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89582

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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, with reference to the policy document entitled, Helping households to cut their energy bills, supporting pages on smart meters, updated online on 24 July 2014, who incurs the costs of £10.9 billion for the installation of smart meters in homes.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	207542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Smart meters will bring an end to estimated billing, helping consumers to budget better and help make switching between suppliers easier and faster. Domestic and non-domestic consumers will have near-real time information on their energy consumption to help them control their energy use, and avoid wasting energy and money. Smart metering can transform the prepay experience. Topping up a smart meter in prepay mode should become as easy as topping up a mobile phone. New products and services will be supported in a vibrant, competitive, more efficient market in energy and energy management.</p><p>Suppliers will have access to accurate data for billing and to improve their customer service. They will also be able to reduce costs, for example by reducing call centre traffic, removing the need for a site visit to read meters and better manage debt.</p><p>Energy networks will have better information upon which to manage and plan their activities and smart meters enable smart grids which support sustainable energy supply.</p><p>Energy suppliers will be responsible for purchasing and installing smart meters. Energy suppliers and other energy industry participants, such as network operators, will also incur costs as part of upgrades to their systems and for Data and Communications Company services, so that they are able to take full advantage of smart metering.</p><p>As is the case with traditional meters, the Government expects that both costs and cost savings as a result of smart metering will be passed to consumers by competing energy suppliers through energy bills. We estimate that this is will result in energy bill reductions as a result of smart metering of £26 a year by 2020, rising to around £43 per household a year by 2030, for the average dual fuel domestic consumer – taking into account all the costs and savings.</p><p>The Impact Assessment, updated in January 2014, provides further details of these benefits and costs:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smart-meter-roll-out-for-the-domestic-and-small-and-medium-non-domestic-sectors-gb-impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smart-meter-roll-out-for-the-domestic-and-small-and-medium-non-domestic-sectors-gb-impact-assessment</a>.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 207543 question first answered 08/09/2014 14:58:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

89585

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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, with reference to the policy document entitled, Helping households to cut their energy bills, supporting pages on smart meters, updated online on 24 July 2014, who receives the benefits of £17.1 billion for the installation of smart meters in homes; and what form those benefits take.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	207543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2014 answer text <p>Smart meters will bring an end to estimated billing, helping consumers to budget better and help make switching between suppliers easier and faster. Domestic and non-domestic consumers will have near-real time information on their energy consumption to help them control their energy use, and avoid wasting energy and money. Smart metering can transform the prepay experience. Topping up a smart meter in prepay mode should become as easy as topping up a mobile phone. New products and services will be supported in a vibrant, competitive, more efficient market in energy and energy management.</p><p>Suppliers will have access to accurate data for billing and to improve their customer service. They will also be able to reduce costs, for example by reducing call centre traffic, removing the need for a site visit to read meters and better manage debt.</p><p>Energy networks will have better information upon which to manage and plan their activities and smart meters enable smart grids which support sustainable energy supply.</p><p>Energy suppliers will be responsible for purchasing and installing smart meters. Energy suppliers and other energy industry participants, such as network operators, will also incur costs as part of upgrades to their systems and for Data and Communications Company services, so that they are able to take full advantage of smart metering.</p><p>As is the case with traditional meters, the Government expects that both costs and cost savings as a result of smart metering will be passed to consumers by competing energy suppliers through energy bills. We estimate that this is will result in energy bill reductions as a result of smart metering of £26 a year by 2020, rising to around £43 per household a year by 2030, for the average dual fuel domestic consumer – taking into account all the costs and savings.</p><p>The Impact Assessment, updated in January 2014, provides further details of these benefits and costs:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smart-meter-roll-out-for-the-domestic-and-small-and-medium-non-domestic-sectors-gb-impact-assessment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smart-meter-roll-out-for-the-domestic-and-small-and-medium-non-domestic-sectors-gb-impact-assessment</a>.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock grouped question UIN 207542 question first answered 08/09/2014 14:58:32 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

77582

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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, whether smart meters will be connected to the internet; and what steps have been taken to ensure that they cannot be hacked into.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	205611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Smart meters will operate on a secure machine-to-machine system that only authorised parties, such as energy suppliers and network companies, can access. A robust smart metering security architecture has been established to prevent unauthorised access. This was developed in consultation with leading experts from within industry and Government and is underpinned by appropriate regulatory and technical security requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingston and Surbiton answering member printed Mr Edward Davey question first answered 21/07/2014 13:27:47 answering member 188 label Biography information for Ed Davey previous answer version 11091 answering member constituency Kingston and Surbiton answering member printed Mr Edward Davey answering member 188 label Biography information for Ed Davey
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

