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711541

registered interest
date	15/03/2017
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 has carried out an assessment of changes in investor confidence caused by Ofgem's proposal retrospectively to remove long-standing triad incentive payments from committed 2014 and 2015 capacity market contracts.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	68021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>The review of embedded benefits related to Transmission Network Use of System demand charges is a matter for Ofgem, as the independent regulator. Ofgem is consulting on a draft impact assessment which considers various impacts of its proposed reforms.</p><p>The Department has received a number of stakeholder representations regarding the review of embedded benefits. These suggest that many embedded generation projects with capacity agreements from the 2014 and 2015 auctions will be largely unaffected; but some may be affected if they have assumed current levels of embedded benefit over a longer term.</p><p>The Capacity Market exists to provide back-up supply when needed.</p><p>Holders of capacity agreements are of course subject to strict termination fees where they are unable to fulfil their agreements. The Government remains confident that these obligations, alongside the future one-year-ahead auction, can be used effectively to mitigate any risks to capacity that arise between the four-year-ahead auction and the delivery year, so that security of supply is maintained.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/03/2017 12:52:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

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

678143

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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, if he will take steps to reduce the difference in cost paid for energy between customers with prepayment meters and other energy customers.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	61353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>On 7 December 2016, the Competition and Markets Authority published a final order that requires suppliers to cap the amount they can charge pre-payment customers. The cap will come into effect in April this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 31/01/2017 17:07:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

677636

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
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 the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to require energy companies to give the lowest tariff to their customers.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	61220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text The Government is carefully considering the recommendations of the Competition and Market Authority report on the energy sector, and will be setting out its response in due course. answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/01/2017 17:23:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

648919

registered interest
date	30/11/2016
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: 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, how many standard variable customers have switched tariff with their own supplier in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	55635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not collect this data. Ofgem collects and publishes data on those who switch to another tariff with their existing supplier. However, this data does not distinguish between those switching from variable or fixed tariffs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/12/2016 15:09:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

647313

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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: 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 proportion of Warm Home Discount recipients who are (a) British Gas, (b) EON, (c) nPower, (d) Scottish Power, (e) SSE and (f) Big Six customers overall are on their supplier's variable tariff.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	55108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Montgomeryshire on 1<sup>st</sup> December 2016 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-11-23/54581/" target="_blank">54581</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/12/2016 15:58:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

647314

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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: 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 proportion of Priority Service Register customers of (a) British Gas, (b) EON, (c) nPower, (d) Scottish Power, (e) SSE and (f) the Big Six energy companies on their supplier's standard variable tariff.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	55109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>Data on customers who are on the Priority Service Register (PSR) is published by Ofgem. However, due to the incompatibility of the data sets, this cannot be linked with the data held by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the type of tariffs customers are on. For this reason, we cannot calculate the proportion of PSR customers who are on standard variable tariffs.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 55107 question first answered 06/12/2016 15:57:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

647317

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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: 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 proportion of Priority Service Register customers of (a) British Gas, (b) EON, (c) nPower, (d) Scottish Power, (e) SSE and (f) the Big Six energy companies have been on their supplier's variable tariff for (i) three years or over, (ii) five years or over, (iii) 10 years or over and (iv) 15 years or over.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
uin	55107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>Data on customers who are on the Priority Service Register (PSR) is published by Ofgem. However, due to the incompatibility of the data sets, this cannot be linked with the data held by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the type of tariffs customers are on. For this reason, we cannot calculate the proportion of PSR customers who are on standard variable tariffs.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 55109 question first answered 06/12/2016 15:57:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

643180

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: 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 proportion of domestic energy consumers switched tariff in each of the last three years; and what proportion of those consumers were switching from standard variable tariffs to fixed rate tariffs.
tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
tabling member printed	Glyn Davies
uin	54582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>Data is published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) 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> ).</p><p>The number of domestic energy supplier switches as a proportion of total customer numbers in Great Britain is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Proportion of electricity customers switching supplier</p></td><td><p>Proportion of gas customers switching supplier</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This is calculated by combining all switches made within the year, divided by the total domestic customers. Multiple switches made by the same customer within each year are counted as separate switches. The number of customer switching from standard variable to fixed rate tariffs is not collected or held by BEIS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/11/2016 15:31:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4041 label Biography information for Glyn Davies

643181

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: 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, how many domestic consumers whose energy was supplied by one of the Big Six suppliers and who were on a standard variable tariff switched tariff (a) with the same supplier and (b) to a new supplier in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Montgomeryshire
tabling member printed	Glyn Davies
uin	54583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy collect data on the type of tariff which customers are on for the big six energy suppliers as part of our domestic fuels inquiry. We do not collect or hold data for customers and therefore cannot identify how long a customer has been with the same supplier or which customers have moved to a new supplier.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/11/2016 15:30:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4041 label Biography information for Glyn Davies