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774138

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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: Coventry South
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 number of energy customers in Coventry South constituency who are on (a) standard variable and (b) default tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	108732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department collects data from energy companies by public electricity supplier (PES) regions; data is not available by parliamentary constituency. In the West Midlands, 61% of gas and electricity customers are estimated to be on variable tariffs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 24/10/2017 11:29:49 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

772367

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: Debts
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 level of personal debt associated with unpaid energy bills; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	108128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>Figures on levels of personal debt associated with unpaid energy are sourced from the Ofgem report ‘vulnerable consumers in the retail energy market 2017’. Ofgem estimates that in 2016 the proportions of customers in debt for gas by nation were: England: 2.5%, Scotland: 2.7%, and Wales: 2.3%. For electricity the proportions are similar with England: 2.5%, Scotland: 2.5%, and Wales: 2.2%. The average level of debt owed at the point customers started repaying was for gas £622 and for electricity £628.</p><p>The full report can be found at <a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2017/10/consumer_vulnerability_report_web.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/system/files/docs/2017/10/consumer_vulnerability_report_web.pdf</a></p><p>When a supplier becomes aware a customer is having difficulties paying their energy bills they are required by license conditions to offer:</p><ul><li>A means where payment may be deducted at source from benefits received by that customer;</li><li>Regular instalments paid through a means other than a prepayment meter - taking all reasonable steps to ascertain the customer’s ability to pay.</li><li>using a prepayment meter, where it is safe and reasonably practicable in all the circumstances of the case for the Domestic Customer to do so, and taking all reasonable steps to ascertain the customer’s ability to pay.</li></ul> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/10/2017 10:21:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 16639 answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James 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

767734

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
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: Price Caps
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 statutory obligation on Ofgem to consult with energy firms on an energy price cap across standard variable tariffs on the time taken to implement such a cap.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	106537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>The draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill was published for pre-legislative scrutiny on the 12<sup>th</sup> October 2017. Clause 2 (3) of the draft Bill requires Ofgem to consult certain stakeholders on the methodology. Clause 1 of the draft Bill sets out a requirement for Ofgem to modify the standard licence condition to impose a cap as soon as practicable after the Act is passed.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 13/10/2017 12:57:04 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James previous answer version 14148 answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington answering member 4068
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

760291

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
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	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Cycle to Work Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many civil servants in his Department made use of a cycle-to-work scheme in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	10490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) was created on 14 July 2016. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) were merged to create this new department.</p><p>The table below shows the number of civil service employees in BEIS, and before BEIS was created, the combined total within DECC and BIS, over the last five years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of Civil Service Employees using Cycle to Work Scheme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (until 30 September 2017)</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>111</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/10/2017 16:10:42 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

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

757114

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
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: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of people in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry South constituency will be covered by the Government's proposals to safeguard customers on the poorest value tariff.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	8414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2017 answer text <p>Ofgem is considering options to protect vulnerable consumers and has yet to announce a formal proposal.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 07/09/2017 15:37:28 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham