| Heading: |
Electricity and Natural Gas: Standing Charges |
| Question ID: |
1751667 |
| UIN: |
21374 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-19 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4743 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lee Anderson
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Lee Anderson
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that standing charges for (a) electricity and (b) gas reflect actual service costs. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-01-07 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5099 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Miatta Fahnbulleh
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Miatta Fahnbulleh
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| Answer text: |
Although standing charges are a commercial matter for suppliers, and are regulated by Ofgem, we know that too much of the burden of the bill is placed on them. The Government has worked constructively with the regulator on the issue of standing charges, a... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |