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Corporate Transparency and Register Reform: Consultation on improving the quality and value of financial information on the UK companies register
In 2019, the Government consulted on a range of options to enhance the role of Companies House, increase the transparency of corporate entities and help combat economic crime. On 18 September 2020, the Government published a response to the Corporate Transparency and Register Reform Consultation. It set out a broad package of reforms to Companies House to ensure it is fit for the future and continues to make a valuable contribution to the UK’s business environment. The proposed reforms are... MoreOpened 9 December 2020 -
Corporate Transparency and Register Reform: Consultation on implementing the ban on corporate directors.
In 2019, the Government consulted on a range of options to enhance the role of Companies House, increase the transparency of corporate entities and help combat economic crime. On 18 September 2020, the Government published a response to the Corporate Transparency and Register Reform Consultation.1 It set out a broad package of reforms to Companies House to ensure it is fit for the future and continues to make a valuable contribution to the UK’s business environment. The proposed reforms are... MoreOpened 9 December 2020 -
Consultation on the Early Phase Out of Unabated Coal Generation in Great Britain
This consultation seeks views on bringing forward the deadline for phasing out unabated coal-fired generation in Great Britain to 1 October 2024. This proposal is part of the Government’s drive to go further and faster on decarbonising the power sector, as it works towards net zero by 2050. MoreOpened 14 December 2020 -
Enabling a High Renewable, Net Zero Electricity System: Call for Evidence
Achieving our ambitious climate targets will require significant levels of renewable deployment. Making sure we have the right policy framework to support this deployment will be crucial to delivering net zero while minimising costs for consumers. The government is seeking views on how the industry is approaching the financing and deployment of renewable technologies, and how this may change in the future. Responses will be used to explore options to evolve the current... MoreOpened 14 December 2020 -
Consultation on Draft Nuclear Safeguards Fees Regulations
This consultation seeks views on the proposed approach to the introduction of a cost recovery scheme for nuclear safeguards regulation, to commence from 1 April 2022. This will apply to those regulated under the UK’s new domestic nuclear safeguards regime, by the regulator, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). MoreOpened 15 December 2020 -
Contracts for Difference (CfD): new Supply Chain Plan questionnaire
We are seeking views on proposals for a new Supply Chain Plan questionnaire for CfD Applicants to complete. It will form the basis of the initial assessment before an allocation round and ongoing monitoring, review and assessment after CfD signature. These plans were set out in the November 2020 consultation on proposals to strengthen our Supply Chain Plan policy and on changes to the CfD contract. Interested parties may wish to consider both consultations together. This consultation... MoreOpened 14 January 2021 -
Subsidy control consultation - Designing a new approach for the UK
Following the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, the UK has the freedom to design a new domestic subsidy control regime that reflects our strategic interests and particular national circumstances. The Government aims to deliver a regime that: Facilitates strategic interventions to support Government priorities, including supporting the economy’s recovery from Covid-19; Takes account of the economic needs of the UK’s individual nations and... MoreOpened 3 February 2021 -
Carbon capture, usage and storage: market engagement on cluster sequencing
This consultation sets out a potential approach to cluster sequencing for carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS), and seeks views on this approach from interested stakeholders. The consultation covers: A breakdown of a potential two-phase process we may follow in order to allocate CCUS programme support, and the timeline on which we would execute this process The details of the suggested Phase-1 cluster sequencing process, including potential evaluation criteria and the... MoreOpened 10 February 2021 -
UK Internal Market: the continuity of exclusions from the principles of mutual recognition and non-discrimination for services
We have extended the consultation period until 7 May 2021. The purpose of the UK Internal Market Act 2020 is to allow people and businesses to work and trade freely across the whole of the UK after leaving the European Union (EU). It establishes 2 UK market access principles to protect the flow of goods and services in our home market: the principle of mutual recognition the principle of non-discrimination The consultation... MoreOpened 25 February 2021 -
The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive – ensuring a stable scheme
