Subject	Predicate	Object
N3TqXCmD	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	j4dy42GV
	answer has answering person	Joan Mary Ruddock
	answer text	[holding answer 17 September 2008]: I have been asked to reply.All suppliers now offer programmes of assistance to vulnerable customers. Allowing companies to act voluntarily has encouraged innovation and competition between them to offer the most attractive social programmes to consumers. Mandating a social tariff would stifle this innovation and could increase energy prices for the remaining majority of consumers, including those on low and modest incomes and therefore would need to be considered carefully.
	answer given date	2008-11-26
	answer has answering body	Department of Energy and Climate Change
	written answer has answering body	Department of Energy and Climate Change
Department of Energy and Climate Change	answering body has written answer	N3TqXCmD
Department of Energy and Climate Change	answering body has answer	N3TqXCmD
j4dy42GV	question has answer	N3TqXCmD
Joan Mary Ruddock	answering person has answer	N3TqXCmD