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1037815

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	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 assessment his Department has made of the effect on the energy bills of consumers of domestic energy suppliers ceasing trading.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	206232
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>In the event of an energy supplier insolvency, the Supplier of Last Resort (SoLR) process allows a quick transfer of customers to another supplier appointed by Ofgem and ensures credit balances are protected.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of the competitive SoLR processes, successful suppliers have agreed to absorb a proportion of the costs of the process and claim some of the remaining costs via the industry-wide SoLR levy. The amount claimed through the levy will vary depending on the terms of the successful SoLR bid and other factors such as number of customers and how much credit they have built up. It takes time for the extent of some SoLR-related costs to become clear and Ofgem consult with industry and interested parties before any levy claim decision is taken.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 14/01/2019 17:48:14 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1041684

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2017 to Question 206232 on Energy: Prices, what estimate he has made of the total cost incurred by (a) the public purse and (b) other energy suppliers as a result of the transfer of customers of domestic energy suppliers who cease trading through the Supplier of Last Resort process in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	208752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>A Supplier of Last Resort (SoLR) appointed through a competitive process may make a claim to recover some of the costs they incur via an industry-wide levy. None of the levy costs are met by the public purse. The recovery of any tax arrears in an insolvency is a matter for the administrators and HMRC.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is not able to make estimates of the expected costs as a result of the SoLR process. The costs of an insolvency will depend on the circumstances of each case and variables such as the number of customers, the short term costs of ensuring they continue to be supplied with energy, the settlement of customer bills and the costs absorbed by the incoming supplier. It is for Ofgem, as the expert regulator, to scrutinise the costs in any levy claim and to consult with industry and interested parties before any decision is taken to use the levy.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 21/01/2019 15:26:09 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

687151

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2017
	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: 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 representations he has received about energy price rises in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	63696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>BEIS Ministers and officials received a number of representations on a range of issues in the last 12 months.</p><p><br>We are disappointed by the announcements of some companies of price rises when customers on standard variable tariffs are already paying more than they need to. We expect energy supply companies to treat all their customers fairly and have made it clear that, wherever markets are not working for consumers, there can be a role for Government in ensuring that they do.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/02/2017 12:13:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

733030

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	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: 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, with reference to page 78 of the background document to the Queen's Speech 2017, published on 21 June 2016, how his Department will extend price protection for those on the poorest value tariffs; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	1424
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to extending price protection currently in place for some vulnerable customers to more customers on the poorest value tariffs.</p><p> </p><p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State has written to the Chief Executive Officer of Ofgem to ask for advice on what action the regulator might take to safeguard customers on these tariffs. This Department will consider how to proceed in light of his response.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 03/07/2017 10:32:40 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

757874

	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: 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, with reference to page 78 of the publication entitled Queen's Speech 2017: background briefing notes, if his Department will estimate the number of vulnerable energy customers on the poorest value tariffs who will be covered by extending energy price protection; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	8886
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has written to the Chief Executive of Ofgem asking him to advise on what action the regulator intends to take to safeguard consumers on the poorest value tariffs and to consider the future of standard variable tariffs. The Secretary of State will consider Ofgem’s proposals and their potential impact on vulnerable consumers, in deciding on how to proceed.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2017 16:40:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

759462

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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: 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 estimate his Department has made of the percentage change in the cost for the average domestic dual fuel bill for customers of (a) British Gas, (b) EDF, (c) Npower, (d) E.ON, (e) Scottish Power and (f) SSE since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	9772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy collect data from energy companies on the price of energy. This data is collected in confidence and therefore cannot be provided by individual supplier.</p><p>In real terms, the cost of an average annual UK domestic energy bill based on fixed consumption levels[1] for combined gas and standard electricity increased year on year from 2010 to 2014 but fell between 2014 and 2016. Overall from 2010 to 2016, bills increased by 8.4 per cent, assuming fixed consumption. However, over this time period average household consumption of gas and electricity also fell, in large part as a result of improved energy efficiency. Based on actual consumption, bills were slightly lower in 2016 than 2010, although this reflects colder than average temperatures in 2010.</p><p>Data based on fixed consumption can be found online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/annual-domestic-energy-price-statistics</a>. Information on the impact of variable consumption can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/604317/Domestic_energy_bills_in_2016_-_the_impact_of_variable_consumption.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/604317/Domestic_energy_bills_in_2016_-_the_impact_of_variable_consumption.pdf</a>.</p><p>Additionally, individual companies have published their total revenue from sales of domestic gas and electricity through the consolidated segmental reports which can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2017/06/links_to_consolidated_segmental_statements_0.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2017/06/links_to_consolidated_segmental_statements_0.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[1] Consumption levels: 3,800kWh for electricity and 15,000kWh for gas</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/09/2017 15:18:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

759464

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	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: 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 assessment he has made of the effect of Government policy on trends in the average cost of domestic dual fuel energy bills over the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	9770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>After an increase in 2013, average household dual fuel bills declined in real terms between 2013 and 2016. Actions taken to tackle emissions have helped to reduce average energy bills for households as efficiency savings have more than offset the increased cost of supporting low carbon technologies.</p><p>The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) estimate that the cost of policies delivering cleaner energy, support for vulnerable households, and investing in upgrading our buildings account for around 12 per cent (around £140) of an average household dual fuel bill in 2016. However, these costs are on average more than offset by savings from improvements to the energy efficiency of people’s homes. The CCC estimate that household energy efficiency improvements made since 2008 are delivering average bill savings of around £290 per year, driven in large part by government policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 14/09/2017 15:20:19 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

771356

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	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: 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 assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of competition conditions for domestic supply contracts within the retail energy market; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	107746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, the number of domestic energy suppliers in the UK has increased from 13 to over 60 and independent suppliers now have over 20% share of the dual fuel market. In addition, almost 3 million electricity and gas switches took place between January and July this year.</p><p>However, the Competition and Markets Authority has found that millions of domestic energy customers were paying around £1.4 billion annually more than they would if the market were functioning effectively. On 12 October the Government published a draft Bill for pre-legislative scrutiny that would require Ofgem to put in place a temporary price cap on standard variable and default tariffs.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 19/10/2017 15:55:29 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

772366

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2017
	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: 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, whether his Department holds information on the proportion of energy customers on standard variable tariffs who are also in receipt of the winter fuel payment for each of the last seven years.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	108127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the tariffs paid by those in receipt of winter fuel payments. The Department estimates the proportions of all customers who are on variable tariffs, in the table below; data prior to 2013 is not available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Proportion of customers on variable tariffs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>68%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data are published in Quarterly Energy Prices in tables, 2.4.2 and 2.5.2 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-price-stastics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-price-stastics</a></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/10/2017 13:44:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

780665

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	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: 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 his Department has made of the average spend on domestic energy bills by household Energy Performance Certificate rating in the last 12 months for which data is available; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	110219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s latest assessment of the cost of households’ energy requirements, split by their EPC rating, is contained within the Clean Growth Strategy:</p><p><strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/651916/BEIS_The_Clean_Growth_online_12.10.17.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/651916/BEIS_The_Clean_Growth_online_12.10.17.pdf</a> </strong>(see page 73).</p><p>To derive these costs, these estimates make standardised assumptions about the temperature a home is heated to, its hot water use and lighting patterns (these assumptions are consistent with those contained within EPCs). Households’ actual energy use may differ - for example where households heat their home to different levels, or use more or less hot water than assumed.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 02/11/2017 16:07:48 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham