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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department makes available to ensure that people with (a) Parkinson's and (b) other progressive conditions are able to adequetely heat their home; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what support his Department makes available to ensure that people with (a) Parkinson's and (b) other progressive conditions are able to adequetely heat their home; and if he will make a statement.
People with Parkinson’s and other progressive conditions receive general financial provision towards costs, including heating, through Attendance Allowance, Disability Living Allowance (DLA) or Personal Independence Payment (PIP).
Additional help is available to those entitled to income-related benefits - such as Employment and Support Allowance - through the support component and additional disability premiums.
Help is also available through Cold Weather Payments, and this winter, over 2 million low income households will receive a bill rebate through the Warm Home Discount Scheme.
Winter Fuel Payments also provide assurance to older people, who may suffer the worst impacts of a progressive condition, so that they can keep warm during the winter months.
Westminster Hall adjournment debate on pensioner poverty.
Westminster Hall adjournment debate on pensioner poverty.
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for stressing the valuable contribution of charities, such as Age Concern Bromley. Many other charities that do their work in people's front rooms have a crucial part to play. The Pension, Disability and Carers Service is a local service that works with local...
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for stressing the valuable contribution of charities, such as Age Concern Bromley. Many other charities that do their work in people's front rooms have a crucial part to play. The Pension, Disability and Carers Service is a local service that works with local...
Absolutely. That work is a very valuable complement to the whole process. I want to ensure that the Government are as systematic as we can be, so that we can get as much money automatically to people as we can. As I said, we have been running a pilot scheme...
Absolutely. That work is a very valuable complement to the whole process. I want to ensure that the Government are as systematic as we can be, so that we can get as much money automatically to people as we can. As I said, we have been running a pilot scheme...
Thank you, Mr Gale, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart) on raising a serious and important issue, and on explaining its depth and breadth. On pensioner poverty, we talk too often about incomes and measuring the statistics, and therefore lose sight of its human...
Thank you, Mr Gale, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Beckenham (Bob Stewart) on raising a serious and important issue, and on explaining its depth and breadth. On pensioner poverty, we talk too often about incomes and measuring the statistics, and therefore lose sight of its human...
Indeed. I certainly would not downplay the role of face-to-face conversations. I fully accept that many older and more vulnerable people will not have internet access. We need alternatives, such as charities or visitors going into people's homes and talking about savings rates and giving phone numbers of the sort...
Indeed. I certainly would not downplay the role of face-to-face conversations. I fully accept that many older and more vulnerable people will not have internet access. We need alternatives, such as charities or visitors going into people's homes and talking about savings rates and giving phone numbers of the sort...
I am about to conclude as there are only a few seconds left. I congratulate my hon. Friend on raising a vital issue and I look forward to having an ongoing conversation with him. Like him, I congratulate the voluntary sector and our front-line staff on their work. They are...
I am about to conclude as there are only a few seconds left. I congratulate my hon. Friend on raising a vital issue and I look forward to having an ongoing conversation with him. Like him, I congratulate the voluntary sector and our front-line staff on their work. They are...
We are being asked to vote on the Ways and Means resolution on the Energy Bill that provides power for Ofgem to levy charges in connection with the renewable heat obligation. The Minister will know that the renewable heat obligation is vague. It came in only at the last minute...
We are being asked to vote on the Ways and Means resolution on the Energy Bill that provides power for Ofgem to levy charges in connection with the renewable heat obligation. The Minister will know that the renewable heat obligation is vague. It came in only at the last minute...
Will the Minister tell me—I may be the only one who does not understand what he is proposing—what sort of organisations Ofgem would be able to take money from? What sort of organisations would pay such charges?
Will the Minister tell me—I may be the only one who does not understand what he is proposing—what sort of organisations Ofgem would be able to take money from? What sort of organisations would pay such charges?
I welcome the inclusion in the Bill of the renewable heat incentive and support amendment (a), which, again, tries to set a timetable. I will not repeat all the points that were made on the timetabling of the feed-in tariff, but they apply in precisely the same way. The Minister...
I welcome the inclusion in the Bill of the renewable heat incentive and support amendment (a), which, again, tries to set a timetable. I will not repeat all the points that were made on the timetabling of the feed-in tariff, but they apply in precisely the same way. The Minister...
We can certainly learn from what has happened elsewhere, and the examples that the hon. Gentleman cites are good ones. For example, if a local authority takes forward a scheme, the revenue from that scheme can cushion council tax bills, or whatever. My worry is that whereas local authorities in...
We can certainly learn from what has happened elsewhere, and the examples that the hon. Gentleman cites are good ones. For example, if a local authority takes forward a scheme, the revenue from that scheme can cushion council tax bills, or whatever. My worry is that whereas local authorities in...
I agree that one possibility for the 5 MW threshold is schemes of that kind. However, even if a school undertakes such a scheme, the money goes to the school. That is great for the school, but who is paying? Everybody else is paying, through their energy bills. My worry...
I agree that one possibility for the 5 MW threshold is schemes of that kind. However, even if a school undertakes such a scheme, the money goes to the school. That is great for the school, but who is paying? Everybody else is paying, through their energy bills. My worry...
