Asked
What assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of support to de-carbonise heavy industry.
Reply
Awaiting answer.
The Westminster lensArchive · Written questions · 197 tabled · 191 answered
Written questions by Cooper.
Every parliamentary written question tabled by Andrew Cooper this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
Department:All (197)Department of Health and Social Care (45)Department for Education (27)Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (22)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (19)Treasury (11)Department for Business and Trade (11)Department for Transport (11)Department for Work and Pensions (10)Home Office (9)Ministry of Justice (9)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (8)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (6)
Showing 1–8 of 8 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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What assessment he has made of the industries which can only be decarbonised by switching to hydrogen energy.
Reply
We recognise that some industrial sectors are particularly hard to electrify and are therefore expected to require hydrogen to decarbonise, including processes such as chemical production and refining. Electrification is expected to play the primary role ...
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What assessment he has made of required pace of hydrogen network rollout to aid industrial decarbonisation in order to (a) meet the UK’s decarbonisation targets and (b) avoid a potential adve
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We recognise that hydrogen will play an important but focused role in decarbonising hard‑to‑electrify industrial sectors, particularly within industrial clusters where shared transport and storage infrastructure can be developed efficiently. We have confi...
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Whether he has considered the potential merits of publishing the updated UK hydrogen strategy before the end of July 2026.
Reply
We understand the importance of providing clarity to businesses across the hydrogen sector. The renewed Hydrogen Strategy will set out Government’s vision and objectives for hydrogen, and how we intend to work with industry to continue to transform ambiti...
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What steps he is taking to support the development of carbon capture and storage technology.
Reply
Carbon Capture has a fundamental role to play in our clean energy future. That’s why we’ve committed £21.7bn to kickstart the industry. And last week, we saw an historic deal signed to get the UK’s first project, the East Coast Cluster, off the ground. Th...
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If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring mortgage providers to reflect the EPC rating of properties in their mortgage rate offers to consumers.
Reply
The pricing of mortgages is a commercial decision for lenders. Currently the market provides a range of products such as green mortgages that can offer reduced rates or cashback for borrowers where certain conditions are met. Any borrower seeking one of t...
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If he will make an estimate of the proportion of households in (a) Mid Cheshire constituency, (b) Cheshire and (c) England that spent more than 10% of their income on energy costs in each of
Reply
The latest statistics for the number of households in fuel poverty (using the Low Income Low Energy Efficiency fuel poverty metric) in parliamentary constituencies in England, can be found in the published sub-regional fuel poverty statistics, in Table 4:...
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If he will make an estimate of the number of pensioners who will be in fuel poverty in winter 2024-25.
Reply
The latest statistics on fuel poverty in England cover 2023 and can be found in the published Official Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics. Table 23 and Table 30 provide estimates of the number of households in fuel poverty by age of the oldest person in the household, and by employment status of the household reference person, respectively. Statistics for 2024 will be published in early 2025.
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