The DRHI was scheduled to close to new applicants on 31 st March 2021. However, in March 2020 the government announced an extension to the DRHI for 12 months, until 31 st March 2022, with final RHI payments being made in 2029. This consultation sets out proposals for the closure of the scheme to new applications from 31 st March 2022. As the scheme is closing to new applications, we do not intend to introduce any major new policy initiatives into the scheme. Instead, we would like to... MoreOpened 26 February 2021 -
SBC User Survey
We, at the Office of the Small Business Commissioner, would really like to find out how you feel about the functionality, presentation and accessibility of our website ( https://www.smallbusinesscommissioner.gov.uk/ ). The results from this short survey will help us make any necessary improvements, to provide you with a better experience in the future. We appreciate you taking the time to complete this short survey and we look forward to seeing what you have to say. ... MoreOpened 5 March 2021 -
UK Product Safety Review: call for evidence
We have extended the closing date from 3 June to 17 June 2021 to allow more time to respond in the light of COVID-19 and the run-up to the local elections. The government is committed to ensuring that only safe products can be legally placed on the market now and in the future. But the world in which we operate is changing and it is important that the framework that protects consumers from unsafe products is reviewed and updated where necessary, to deal with new and novel products... MoreOpened 11 March 2021 -
Standard Assessment Procedure 10.2 – updates for heat networks
Proposals to natural-gas CHP, the Products Characteristics Database, Biomass and recovered heat factors The Government is committed to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Meeting this legal commitment will require virtually all heat in buildings to be decarbonised, and heat in industry to be reduced to close to zero carbon emissions. Presently, heat is responsible for a third of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions [1] . Heat networks are a crucial... MoreOpened 15 March 2021 -
Call for Evidence: Post-implementation review of the Competition Appeal Tribunal Rules 2015
The CAT is a specialist appeal body with expertise in competition and regulatory decisions. It hears appeals against competition decisions (under the Competition Act 1998 (the CA98)), applications for review of merger and market decisions (under the Enterprise Act 2002 (the EA02)) and of regulatory decisions across regulated sectors (including, for example, under the Communications Act 2003 (the Comms Act 2002)). The CAT was created in its present form by Section 12 and Schedule 2 to... MoreOpened 16 March 2021 -
Non-domestic Private Rented Sector minimum energy efficiency standards EPC B: future trajectory implementation
We are seeking views on Government’s proposed framework to improve implementation and enforcement of the EPC B target by 2030 for privately rented non-domestic buildings. MoreOpened 17 March 2021 -
Introducing a Performance-Based Policy Framework in large Commercial and Industrial Buildings
We're seeking views on the government’s proposals to introduce a national performance-based policy framework for rating the energy and carbon performance of large commercial and industrial buildings. MoreOpened 17 March 2021 -
Audit and corporate governance review
Reliable corporate reporting is vital to well-functioning financial markets, business investment and growth. It enables all interested stakeholders to make an informed assessment of a company’s performance and governance. It helps safeguard investors, creditors, employees, customers, suppliers and the wider public from corporate mismanagement. High quality reporting by directors allied with robust and challenging external audit should give confidence to all those with an interest in a... MoreOpened 18 March 2021 -
Consultation on mandatory climate-related financial disclosures by publicly quoted companies, large private companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs)
A consultation seeking views on proposals to require mandatory TCFD aligned climate-related financial disclosures from publicly quoted companies, large private companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs). . MoreOpened 24 March 2021 -
The Role of Biomass in Achieving Net Zero - Call for Evidence
We are seeking evidence from a range of stakeholders on how sustainable biomass should be sourced and used to best support the UK's Net Zero target. The information gathered will be used to support the development of the upcoming Biomass Strategy. MoreOpened 20 April 2021 -
Call for Evidence on The Future of Connected and Automated Mobility in the UK
Ministerial foreword by Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Technology will drive radical changes within the transport sector over the next 10 years and beyond. We have the opportunity to shape these changes to have a profound positive impact for the environment, transport users and businesses. Within these changes, connected and automated mobility (CAM) is set to be a key disrupter of global transport over the coming two decades, enabling greener, safer, easier, and more... MoreOpened 8 June 2021 -
