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registered interest false more like this
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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept id 201 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy more like this
hansard heading Energy: Prices more like this
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's price cap for standard variable tariffs on trends in the level of the average household energy bill. more like this
tabling member constituency Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill more like this
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Hugh Gaffney more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-07-01more like thismore than 2019-07-01
answer text <p>The price cap protects customers on standard variable and default tariffs from excessive charging. Ofgem estimates that the price cap saves the average customer £75-£100 each year, compared to what they would be paying without the price cap, and a total of £1 billion each year. Non-capped tariffs continue to be competitive, with Ofgem calculating the difference between the most expensive and the cheapest tariff in the market at £381 in May 2019.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Kingswood more like this
answering member printed Chris Skidmore more like this
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less than 2019-07-01T14:08:13.42Zmore like thismore than 2019-07-01T14:08:13.42Z
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label Biography information for Chris Skidmore more like this
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label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney more like this