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1082163

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	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: Meters
	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 it is Government policy for energy companies to make it compulsory for customers to have smart meters installed if they wish to remain on a fixed tariff.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	228547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>Government policy does not prescribe particular requirements around smart metering and energy tariffs, and has made it clear that choosing to upgrade to a smart meter is not compulsory for households.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/03/2019 09:47:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1079477

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2019
	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: Meters
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 4 January (HL12419), whether a builder must ensure the fitting of smart meters in new build homes; if not, who is responsible; and whether such fittings are installed under the aegis of a particular energy supplier.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL14138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>All meter points in new build homes must have a registered energy supplier. The builder can appoint a supplier of their choice but it is the supplier who has responsibility for the installation of meters in a property.</p><p>A number of energy suppliers are already installing smart gas and electricity meters in new build properties. The Government recently consulted on a proposal to activate the New and Replacement Obligation (NRO) in energy suppliers’ licences. The NRO would require suppliers to take all reasonable steps to install a compliant smart meter where a meter is fitted for the first time including in new build properties. We expect to make a decision to activate the NRO in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 07/03/2019 13:13:08 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

1077741

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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: Meters
	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 he has made an analysis of how many customers in the UK are currently unable to have a SMETS2 smart meter installed for technical reasons.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	226147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Energy suppliers are continuing to increase their SMETS2 meter installations with over 450,000 in operation across Great Britain as of 27<sup>th</sup> February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The national communications infrastructure is open and available for energy suppliers to install SMETS2 meters. Some energy suppliers do not yet have SMETS2 meters that meet the required Radio Frequency (RF) limits in all regions.</p><p> </p><p>The energy suppliers that are impacted by this issue are working with their respective meter manufacturers to ensure the meters in question meet the required limits as soon as possible. A number of the relevant suppliers expect devices that meet the required RF limits to be available for testing from April this year.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 226148 question first answered 05/03/2019 15:27:50 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1077742

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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: Meters
	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 he has made of the waiting time for the technical solution for all homes to have a SMETS2 smart meter installed.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	226148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Energy suppliers are continuing to increase their SMETS2 meter installations with over 450,000 in operation across Great Britain as of 27<sup>th</sup> February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The national communications infrastructure is open and available for energy suppliers to install SMETS2 meters. Some energy suppliers do not yet have SMETS2 meters that meet the required Radio Frequency (RF) limits in all regions.</p><p> </p><p>The energy suppliers that are impacted by this issue are working with their respective meter manufacturers to ensure the meters in question meet the required limits as soon as possible. A number of the relevant suppliers expect devices that meet the required RF limits to be available for testing from April this year.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 226147 question first answered 05/03/2019 15:27:50 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1077743

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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: Meters
	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 assessment he has made of the extent to which energy suppliers will fulfil the smart meter roll-out of SMETS2 by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	226149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a manifesto commitment to ensure that smart meters are offered to every household and business by the end of 2020.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 226151 question first answered 06/03/2019 15:01:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1077746

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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: Meters
	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 the target is for the roll-out of smart meters by energy suppliers by 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	226151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a manifesto commitment to ensure that smart meters are offered to every household and business by the end of 2020.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 226149 question first answered 06/03/2019 15:01:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

1077144

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many house fires have been caused by smart meters.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	225402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Fires related to smart meters are captured under the category ‘Other’ and cannot be identified separately in the Home Office data collection.</p><p>National Statistics on the causes and locations of fires are published annually in, ‘Detailed analysis of fires attended by FRSs, England’. The most recent publication for 2017/18 can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/detailed-analysis-of-fires-attended-by-fire-and-rescue-services-england-april-2017-to-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/detailed-analysis-of-fires-attended-by-fire-and-rescue-services-england-april-2017-to-march-2018</a></p><p>Accompanying data tables can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables.</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 225403 question first answered 05/03/2019 16:52:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1077145

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many house fires have there been in which the suspected cause was a smart meter.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	225403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Fires related to smart meters are captured under the category ‘Other’ and cannot be identified separately in the Home Office data collection.</p><p>National Statistics on the causes and locations of fires are published annually in, ‘Detailed analysis of fires attended by FRSs, England’. The most recent publication for 2017/18 can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/detailed-analysis-of-fires-attended-by-fire-and-rescue-services-england-april-2017-to-march-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/detailed-analysis-of-fires-attended-by-fire-and-rescue-services-england-april-2017-to-march-2018</a></p><p>Accompanying data tables can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/fire-statistics-data-tables.</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 225402 question first answered 05/03/2019 16:52:05 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1077146

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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: Meters
	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 smart meters have malfunctioned since their installation and have needed to be replaced.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	225404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. Energy suppliers are responsible for ensuring meters – whether smart or traditional - are fully functional.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/03/2019 15:29:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1077147

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	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: Meters
	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 smart meters have caused electrical problems in premises after installation.
	tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
	uin	225405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>Safety related monitoring data, collected by industry parties, shows nearly 3.2 million smart and traditional electricity meters were installed in 2018. The same industry data reported 546 electrical issues in premises following these installations.</p><p> </p><p>Smart meter installers carry out visual safety checks as standard as part of the installation process.</p><p> </p><p>In 2018, over 240,000 pre-existing safety-related electrical issues were proactively identified by meter installers through visual safety checks. Identified issues included problems with consumer units, inadequate earthing or unsafe electrical appliances.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 05/03/2019 15:29:47 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans