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720920

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: 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 the current interoperability of SMETS1s will have on consumers' freedom to switch energy suppliers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	70616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah) on 23 February 2017 to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2017-02-20/64508/" target="_blank">64508</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/04/2017 13:34:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

720921

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: 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 make an estimate of the number of SMETS1s that are not in operation due to problems with their interoperability.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	70617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>As of December 2016 there were approximately 0.33 million smart meters being operated in traditional mode in domestic properties. This includes, for example, premises ceasing to exist through demolition or reclassification, as well as suppliers not currently operating smart meters in smart mode when a consumer switches. Some energy suppliers are not yet offering smart services.</p><p> </p><p>However, some suppliers already operate smart meters they have gained upon switching in smart mode. We are encouraging industry parties to enable more consumers to retain their smart services upon switching.</p><p> </p><p>Work is underway to make SMETS1 smart meters interoperable between energy suppliers, through enrolment in to the Data and Communication Company’s system.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/04/2017 13:39:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

720922

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: 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 suspend the roll out of SMETS1s until problems with interoperability have been resolved; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	70618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>No. Smart meters complying with the first version of the technical specifications (SMETS1) are delivering real benefits to consumers and have helped the industry prepare for the main installation stage of the roll-out. Work is underway to make SMETS1 smart meters interoperable between energy suppliers, through enrolment in to the DCC’s system.</p><p> </p><p>Consumers with smart meters are having a positive experience and saving energy. Research by Populus for Smart Energy GB, published in February 2017, found that eight in ten (81 per cent) of those with smart meters would recommend them to others.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/04/2017 16:33:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

720923

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: 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 make an estimate of the costs of the Data Communications Company enrolling up to 8 million SMETS1s meters.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	70619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The Data and Communications Company (DCC) has consulted on options for ‘enrolling’ SMETS1 meters into its system. DCC is considering stakeholders’ responses and will submit a report to Government on options for enrolment later this year. The cost and benefits of enrolment will depend on which option is pursued and Government will take into account value for money when assessing the options.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the 2016 cost benefit analysis has already made allowance for the plan to enrol and adopt SMETS1 meters into the DCC.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/04/2017 13:31:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

720928

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2017 to Question 68881, what proportion of the initially projected benefits of the smart meter rollout is the £1,548 million reduction in benefits, as reported in the 2016 Cost Benefit Analysis.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	70620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>The headline net benefit of the rollout estimated in the 2016 Cost Benefit Analysis is broadly similar to the previous assessment published in 2014. However, there have been significant movements in the composition of benefits beneath the headline figure from updated assumptions and methodological adjustments. As such, it is not meaningful to consider one change in isolation. The 2016 CBA provides an overview of changes to analysis since the 2014 Impact Assessment (Table 2-2 on p.15 of Part I of the CBA).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/04/2017 16:27:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

720933

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: 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, when the roll out of SMETS2s will begin.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	70525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2017 answer text <p>The national data and communications infrastructure operated by the Data and Communications Company (DCC) is now live, enabling energy suppliers to install and operate SMETS2 meters on its systems. Suppliers are currently carrying out end to end testing using their own internal systems, the DCC, and their selected SMETS2 meters and will commence their rollout of SMETS2 meters as soon has their individual testing is complete.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/04/2017 10:08:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

720934

registered interest
date	13/04/2017
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 29 March 2017 to Question 68881, how much of the additional £1.548 million reduction in benefits, as reported in the 2016 Cost Benefit Analysis, is related to the problems of interoperability of SMETS1s.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	70526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>There is no link in our assessments between the change in benefits mentioned in the question and the interoperability of SMETS1 meters</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/04/2017 14:31:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

713608

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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: Housing
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 new fuel poverty and home energy efficiency policies will be included in his Department's forthcoming Clean Growth Plan.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	68890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>We cannot comment on the detailed content of the plan at this stage. However, it will set out our proposals for decarbonising the UK economy through the 2020s.</p><p> </p><p>Energy efficiency is the best long term solution to tackling fuel poverty. Our manifesto set out that we will help to insulate 1 million homes this Parliament, in line with our commitment to address fuel poverty. From April 2017, a reformed supplier obligation, ECO Help to Heat, will upgrade the energy efficiency of well over 200,000 homes per year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/03/2017 15:07:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

713609

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2017 to Question 66594, on energy: meters, whether SMETS2s installed by one energy provider may be operated by any other existing or new provider if the consumer decides to switch provider.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	68878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>SMETS2 meters have been specifically designed to continue to operate in ‘smart’ mode when a consumer switches energy supplier. All energy suppliers will be required to use the Data and Communications Company (DCC), which enables them to operate SMETS2 meters when gaining a customer from another supplier.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/03/2017 15:07:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

713610

registered interest
date	23/03/2017
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 March 2017 to Question 66594, on energy: meters, whether SMETS1s installed by one energy provider may be operated by any other existing or new provider if the consumer decides to switch provider.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	68879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s aim is that smart meters installed by one supplier can be operated by another so that consumers can switch energy supplier readily and retain the benefits of their smart metering service.</p><p> </p><p>In some cases, when a consumer switches energy supplier, the new supplier will able to operate the meter in ‘smart’ mode. If the new supplier is not able to operate the meter in 'smart' mode, the meter will continue to accurately record energy consumption and can be used in 'traditional' mode, with meter readings taken manually.</p><p> </p><p>Work is underway to make SMETS1 smart meters interoperable between energy suppliers through enrolment the Data and Communication Company’s (DCC) system. Ahead of enrolment in to the DCC, a number of industry parties are exploring approaches to enable more consumers to retain their smart services upon switching.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/03/2017 14:20:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 42696 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe