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850745

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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: Meters
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 smart meters are on schedule to be installed in every household by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	129982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that all homes and small businesses are offered smart meters by the end of 2020. The Programme is well underway with around 400,000 being installed every month.There are now over 8.6 million smart and advanced meters operating across homes and businesses across Great Britain. The rollout of smart meters is on track to deliver significant benefits, including putting an end to estimated bills, and is set to save consumers £300m in 2020 alone.</p><p> </p><p>Energy suppliers are responsible for planning and delivering the roll-out of smart meters, working within the legal framework established by the Government. Energy suppliers’ licence conditions require them to take ‘all reasonable steps’ to roll-out smart meters to all their domestic and small business customers by 31 December 2020. Ofgem is responsible for regulating energy suppliers against this obligation.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/03/2018 16:43:22 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

851002

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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: Meters
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 assessment the Government has made of the reliability and accuracy of smart meter energy readings.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	130198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>Smart meters installed in Great Britain must comply with the relevant legislation on measurement at the time of installation, which are the Measuring Instruments (Active Electrical Energy Meters) Regulations and the Measuring Instruments (Gas Meters) Regulations.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Product Safety &amp; Standards (OPS&amp;S) regularly monitors the accuracy of meter populations through the in-service testing (IST) scheme to ensure they continue to perform to an acceptable level. IST therefore forms an important part of consumer protection by ensuring only meters that operate within the prescribed limits of accuracy are used for consumer billing. Further information is available online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/in-service-testing-for-gas-and-electricity-meters" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/in-service-testing-for-gas-and-electricity-meters</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/03/2018 15:42:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

846079

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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: Meters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons Ofgem recently increased the level of the pre-payment metre price cap.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	128787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The prepayment safeguard tariff (price cap) tariff was introduced by the Competition and markets Authority (CMA) following its investigation into the energy markets. The methodology set by the CMA, and administered by Ofgem, to calculate the cap is based on wholesale costs, network costs, policy costs, operating costs and costs specifically associated with prepayment meters. The recent change reflected changes in these underlying costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 26/02/2018 15:47:02 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

845528

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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: Meters
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 assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of the pre-payment meter price cap on switching levels among customers in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	128500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The prepayment meter safeguard (price cap) tariff, set by the Competition and Markets Authority, includes a degree of ‘headroom’, to allow suppliers to offer competitive deals beneath the level of the cap and incentivise switching. The for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy publish quarterly domestic energy switching statistics provided by Ofgem. The latest data published in December 2017 shows 1,284,000 electricity meters and 1,110,000 gas meters switched energy supplier in Q3 of 2017. We do not hold data that provides a breakdown of the number of switches by payment type. Latest switching data is available here, at <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></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/02/2018 15:12:15 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

843606

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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: Meters
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential effect on the Government's proposed energy price cap on the smart meter roll-out.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	127947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill is clear that Ofgem must take into account an efficient supplier’s ability to finance its activities. This would include the roll out of smart meters, which is a requirement of their supply licence.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/02/2018 17:09:49 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

843608

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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: Meters
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 publish details of the business model his Department used to determine the pre-payment meter energy price cap.
tabling member constituency	Livingston
tabling member printed	Hannah Bardell
uin	127949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The prepayment safeguard (price cap) tariff was introduced by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) following its investigation into the energy markets. The methodology set by the CMA, and administered by Ofgem, to calculate the cap was brought into effect by the CMA’s Energy Market Investigation (Prepayment Charge Restriction) Order 2016, which is available on the CMA’s website here, <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-market-investigation-prepayment-charge-restriction-order-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/energy-market-investigation-prepayment-charge-restriction-order-2016</a></p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/02/2018 17:07:59 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4486 label Biography information for Hannah Bardell

838933

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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: Meters
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 assessment he has made of the effect of the extension of the deadline for installing SMETS1 meters from July 2018 to September 2018 on (a) the supply chain for installing smart meters, and (b) progress towards the 2020 smart meters roll-out target.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	127494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The SMETS1 end-date was recently extended to 5 October 2018 to allow suppliers to keep installing smart meters as they conduct their final tests on SMETS2 meters.</p><p> </p><p>Ensuring smart meter installations continue at pace means more consumers can save energy and money, through accurate bills and real time feedback on energy use, during the transition from the rollout of SMETS1 to SMETS2 meters at scale.</p><p> </p><p>The change of the SMETS1 end-date does not impact on progress towards the 2020 deadline.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 20/02/2018 14:52:34 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

838934

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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: Meters
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 he is taking to ensure the maintenance of safety standards for smart meter installations as a result of the Government's incentive schemes for increasing the number of installations of those meters.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	127495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>Ensuring the safety of rollout of smart meters is a key priority for the Programme both for consumers and those responsible for installations. The Programme is built upon a strong existing health and safety culture within the energy sector.</p><p>Energy suppliers are already required to comply with a number of existing regulations and requirements relating to safety, including: the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations (1998) and The Meter Asset Managers Code of Practice (MAMCoP) and the Metering Installation Code of Practice (SMICoP).</p><p>All installers fitting smart meters undergo training to achieve the level of skills and qualifications required. All gas meter installers and installing organisations must be Gas Safe registereThe Government is working closely with the energy industry on these matters, including regular dialogue on safety performance.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 20/02/2018 14:52:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

838935

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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: Meters
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 information his Department holds on the number and proportion of smart meters which are operating in dumb mode.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	127496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>It is estimated there are currently around 400,000 meters being operated by large suppliers in ‘traditional’ mode.</p><p> </p><p>There were more than 8.6 million smart and advanced meters operating in Great Britain, in ‘smart mode’, as of 30 September 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Data and Communications Company (DCC) is examining a range of options for moving SMETS1 meters into its national system, starting later this year, so that all consumers can keep their smart services when they switch energy supplier.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/02/2018 14:38:05 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

839046

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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: Meters
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 estimate he has made of the spending from the public purse to date on the smart meter roll-out; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	127606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The smart meter roll-out is being funded from investment by energy suppliers and network operators.</p><p>The only expenditure relating to the Smart Metering Implementation Programme that comes from the public purse is the direct cost to Government of delivering the Programme.</p><p>This represents around 1% of the Programme’s total costs, for which estimates are set out in the latest version of the Government’s cost-benefit analysis of the Programme:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smart-meter-roll-out-gb-cost-benefit-analysis.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 20/02/2018 14:53:57 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham