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732990

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of households (a) with prepayment meters, (b) on standard variable tariffs and (c) on fixed-price tariffs; what the average price paid was for a dual fuel energy bill on each available tariff and type in the last year; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Customer proportions and energy bill estimates are based on a BEIS survey of energy providers which covers around 84 per cent of the market. This data is published as part of our Quarterly Energy Prices publication.</p><p>a) At the end of Q1 2017 the proportion of GB households on a prepayment meter was 14 per cent for standard electricity, 21 per cent for Economy 7 electricity and 13 per cent for gas.</p><p>b) At the end of Q1 2017 the proportion of GB households on variable tariffs was 66 per cent for standard electricity and 65 per cent for gas.</p><p>c) Data is supplied to BEIS in confidence so dual fuel bills are not available for each individual tariff, however aggregate statistics of average bills by payment and tariff type can be published. The table below shows average 2016 dual fuel bills based on combined UK standard electricity bills and GB gas bills, using consumption levels of 3,800kWh/year of standard electricity and 15,000kWh/year of gas.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Credit</p></td><td><p>Direct Debit</p></td><td><p>Prepayment</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Variable Tariff</p></td><td><p>£1345</p></td><td><p>£1269</p></td><td><p>£1337</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fixed Tariff</p></td><td><p>£1233</p></td><td><p>£1059</p></td><td><p>£1309</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Domestic energy price statistics are also published by Ofgem at <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/data-portal/retail-market-indicators" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/data-portal/retail-market-indicators</a>.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 10/07/2017 15:43:46 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 1475 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

732991

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department plans to publish a clean growth plan; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>We want the Clean Growth Plan to be an ambitious, robust and clear blueprint for Britain’s low carbon future, and are working with colleagues across Government to ensure it meets these criteria.</p><p>We will publish the Clean Growth Plan when Parliament sits again after summer recess.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 03/07/2017 15:22:26 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

733001

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Consumers: Protection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if his Department will publish a Green Paper examining markets that are not working fairly for consumers; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will in due course publish a Green Paper that will examine markets which are not working fairly for consumers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 03/07/2017 14:39:26 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

733002

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many civil servants work full-time in the shale gas team in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The staff allocation to the shale gas team is 12.4 full time equivalents for this financial year (2017/2018).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 11/07/2017 14:40:51 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford previous answer version 1479 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

733030

registered interest
date	27/06/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to page 78 of the background document to the Queen's Speech 2017, published on 21 June 2016, how his Department will extend price protection for those on the poorest value tariffs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	1424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to extending price protection currently in place for some vulnerable customers to more customers on the poorest value tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State has written to the Chief Executive Officer of Ofgem to ask for advice on what action the regulator might take to safeguard customers on these tariffs. This Department will consider how to proceed in light of his response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 03/07/2017 10:32:40 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham