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757873

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	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: Competition
	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 recent meetings he has had with the Big Six energy companies; and what measures his Department plans to being forward to ensure the energy market is a competitive marketplace.
	tabling member constituency	Stirling
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
	uin	8908
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>BEIS Ministers and officials regularly meet energy supply companies to discuss a wide range of issues. We are working with Ofgem to make switching supplier quicker and easier for consumers.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2017 13:22:26 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1419878

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2022
	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: Competition
	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 potential merits of setting up a not-for-profit public energy company to offer energy tariffs to consumers.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	118569
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government does not believe in nationalisation and was under the impression the Official Opposition did not either.</p> answering member constituency Chelsea and Fulham answering member printed Greg Hands question first answered 09/02/2022 17:53:01 answering member 1526 label Biography information for Greg Hands
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

388177

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Competition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the findings of the report by the Competition and Markets Authority on its provisional finding on its energy market investigation, published on 7 July 2015; and what steps she is taking to ensure that customers are not paying too much for their energy bills.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	5965
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>We will consider the CMA’s provisional findings carefully and respond shortly.</p><p>In the meantime this Government continues to focus on keeping bills down through promoting competition, making switching quicker and easier, and providing direct help to the most vulnerable.</p><p>We have already:</p><p>· tackled barriers hindering the entry and growth of independent suppliers through the Challenger Business Programme</p><p>· halved the time it takes to switch supplier;</p><p>· put QR codes on bills to allow switching through mobile phones</p><p>· delivered a national switching campaign, resulting in £38 million savings by 130,000 households switching energy supplier; and</p><p>· provided nearly £3m over three years to the Big Energy Saving Network which has already helped around 220,000 vulnerable consumers with their energy bills.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 13/07/2015 11:54:47 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn

416294

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Competition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, for what reasons she is not implementing the recommendation of the Competition and Markets Authority that Ofgem should be the single provider of a switching and comparison website for energy.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	8809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published the Provisional Findings from their investigation into the energy markets in July alongside a notice of possible remedies to address the issues identified; their final report setting out their final remedies is not expected until December 2015. This Government remains committed to implementing the recommendations the CMA will set out in their Final Report.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/09/2015 13:43:11 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

416295

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Competition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether her Department has conducted research on one-stop-shop switching and comparison sites for energy in other advanced economies in order to inform its policies.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	8810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department routinely considers examples from other advanced economies in order to inform its policies. As part of the investigation into the energy markets, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has also identified different forms switching and comparison sites for energy can take in other advanced economies and is considering alternatives as part of their possible remedies. This Government is committed to implementing the recommendations the CMA will set out in their Final Report, expected in December 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/09/2015 13:44:06 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

416306

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Energy: Competition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to make the retail energy market more transparent and facilitate greater consumer choice.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	8561
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>We have taken steps to increase competition in domestic retail market and there are now 31 suppliers providing choice to consumers, up from 13 in 2010. The Department has also supported work to make the market more transparent. We provided legislative backing to Ofgem’s retail market reforms to make the market simpler, clearer, and fairer, and have committed to implementing the recommendation formal remedies to be set out in the Final Report of the Competition and Market Authority’s investigation into the energy market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 11/09/2015 09:06:48 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1014679

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	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: Competition
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Ofgem’s plans to encourage competition amongst energy suppliers to help cut costs for customers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL11811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of Ofgem’s interventions to make the energy retail market more competitive, for example the disengaged customer database, their customer engagement prompts and their faster and more reliable switching programme.</p><p> </p><p>Customers can save around £300 if they switch from a Standard Variable Tariff to a cheaper market alternative.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will also be working with Ofgem on a joint review of the retail market to promote competition and drive innovation.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 04/12/2018 14:24:49 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

935198

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2018
	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: Competition
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether reforms which aim to make the energy market more competitive may breach new data protection rules; and whether they have alternative plans to improve competitiveness in that market.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL9315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government will ensure any market interventions that are introduced to improve competition in the energy retail market are compliant with data protection laws; for example, our consideration of the interaction between the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the retail energy Midata project.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Ofgem is taking forward a range of measures, including their disengaged customer database, customer engagement prompts, and the faster and more reliable switching programme to make the energy retail market more competitive. Ofgem has stated that the privacy and protection of consumer information will be fundamental under any such reforms and that they will ensure their reforms are compliant with data protection laws.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 12/07/2018 12:53:46 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

642873

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2016
	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: Competition
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many customers have switched their energy provider in the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
	uin	HL3475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>Data is published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on switching. The data is collected by Ofgem and republished by BEIS in Table 2.7.1 of which can be found online (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-switching-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-switching-statistics</a> ). Multiple switches made by the same customer in each year are counted as separate switches.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of electricity switches</p></td><td><p>Number of gas switches</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4,206,000</p></td><td><p>3,270,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,342,000</p></td><td><p>2,280,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3,425,000</p></td><td><p>2,190,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3,058,000</p></td><td><p>2,281,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,396,000</p></td><td><p>2,709,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/11/2016 16:14:58 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name table_271.xls title Quarterly domestic energy switching statistics
	tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

524901

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2016
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Energy: Competition
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations officials, advisers and Ministers of his Department made to the Competition and Markets Authority on the date of publication of its final report on the energy market.
	tabling member constituency	Wigan
	tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
	uin	40499
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is independent of Government. The timing of CMA publications is a matter for the CMA, taking into account its statutory deadlines.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 40500 question first answered 27/06/2016 16:13:40 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
	tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy