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Written question asked by Ian Lavery (Labour) on Monday, 12 December 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 14 December 2016. It was answered by Jesse Norman (Conservative) on Monday, 19 December 2016 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Energy: Meters

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people are registered as using a pre-payment meter to access their electricity and other utilities in (a) Wansbeck constituency, (b) the North East and (c) nationally.

Answer

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy collects data, including customers’ tariff information, from the energy companies as part of the domestic fuels inquiry This data is collected by region and not by constituency.

In the second quarter of 2016, 14 % of domestic standard electricity customers and 15% of domestic gas customers in the North East paid for their energy by pre-payment meter. By comparison 15% of domestic standard electricity customers and 14% of domestic gas customers in England and Wales combined paid for their energy by pre-payment meter. This data is published within our Quarterly Energy Prices publication and can be found in Tables 2.4.2 and 2.5.2 which is available here: www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-price-statics

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
57085
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Energy Meters Pre-payment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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