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968109

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
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: 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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that utility companies pass on decreases in wholesale energy prices to consumers.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	170771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Domestic Gas &amp; Electricity (Tariff Cap) Act places a duty on Ofgem to set a temporary price cap on standard variable and default tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>On 6th September 2018, Ofgem published a statutory consultation, in which they propose a methodology for setting the cap level which takes account of supplier costs including for the wholesale cost of energy. Ofgem propose setting the initial level of the cap at £1,136 and will update the cap on a regular basis to reflect changes in costs, including wholesale energy prices.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/09/2018 15:22:09 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

964221

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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: 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, what recent estimate he made of the cost of electricity being supplied by utility companies without charge to the user.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	169124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the cost of electricity supplied by energy companies without charge.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem regularly reports on energy customer debt as part of the monitoring of their Consumer Vulnerability Strategy. Their latest report can be found online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/consumer-vulnerability-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/consumer-vulnerability-strategy</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/09/2018 15:19:52 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

964222

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
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: 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, what recent discussions he has had with utility companies on reducing the number of instances where electricity is supplied without charge to the user.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	169125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>BEIS Ministers and officials meet energy companies to discuss a range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem rules require energy suppliers to engage with their customers when they become aware they may be in payment difficulty and offer the opportunity to repay money owed through a repayment plan.</p><p> </p><p>Energy suppliers can ultimately disconnect customers who fail to agree, or stick to an agreed repayment plan. Alternatives to disconnection include recovery of debt directly from certain benefits or the installation of prepayment meter, either by agreement or under a warrant to recover the money owed, but only where it is safe and reasonably practicable to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Vulnerable customers, eligible for the Priority Services Register, cannot be disconnected during the winter months (1 October- 31 March) and many suppliers have signed a ‘safety net’, a pledge to never knowingly disconnect a vulnerable customer at any time of year.</p><p> </p><p>Suppliers should signpost vulnerable customers in debt to impartial advice and specialist support services, such as the Extra Help Unit, run by Citizens Advice.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 13/09/2018 15:19:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

931552

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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: 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, what the strike prices were of all major energy projects in the UK since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	157661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The strike prices for all energy projects awarded a Contract for Difference in the UK since 2012 are published on the Government’s website.</p><p>The strike prices awarded in CFD Allocation Round 2 are published at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643560/CFD_allocation_round_2_outcome_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643560/CFD_allocation_round_2_outcome_FINAL.pdf</a>.</p><p>The strike prices awarded in CFD Allocation Round 1 are published at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/407059/Contracts_for_Difference_-_Auction_Results_-_Official_Statistics.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/407059/Contracts_for_Difference_-_Auction_Results_-_Official_Statistics.pdf</a>.</p><p>The strike prices awarded to FIDER enabled CFD projects are published at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/record-investments-of-40-billion-in-renewable-electricity-to-bring-green-jobs-and-growth-to-the-uk" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/record-investments-of-40-billion-in-renewable-electricity-to-bring-green-jobs-and-growth-to-the-uk</a> and the details of the projects awarded those contracts are published at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/305781/Successful_Projects.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/305781/Successful_Projects.pdf</a>.</p><p>The strike price awarded to Hinkley Point C is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hinkley-point-c" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hinkley-point-c</a>.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/07/2018 16:33:03 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

923956

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
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: 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, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to establish a subsidy-free contracts for difference price stabilisation mechanism in the energy market.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	153875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>No decisions have been made to establish a subsidy-free contracts for difference price stabilisation mechanism in the energy market.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/06/2018 12:47:49 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

914772

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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: 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, how many consumers eligible for the guarantee credit element of pension credit are customers of (a) energy suppliers with more than and (b) fewer than 250,000 customers.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	149095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>Of the roughly 1.4m Pension Credit Guaranteed Credit recipients, over 1.2m receive the Warm Home Discount (WHD) automatically on their energy bills as a result of being with a participating supplier and being named on the energy bill. Some of these pensioners are with suppliers with less than 250,000 customers but who have opted to participate in WHD voluntarily. We estimate that roughly 60,000 pension credit guarantee credit recipients who would be eligible under the scheme do not receive the rebate as a result of being with a non-participating supplier</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/06/2018 14:15:57 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

914773

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
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: 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, how many consumers in social grade DE are customers of (a) energy suppliers with more than and (b) fewer than 250,000 customers.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	149096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/06/2018 14:14:27 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

893122

registered interest
date	27/04/2018
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: 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, what steps the Government is taking to support Ofgem in ensuring that the new RIIO-2 price control framework is tougher on energy network companies.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	138960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>Network regulation, including setting the next energy network price control, RIIO-2, is a matter for Ofgem as the independent energy regulator. By law, Government has no role in this process.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem states that its proposals for RIIO-2 are expected to save consumers £5 billion over 5 years or around £15-25 per household bill.</p><p> </p><p>Government welcomes regulators and network companies acting in the best interests of consumers and expects consumers to get a fair deal.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/05/2018 14:01:02 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

882489

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: 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, if the Government will review the system for redress and compensation to consumers who have been overcharged by energy companies.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	135551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The independent regulator, Ofgem’s has robust powers to investigate and compel redress when energy companies breach competition and consumer protection law, and their supply licence conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Ofgem can impose financial penalties of up to 10 per cent of a licensee’s turnover for breaches of licence conditions and competition law, and apply to the courts for an order to stop breaches of consumer legislation. In addition, they can also require compensation for consumers adversely affected by regulatory breaches.</p><p> </p><p>Consumers who believe they have been overcharged should raise the matter with their energy supplier and if they do not receive a satisfactory response, they can take the matter to the Ombudsman Service: Energy. The Ombudsman has powers to require a supply company to make a financial award to a consumer of up to £10,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 24/04/2018 16:09:51 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

868387

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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: 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, how many (a) domestic and (b) small non-domestic energy customers are presently on time of use tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	133607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>As of 31<sup>st</sup> December 2016, in Great Britain, there were 4.4 million domestic time of use (Economy 7 type meters). Of these, BEIS estimate that there were around 3.1 million domestic customers on Economy 7 or 10 tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>While a number of suppliers are offering time of use and other innovative tariffs enabled by smart metering and elective half-hourly settlement, we do not have information on the number of domestic customers on these types of tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>As of 31<sup>st</sup> December 2016, in Great Britain, there were around 500,000 non-domestic profile 4 Economy 7 type meters (used by small non-domestic customers). However some properties with Economy 7 meters will be on single rate tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>Source:</p><p>An estimate for the number of Economy 7 meters in Great Britain can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/regional-and-local-authority-electricity-consumption-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/regional-and-local-authority-electricity-consumption-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/03/2018 14:08:34 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 49818 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps