<p>The Department runs a quarterly survey known as the Domestic Fuels Inquiry, whereby all the major energy suppliers and a number of smaller energy suppliers provide data directly at a tariff level.</p><p>The following table shows the proportion of consumers who paid their energy bills by direct debit, in quarter two of 2013, split by Public Electricity Supply (PES) region.</p><p><table><thead><tr><td valign="top" /><td valign="top">Proportionof consumers that pay by direct debit(%)<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">PublicElectricity Supplyregion/country<br /></td><td valign="top">Standardelectricity<br /></td><td valign="top">Economy7<br /></td><td valign="top">Gas<br /></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td valign="top">Southern<br /></td><td valign="top">64<br /></td><td valign="top">53<br /></td><td valign="top">64<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">SouthEast<br /></td><td valign="top">63<br /></td><td valign="top">55<br /></td><td valign="top">61<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">SouthWest<br /></td><td valign="top">59<br /></td><td valign="top">50<br /></td><td valign="top">60<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Eastern<br /></td><td valign="top">58<br /></td><td valign="top">50<br /></td><td valign="top">58<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">NorthEast<br /></td><td valign="top">51<br /></td><td valign="top">54<br /></td><td valign="top">57<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">NorthScotland<br /></td><td valign="top">56<br /></td><td valign="top">45<br /></td><td valign="top">61<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">EastMidlands<br /></td><td valign="top">56<br /></td><td valign="top">61<br /></td><td valign="top">59<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">SouthScotland<br /></td><td valign="top">55<br /></td><td valign="top">43<br /></td><td valign="top">56<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">NorthWest<br /></td><td valign="top">54<br /></td><td valign="top">51<br /></td><td valign="top">56<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">WestMidlands<br /></td><td valign="top">54<br /></td><td valign="top">53<br /></td><td valign="top">55<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Yorkshire<br /></td><td valign="top">53<br /></td><td valign="top">50<br /></td><td valign="top">55<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">SouthWales<br /></td><td valign="top">53<br /></td><td valign="top">51<br /></td><td valign="top">54<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Merseysideand NorthWales<br /></td><td valign="top">52<br /></td><td valign="top">49<br /></td><td valign="top">53<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">London<br /></td><td valign="top">41<br /></td><td valign="top">46<br /></td><td valign="top">42<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">NorthernIreland<br /></td><td valign="top">38<br /></td><td valign="top">30<br /></td><td valign="top">n/a<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Scotland<br /></td><td valign="top">55<br /></td><td valign="top">44<br /></td><td valign="top">57<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">EnglandandWales<br /></td><td valign="top">55<br /></td><td valign="top">53<br /></td><td valign="top">57<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">GreatBritain<br /></td><td valign="top">55<br /></td><td valign="top">52<br /></td><td valign="top">57<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">NorthernIreland<br /></td><td valign="top">38<br /></td><td valign="top">30<br /></td><td valign="top">n/a<br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">UK<br /></td><td valign="top">55<br /></td><td valign="top">52<br /></td><td valign="top">n/a<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>Data are only available at the PES region level. Gas data are not published for Northern Ireland. These figures are made available through the DECC publication Quarterly Energy Prices, in tables 2.4.2 (standard electricity), 2.4.3 (economy 7) and 2.5.2 (gas):</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-price-stastics</p>