Written question asked by Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 27 January 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 29 January 2015. It was answered by Matt Hancock (Conservative) on Thursday, 29 January 2015 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Energy: Debts
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many families with children in (a) North Devon constituency and (b) the UK are in debt to their energy companies.
- Answer
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Ofgem closely monitors domestic energy suppliers’ performance and publishes information in relation to debt owed by domestic electricity and gas accounts holders in Great Britain, but they do not publish data relating to families with children or constituency areas. At the end of 2013, latest data available, 1.5 million domestic electricity accounts holders and 1.4 million domestic gas accounts holders were in debt to their energy supplier:
https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/92186/annualreport2013finalforpublication.pdf.
(Ofgem’s Domestic Suppliers’ Social Obligations: 2013 Annual Report)
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 222282
- Session
- 2014-15
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- Domestic Suppliers Social Obligations: 2013 report
- Subjects
- Debts Energy
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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