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Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 October 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 20 October 2017 (named day). It was answered by Margot James (Conservative) on Friday, 20 October 2017 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Energy: Prices

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department holds information on the proportion of energy customers on standard variable tariffs who are also in receipt of the winter fuel payment for each of the last seven years.

Answer

The Department does not hold data on the tariffs paid by those in receipt of winter fuel payments. The Department estimates the proportions of all customers who are on variable tariffs, in the table below; data prior to 2013 is not available.

Year

Proportion of customers on variable tariffs

2013

80%

2014

74%

2015

71%

2016

68%

Data are published in Quarterly Energy Prices in tables, 2.4.2 and 2.5.2 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/quarterly-domestic-energy-price-stastics

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
108127
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Billing Energy Prices Winter fuel payment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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