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date	29/06/2015
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: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what comparative assessment she has made of the costs and benefits of the use of smart meters for metering (a) gas and (b) electricity consumption.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	4565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>There is a very positive economic case for a combined gas and electricity smart meter roll-out in Great Britain. The latest Impact Assessment estimates a net benefit of £6.2 billion over the period to 2030.</p><p>Mains gas is prevalent in GB, serving around 80% of premises and supplying most cooking and space heating energy requirements.</p><p>The case for including gas meters in the GB smart rollout is compelling. If smart meters were installed for electricity only, energy suppliers would still incur the cost of visiting premises for installations, and they would have to run two systems in parallel – a smart one for electricity, a traditional one for gas. This would involve amongst other things retaining meter reading teams for gas. In addition, consumers would not have access to the information to realise the substantial energy savings related to gas use and heating. Overall, this would reduce the Programme’s Net Present Value significantly.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/07/2015 13:25:04 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 10884 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

386251

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when her Department plans to publish the Major Projects Authority's assessment of the smart meters programme.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	4571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The Major Projects Authority (MPA) publishes annual reports and specific project performance data is published by departments at the same time. The MPA published its annual report on 25 June 2015:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/major-projects-authority-annual-report-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/major-projects-authority-annual-report-2015</a>.</p><p>In support of the MPA's report, DECC has published data on its projects on the Government Major Projects Portfolio, including the smart meters implementation programme. It is available from the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decc-government-major-projects-portfolio-data-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/decc-government-major-projects-portfolio-data-2015</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/07/2015 13:26:09 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 10885 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones

386252

registered interest
date	29/06/2015
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: Meters
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 effect of the capital costs of the smart meters programme on households' electricity and gas bills in each decile in the household income distribution range.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd West
tabling member printed	Mr David Jones
uin	4572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>The assessment of bill impacts on households is carried out to capture all costs that arise from the roll-out of smart meters and includes capital as well as operational expenditure. DECC has not carried out any assessments of household bills that consider the impacts of capital costs alone, but considers the overall impact of its policies on household bills in the annual report “Estimated Impacts of energy and climate change policies on energy prices and bills”.</p><p>Evidence from the Energy Demand Research Project (EDRP) trials, published in 2011, has shown that with regards to benefits households in areas with a higher propensity for fuel poverty can benefit at least as much as other households in terms of the percentage energy savings they can realise.</p><p>Furthermore, all households over time stand to gain from the efficiency savings to the energy industry which the smart meter system is expected to generate, regardless of further bill savings from reducing their consumption.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 03/07/2015 13:27:03 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom previous answer version 10886 answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1502 label Biography information for Mr David Jones