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1669962

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	date	14/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the number of households that have been involuntarily fitted with pre-payment meters since October 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	1911
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this data. The Government has always been clear on the importance of protecting energy consumers, particularly the most vulnerable. Ofgem has been clear that suppliers will not be able to resume involuntary installations of prepayment meters (PPM) until they have amongst other things showed readiness to comply with Ofgem’s new rules regarding involuntary PPM installations and demonstrated progress through an independent audit to identify wrongly installed meters and provide redress where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 20/11/2023 13:13:33 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1669963

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept id	215
	answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
	hansard heading	Energy: Meters
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if she will make an estimate of the number of households that have (a) had pre-payment meters removed and (b) received compensation due to the involuntary installation of pre-payment meters since February 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	1912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this data. The Government has always been clear on the importance of protecting energy consumers, particularly the most vulnerable. Ofgem has been clear that suppliers will not be able to resume involuntary installations of prepayment meters (PPM) until they have amongst other things showed readiness to comply with Ofgem’s new rules regarding involuntary PPM installations and demonstrated progress through an independent audit to identify wrongly installed meters and provide redress where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Derby North answering member printed Amanda Solloway question first answered 20/11/2023 13:06:56 answering member 4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith