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935198

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether reforms which aim to make the energy market more competitive may breach new data protection rules; and whether they have alternative plans to improve competitiveness in that market.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL9315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government will ensure any market interventions that are introduced to improve competition in the energy retail market are compliant with data protection laws; for example, our consideration of the interaction between the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the retail energy Midata project.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Ofgem is taking forward a range of measures, including their disengaged customer database, customer engagement prompts, and the faster and more reliable switching programme to make the energy retail market more competitive. Ofgem has stated that the privacy and protection of consumer information will be fundamental under any such reforms and that they will ensure their reforms are compliant with data protection laws.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 12/07/2018 12:53:46 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

757873

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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: Competition
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 meetings he has had with the Big Six energy companies; and what measures his Department plans to being forward to ensure the energy market is a competitive marketplace.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	8908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>BEIS Ministers and officials regularly meet energy supply companies to discuss a wide range of issues. We are working with Ofgem to make switching supplier quicker and easier for consumers.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2017 13:22:26 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

720931

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: Competition
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 review the efficacy of energy switching sites.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	70572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>It is important that consumers are confident they can find the best deals on price comparison websites.</p><p>Currently all energy switching sites accredited to the Ofgem Confidence Code need to provide a comparison of all tariffs available across the market, as a default, regardless of whether the switching site has a commercial arrangement in place with the supplier.</p><p>Following a recommendation by the Competition and Markets Authority, Ofgem launched a consultation on changes to the Confidence Code so that price comparison sites could show, as a default, only those tariffs for which it receives commission, provided it also includes clear and easy access to a whole of market comparison.</p><p>Ofgem is due to publish its decision on the consultation shortly.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/04/2017 13:01:21 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

659682

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
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: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the recommendation of the Competition and Markets Authority in its Energy Market Investigation report, published on 8 July 2016, that the Government should undertake and consult on a clear and thorough assessment of the appropriate allocation of technologies and CfD budgets between pots, what estimate he has made of the implications of that recommendation for his policy on holding an allocation round for pot two technologies without allocating a budget for pot one technologies.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Callum McCaig
uin	57925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering the recommendations of the Competition and Markets Authority.</p><p>Running competitive allocation processes to drive down the costs of decarbonisation is a key part of delivering the best deal to consumers; the first competitive allocation round secured savings of about 20% against the administrative strike prices. We will set out our plans for Pot 1 in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/01/2017 14:25:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 28021 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4364 label Biography information for Callum McCaig

642873

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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: Competition
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many customers have switched their energy provider in the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Black of Brentwood
uin	HL3475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>Data is published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on switching. The data is collected by Ofgem and republished by BEIS in Table 2.7.1 of which can be found online (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-switching-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-switching-statistics</a> ). Multiple switches made by the same customer in each year are counted as separate switches.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of electricity switches</p></td><td><p>Number of gas switches</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>4,206,000</p></td><td><p>3,270,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3,342,000</p></td><td><p>2,280,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>3,425,000</p></td><td><p>2,190,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>3,058,000</p></td><td><p>2,281,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>3,396,000</p></td><td><p>2,709,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 28/11/2016 16:14:58 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe attachment 1 file name table_271.xls title Quarterly domestic energy switching statistics
tabling member	4171 label Biography information for Lord Black of Brentwood

524901

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Energy: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations officials, advisers and Ministers of his Department made to the Competition and Markets Authority on the date of publication of its final report on the energy market.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	40499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is independent of Government. The timing of CMA publications is a matter for the CMA, taking into account its statutory deadlines.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 40500 question first answered 27/06/2016 16:13:40 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

524902

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Energy: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he or any of his Ministerial colleagues were consulted by the Competition and Markets Authority on the date upon which it plans to publish its investigation into the energy market.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	40500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is independent of Government. The timing of CMA publications is a matter for the CMA, taking into account its statutory deadlines.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles grouped question UIN 40499 question first answered 27/06/2016 16:13:40 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

524943

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
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: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether she plans to make a statement to the House on the publication of the final report into the energy market from the Competition and Markets Authority.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	40501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department will be providing a Government response to the Competition and Market Authority’s final publication on the energy market in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 27/06/2016 09:03:36 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

524944

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
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: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what representations officials, advisers and Ministers in her Department made to the Competition and Markets Authority on the date of publication of its final report on the energy market.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	40517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are an independent body and the date of publication of their reports is their decision. Officials, Advisors and Ministers in the Department have not made any representations to the CMA, and the CMA have not consulted Ministers or advisors, on the date of the publication of this report. Officials in my Department have discussed with the CMA their intended date of publication for final report on the energy market to inform the Department’s own planning.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 40518 question first answered 27/06/2016 09:04:12 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

524945

registered interest
date	14/06/2016
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: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether she or any of her ministerial colleagues were consulted by the Competition and Markets Authority on the date on which it plans to publish its investigation into the energy market.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	40518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2016 answer text <p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are an independent body and the date of publication of their reports is their decision. Officials, Advisors and Ministers in the Department have not made any representations to the CMA, and the CMA have not consulted Ministers or advisors, on the date of the publication of this report. Officials in my Department have discussed with the CMA their intended date of publication for final report on the energy market to inform the Department’s own planning.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom grouped question UIN 40517 question first answered 27/06/2016 09:04:12 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy