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Written question asked by Pamela Nash (Labour) on Monday, 9 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 March 2015 (named day). It was answered by Amber Rudd (Conservative) on Tuesday, 17 March 2015 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.


Energy: Debts

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many prepayment meter customers are in arrears for (a) electricity and (b) gas in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England and (iv) Wales in each year from May 2010 up to the most recent period for which records are available.

Answer

The Department does not hold information on how many prepayment customers are in arrears with their electricity and/or gas supply company.

Ofgem closely monitors domestic energy suppliers’ performance and publishes information in relation to debt owed by domestic customers for their electricity and gas supplies in its Social Obligations Annual Reports:

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/about-us/how-we-work/working-consumers/supplier-performance-social-obligations.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
226856
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Debts Energy Meters
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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