{"value":{"id":720882,"askingMemberId":298,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2017-04-13T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2017-04-19T00:00:00","uin":"70860","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of his Department's decision to focus the Energy Company Obligation on fuel poor households from 2018 on the UK's ability to meet its commitments to reduce carbon emissions.","answeringBodyId":201,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1561,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2017-04-21T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Design decisions for the successor to the current Energy Company Obligation from October 2018 will determine what progress the scheme makes towards the 2030 fuel poverty target and the reduction of carbon emissions. The design will be subject to public consultation with an associated Impact Assessment.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Energy Company Obligation","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/720882","method":"GET"}]}