Written question asked by Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party) on Monday, 11 July 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 July 2022 (named day). It was answered by Greg Hands (Conservative) on Thursday, 14 July 2022 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

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Energy Supply

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the number of energy suppliers that have ceased trading in each of the last two years; what estimate he has made of the number of consumers that have been transferred to alternative energy suppliers as a result; and what estimate he has made of the total additional estimated cost to consumers of those transfers.

Answer

Information on energy suppliers that have ceased trading, and their customer base, is published by the regulator Ofgem at https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications/check-whos-taken-over-your-energy-supply.

Suppliers can make a claim for the unrecoverable costs of acting as the supplier of last resort. The individual claims and decisions can be found on Ofgem’s website.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

33720

Session

2022-23

Subjects

Consumers Costs Energy supply Insolvency

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

View this Written question on www.parliament.uk