It would be remiss of me not to add my congratulations to the hon. Member for Nottingham, South (Alan Simpson) on all his achievements. We have all been harangued by him in the nicest possible way, and mysteriously come round to his way of thinking. I pay tribute to him,...
It would be remiss of me not to add my congratulations to the hon. Member for Nottingham, South (Alan Simpson) on all his achievements. We have all been harangued by him in the nicest possible way, and mysteriously come round to his way of thinking. I pay tribute to him,...
I do not understand why the Minister wants to prevent himself from having a power that he might want to exercise. Let us suppose that he keeps the 50 kW threshold in the Bill, but then decides, through his other strategy, that the best way to incentivise 100 kW or...
I do not understand why the Minister wants to prevent himself from having a power that he might want to exercise. Let us suppose that he keeps the 50 kW threshold in the Bill, but then decides, through his other strategy, that the best way to incentivise 100 kW or...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his pre-Budget statement of 5 December 2005, Official Report, column 613W, by what means pensioners not in receipt of pension credit can gain access to financial assistance with the costs of home insulation; how much he has allocated to this scheme;...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his pre-Budget statement of 5 December 2005, Official Report, column 613W, by what means pensioners not in receipt of pension credit can gain access to financial assistance with the costs of home insulation; how much he has allocated to this scheme;...
That this House believes that the Government's targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions require a step-change in the take-up of renewable energy; notes that while Government policies promote renewable electricity generation, little is done to promote the renewable generation of heat through technologies such as biomass, including biogas, solar heating and ground source heat pumps; further notes that energy used for heat is responsible for a third of our carbon emissions, that renewable heat technologies could cut these emissions, help tackle fuel poverty in remote areas of the country, increase fuel security, and provide new markets for the farming and forestry industry; and calls on the Government to extend the renewables obligation to support renewable heat, as recommended by the Royal Commission on Environment Pollution.
That this House believes that the Government's targets for cutting carbon dioxide emissions require a step-change in the take-up of renewable energy; notes that while Government policies promote renewable electricity generation, little is done to promote the renewable generation of heat through technologies such as biomass, including biogas, solar heating...
That this House notes that, in the last Session, 169 honourable Members signed Early Day Motion No. 47 calling for an extension of the current grant scheme for photo-voltaic heating systems to include micro-combined heat and power systems and domestic heat pumps in order to stimulate investment in new technology and thereby assist with the achievement of carbon dioxide reduction targets; notes too that the Government, in the recent energy White Paper, stresses the importance of new technology in achieving energy policy objectives and also proposes to continue the current energy efficiency commitment beyond 2005 at twice the current level; and believes therefore that using that commitment to fund a new technology grant scheme so as to 'kick-start' the market for the most efficient technologies like micro CHP and heat pumps is an excellent way of encouraging new technology without cost to the public purse.
That this House notes that, in the last Session, 169 honourable Members signed Early Day Motion No. 47 calling for an extension of the current grant scheme for photo-voltaic heating systems to include micro-combined heat and power systems and domestic heat pumps in order to stimulate investment in new technology...
That this House welcomes the publication of the draft Housing Bill and the opportunity for honourable members to comment on proposed legislation; believes that this Bill offers an excellent opportunity for dealing with fuel poverty by ensuring that minimum insulation and heating standards set for all social housing would, as far as is reasonably practicable, match those standards in the building regulations for newly built homes; and therefore supports the campaign by the All Party Warm Homes Group to secure an amendment to the draft Housing Bill to this effect, thus ensuring that all social housing tenants are removed from fuel poverty.
That this House welcomes the publication of the draft Housing Bill and the opportunity for honourable members to comment on proposed legislation; believes that this Bill offers an excellent opportunity for dealing with fuel poverty by ensuring that minimum insulation and heating standards set for all social housing would, as...
That this House believes that energy services are an effective means of encouraging reduction in energy use, cutting fuel bills and reducing emissions of carbon dioxide; further believes that the barrier of increased capital cost for energy saving measures can be overcome by the leasing of systems by energy service providers; welcomes the Government's moves to make leasing schemes financially viable through the Capital Allowances Act 2001, which allows the claiming of capital allowances on heating systems under the Affordable Warmth Scheme and for energy service providers in non-domestic situations; and calls on the Government to extend this precedent to cover all domestic sector energy service providers, where suitably accredited energy saving measures are supplied, and registered social landlords and to enhance the allowance made on innovative technologies such as micro-CHP to promote their rapid development.
That this House believes that energy services are an effective means of encouraging reduction in energy use, cutting fuel bills and reducing emissions of carbon dioxide; further believes that the barrier of increased capital cost for energy saving measures can be overcome by the leasing of systems by energy service...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26th January, 324 c235W, and his oral statement on the Budget, of 9th March, 327 c185, if he will make a statement on the difference between the two estimates of the number of pensioner households receiving winter fuel...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26th January, 324 c235W, and his oral statement on the Budget, of 9th March, 327 c185, if he will make a statement on the difference between the two estimates of the number of pensioner households receiving winter fuel...