Review of the schemes to compensate energy intensive industries for indirect emission costs in electricity prices
This consultation seeks views and evidence on the risk of carbon leakage due to the indirect emission cost from the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) and the Carbon Price Support Mechanism (CPS) as well as feedback on sector eligibility and scheme design. Read the consultation document on GOV.UK . MoreOpened 14 June 2021 -
Smart Data Working Group: Spring 2021 report - invitation for further feedback
Smart Data is the secure sharing of customer data with authorised third-party providers (TPPs) upon the customer’s request. These providers then use this data to provide innovative services for the consumer or business user, such as automatic switching or better account management. Current governance arrangements enable Smart Data initiatives to develop independently of one another, with BEIS responsible for Smart Data policy coordination. We propose three different options... MoreOpened 14 June 2021 -
UK Internal Market - Office for the Internal Market: Penalties
The UK Government is seeking views on the maximum penalties the Office for the Internal Market (OIM) can impose for non-compliance with a request for information, under the UK Internal Market Act 2020. Please read the consultation document found on GOV.UK before responding to the questions. MoreOpened 16 June 2021 -
Civil Nuclear Constabulary: Service Expansion and Diversification
This consultation seeks views on proposed legislation to amend the remit and powers of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary, the specialist armed police force charged with protecting civil nuclear sites and nuclear materials in England, Scotland and Wales. This will ensure that, should a need arise in the future, the Constabulary can utilise their expertise in deterrence and armed response to support other critical infrastructure sites, as well as assist other police forces in an emergency. MoreOpened 24 June 2021 -
Warm Home Discount: better targeted support from 2022
The Warm Home Discount has been a key policy in the Government’s approach to tackling fuel poverty since its inception in 2011. Since it began, the Warm Home Discount has provided over £3 billion in rebates on energy bills to low-income and vulnerable households. The Government committed in the Energy White Paper last year to extending the Warm Home Discount until 2025/26 at least, expanding the spending envelope from around £350 million to £475 million annually (in 2020... MoreOpened 28 June 2021 -
Strengthening the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)
This consultation is seeking views on proposed measures to strengthen the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) to improve the uptake of energy efficiency measures, and increase the benefits for participating businesses. This consultation follows on from the 2020 Post-Implementation Review of the scheme and welcomes views on the following options to improve the scheme: Improving the quality of audits through increased standardisation of reporting requirements... MoreOpened 6 July 2021 -
The Role of Vehicle-to-X Energy Technologies In A Net Zero Energy System
In 2019, the UK became the first major economy to commit to a legally binding target of net zero emissions by 2050. Transport contributes 28% of UK domestic greenhouse gas emissions [1] and addressing this sector is a critical element of the plan to reaching net zero. The Government’s approach, as laid out in the 2018 Road to Zero Strategy, centres on the decarbonisation of the transport sector and this was accelerated in the Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution with... MoreOpened 20 July 2021 -
Energy Company Obligation ECO4: 2022 -2026
This consultation sets out our proposed changes to the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme for the next scheme (ECO4), due to begin in April 2022. Read the consultation document on GOV.UK . MoreOpened 20 July 2021 -
Design and Delivery of the Energy Code Reform
Many of the detailed rules that facilitate the gas and electricity systems are set out in codes. Although these codes have done a remarkable job guiding the industry post-privatisation, many of them were designed to deal with a more predictable energy system and have seen only incremental changes over time. This has resulted in a code governance framework that is complex, fragmented and lacks incentives to innovate, despite our urgent need for a more unified, flexible, and dynamic approach.... MoreOpened 20 July 2021 -
Future System Operator
We're seeking views on our proposal for all the current National Grid Electricity System Operator ( ESO ) roles and functions to be carried out by the FSO , and that the FSO should undertake strategic network planning, long-term forecasting, and market strategy functions in gas. We also consider: the new roles and functions an independent FSO could potentially fulfil in gas and electricity, including in network planning and independent advice the options for organisational... MoreOpened 20 July 2021
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