77594

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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, who is responsible for the cost of repairing or replacing smart meters which develop faults (a) less than 12 months and (b) more than 12 months after installation.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	205538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>Energy suppliers are responsible for maintaining all meters in domestic premises. It is standard industry practice to obtain warranties from meter manufacturers to cover the costs of repair and replacement of several years’ duration.</p> answering member constituency Kingston and Surbiton answering member printed Mr Edward Davey question first answered 21/07/2014 13:29:08 answering member 188 label Biography information for Ed Davey previous answer version 11098 answering member constituency Kingston and Surbiton answering member printed Mr Edward Davey answering member 188 label Biography information for Ed Davey
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

77596

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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, how many agencies will have access to data collected by smart meters.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	205496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>In order to protect consumers and ensure that they have choices over who can access their energy data and for what purposes, the Government has established a data access and privacy regulatory framework</p><p>Energy suppliers will be able to access their own customers’ monthly consumption data for billing and for the purposes of fulfilling any statutory requirement or licence obligations. Consumers will be able to choose whether or not to permit energy suppliers to access data on their daily or half-hourly consumption of energy.</p><p>Network operators will be permitted to access monthly consumption data for the purpose of developing and maintaining efficient, co-ordinated and economical systems for the distribution of electricity and gas. They will also be allowed to access half-hourly data for regulated purposes, such as network design, but this data will be aggregated so that individuals cannot be identified from it.</p><p>A consumer may choose to permit a third party signatory of the Smart Energy Code (such as an energy service company or switching sites) to access their consumption data but this access will not be permitted without explicit consumer consent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 22/07/2014 11:54:41 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

77600

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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 estimate his Department has made of the total cost of purchasing and installing smart meters in homes; and how it is intended that the costs will be recouped.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	205512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government’s Smart Metering Impact Assessment estimates a net present value benefit of £6.2bn based on present value costs of £10.9bn and present value benefits of £17.1bn for an appraisal period up to 2030.</p><p>The Government expects that both costs and cost savings will be passed to consumers by competing energy suppliers through energy bills as is the case with traditional meters.</p> answering member constituency Kingston and Surbiton answering member printed Mr Edward Davey question first answered 21/07/2014 13:30:18 answering member 188 label Biography information for Ed Davey previous answer version 11101 answering member constituency Kingston and Surbiton answering member printed Mr Edward Davey answering member 188 label Biography information for Ed Davey
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

77601

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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 his policy is on the compulsory installation of smart meters by homeowners.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	205513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Government's vision is for every home and smaller business in Great Britain to benefit from smart electricity and gas meters. The Government has placed an obligation on energy companies to take all reasonable steps to install smart meters at all domestic and smaller non-domestic premises by the end of 2020.</p><p>The rollout of smart meters will bring major benefits to consumers and the country and we expect consumers to welcome them. However, there is no obligation on customers to accept a smart meter if they do not wish to have one installed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kingston and Surbiton answering member printed Mr Edward Davey question first answered 22/07/2014 15:51:02 answering member 188 label Biography information for Ed Davey previous answer version 11099 answering member constituency Kingston and Surbiton answering member printed Mr Edward Davey answering member 188 label Biography information for Ed Davey
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

77602

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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, which companies that make smart meters are approved to fit them under the Government's rollout scheme.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	205595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Energy suppliers will determine which meter manufacturers to contract with and who should install the meters according to their own commercial procedures. The purchase and installation of smart meters is a matter for energy suppliers provided they are compliant with the smart metering equipment technical specifications (SMETS).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 22/07/2014 14:33:15 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

63881

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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	Natural Resources: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to publish the British Geological Survey's assessment of the hydrocarbon resources in the Weald area of the south of England.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	202357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The British Geological Survey Weald Basin Report has been published and can be viewed at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.bgs.ac.uk/shalegas/" target="_blank">http://www.bgs.ac.uk/shalegas/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 30/06/2014 14:20:55 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies

63882

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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	Fracking
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 his Department is taking to simplify regulations applying to the UK's shale gas industry.
tabling member constituency	Monmouth
tabling member printed	David T. C. Davies
uin	202356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department works closely with the relevant regulators and industry to ensure that the regulatory system is as streamlined as possible, whilst remaining robust enough to safeguard public safety and the environment.</p><p>In order to help companies navigate our regulatory system, the Department published in December a Regulatory Roadmap setting out all the regulation that applies to shale at the exploration stage.</p><p>We have already reduced unnecessary duplication in the regulatory system for shale gas, clarifying and streamlining the regulation of exploration activity through the Environment Agency, including developing a single application form for permits. The average waiting time for environmental permits for onshore oil and gas is 8 to 9 weeks. We will introduce standard rules environmental permits later this year cutting permitting times for low risk activities to 2-4 weeks.</p><p>The Department of Communities and Local Government published planning guidance for onshore oil &amp; gas projects last July, which makes clear that planning authorities when assessing applications should assume that the environmental and health and safety regulatory regimes operate effectively rather than duplicating effort.</p><p>We are also consulting on proposals designed to simplify current procedures for obtaining access to underground land. This consultation is open until the 15th August and, subject to the outcome of the consultation, could lead to legislative proposals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 30/06/2014 15:19:57 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies