationally independent company, once fully established.
Whether he plans to continue the construction of new Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage sites.
This Government is committed to CCUS, which will create good jobs in Britain’s industrial heartlands, ensure a just transition for the industries based in the North Sea, and accelerate towards Net Zero. Our National Wealth Fund includes £1 billion to accelerate the deployment of CCUS.
What plans his Department has to reduce its energy usage.
The Government Property Agency (GPA) manage the estate occupied by DESNZ and is responsible for energy usage reduction in its properties. DESNZ undertakes an assurance role in this, to ensure the Department achieves the targets in the Greening Government Commitments related to energy usage reduction. DESNZ recently relocated its HQ to a newly refurbished GPA building, which included a range of energy reduction measures, such as connection to the Whitehall District Heating Network, upgraded heating and ventilation systems, and LED lighting throughout. DESNZ continues to work with GPA to achieve similar improvements across the wider UK estate.
When his Department plans to publish an updated (a) membership list and (b) terms of reference for the Solar Taskforce.
The Secretary of State announced the relaunch of the Solar Taskforce, which will consider further actions commensurate with the Government’s new clean energy mission. The core membership of the Taskforce will remain unchanged. Updated terms of reference, reflecting the Government’s new ambition, will be published ahead of the Taskforce’s first meeting.
Whether he plans to introduce the Clean Heat Market Mechanism.
The Government will publish a response to the previous Government’s consultation on the Clean Heat Market Mechanism in due course, which will set out the Government’s plans in this area.
What estimate he has made of the investment that (a) oil and (b) gas companies have made in clean energy in the last 10 years.
The Government does not systematically track investments made by specific companies in clean energy. DESNZ analysis of BNEF data shows that between 2010 and 2023 the UK saw £300billion of public and private investment across low carbon sectors.