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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

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

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