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155838

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date	17/11/2014
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	Ofgem
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 6 November 2014, Official Report, column 955, on off-grid gas customers, if he will make it his policy to include the off-grid gas market under the remit of Ofgem.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	214550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The remit of Ofgem is to regulate the monopoly companies that run the electricity and gas networks. There is no natural or structural monopoly for supply and distribution in off-gas grid fuels; on the contrary, it is a competitive supply market.</p><p>The Federation of Petroleum Suppliers’ Code of Practice is a binding code for their members engaged in domestic heating oil supply. Their Customer Charter also provides advice on the level of services members are expected to provide to their customers, the process for making complaints about a supplier, and advice for those with payment difficulties. The UK Liquid Petroleum Gas trade body has produced a “Vulnerable Persons Protocol” for LPG suppliers which sets out the protection embodied in contracted supply arrangements, arrangements for vulnerable customers, for customers in payment difficulties, and delivery priorities. These two sectors provide the overwhelming majority of off-grid fuel, and these trade bodies cover over 80% of the domestic heating oil used in mainland UK and 99% of bulk LPG supply.</p><p>Customers of heat networks are also technically ‘off gas grid’ (representing 2% of heat demand in buildings) and they are also benefiting from development of industry-led customer protection schemes and the introduction of heat metering and billing regulations.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/11/2014 14:39:54 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

155840

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Annual Energy Statement of 6 November 2014, Official Report, column 982, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of Ofgem's retail market reforms on the (a) comprehensibility of energy bills and (b) levels of competition in the energy market.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	214557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>In July, Ofgem published its framework for evaluating the retail market reforms and will be reporting annually on the progress of competition in the retail markets, including the impact of the retail market reforms. A full review of the package of reforms is planned for 2017.</p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority will be assessing levels of competition in the retail energy markets as part of their Market Investigation into the energy markets.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/11/2014 14:43:19 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

155841

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 6 November 2014, Official Report, column 953, on energy bills, what the evidential basis was for the statement that the large energy companies are on track to have switching times by the end of 2014.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	214548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>The modifications to underpinning industry processes that were necessary to enable a halving of switching times have taken place and Energy UK members have agreed that they will all offer faster switching by the end of the year.</p><p>The Department continues to work with suppliers and their representatives to ensure that they meet this commitment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/11/2014 14:41:43 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

155850

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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: Competition
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Annual Energy Statement of 6 November 2014, Official Report, column 982, what the evidential basis was for the statement that competition between energy suppliers is hotting up.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	214556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Cornwall Energy’s report, Competition in British Household Energy Supply shows that small and medium sized suppliers are continuing to make inroads in the largest suppliers’ market share. The market share held by small and medium sized companies for dual fuel customers was 9% on 31 July 2014.This is the highest market share recorded by small and medium sized companies since the market was liberalised:</p><p><a href="http://www.energy-uk.org.uk/publication.html?task=file.download&amp;id=4886" target="_blank">http://www.energy-uk.org.uk/publication.html?task=file.download&amp;id=4886</a></p><p>By contrast, in 2010 the equivalent market share was less than 1% percent.</p><p>Switching data compiled by Electralink shows that the number of households switching to small and medium-sized electricity suppliers continues to increase. In October Electralink recorded the highest number of net switches from large suppliers to small suppliers since records began:</p><p><a href="http://www.energy-uk.org.uk/publication.html?task=file.download&amp;id=4911" target="_blank">http://www.energy-uk.org.uk/publication.html?task=file.download&amp;id=4911</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock attachment 1 file name Cornwall Energy report_ Competition in British household energy supply markets - October 2014[1].pdf title Cornwall Energy report: UK Household Energy supply 2 file name Electricity switching figures October 2014[1].pdf title Electricity switching figures October 2014 question first answered 25/11/2014 14:40:28 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

155851

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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	Fracking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 6 November 2014, Official Report, column 952, on fracking, if he will make it his policy to ensure that baseline assessments of the level of methane in the groundwater should take place at every fracking site a full 12 months in advance.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	214547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>We support baseline monitoring, which helps ensure a rigorous post-operation assessment. The Environment Agency will require it wherever they consider groundwater to be at risk.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/11/2014 14:41:02 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

155852

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 6 November 2014, Official Report, column 959, on energy bills, which large energy companies have announced price freezes; and for how long each such company has frozen prices.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	214551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>This information is publically available from the large energy companies.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/11/2014 14:42:11 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

155876

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
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: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of average debt levels of customers in debt to their energy supplier for (a) electricity and (b) gas in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
uin	214541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2014 answer text <p>Ofgem monitors and publishes information about the average level of debt that domestic customers owe for their gas and electricity supplies in its Social Obligations Annual Reports:</p><p><a href="https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/about-us/how-we-work/working-consumers/supplier-performance-social-obligations" target="_blank">https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/about-us/how-we-work/working-consumers/supplier-performance-social-obligations</a>.</p><p>The table below shows the average level of debt for domestic customers with a repayment arrangement agreed with their supplier for 2005 to 2012. Ofgem did not publish data on the average level of debt for 2003 and 2004. Data for 2013 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><em>2005</em></p></td><td><p><em>2006</em></p></td><td><p><em>2007</em></p></td><td><p><em>2008</em></p></td><td><p><em>2009</em></p></td><td><p><em>2010</em></p></td><td><p><em>2011</em></p></td><td><p><em>2012</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Electricity</strong></p></td><td><p>£173</p></td><td><p>£195</p></td><td><p>£180</p></td><td><p>£230</p></td><td><p>£277</p></td><td><p>£360</p></td><td><p>£357</p></td><td><p>£304</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gas</strong></p></td><td><p>£180</p></td><td><p>£185</p></td><td><p>£195</p></td><td><p>£193</p></td><td><p>£287</p></td><td><p>£339</p></td><td><p>£371</p></td><td><p>£313</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Average debt levels for both electricity and gas are falling, having risen significantly from 2007-2010.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/11/2014 14:42:33 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint