Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the timetable is for the construction of Sizewell C; and who will be responsible for the construction of that site.
Answered by Jesse Norman
EDF Energy is responsible for the construction and timetable of Sizewell C. Stage 2 of their consultation, prior to submitting an application for development consent, started on November 23 and will finish on 3 February 2017.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the number of customers of (a) British Gas, (b) EDF, (c) E.on, (d) Npower, (e) Scottish Power and (f) SSE who have been on that company's standard variable tariff for more than (i) three, (ii) five and (iii) 10 years.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Department does not hold information on the number of customers of energy suppliers who are on a company’s standard variable tariff. It does hold data on the proportion of each of the big six large energy suppliers’ customers who were on standard variable tariff in March 2016. I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I have given today to Question UIN 52275.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the proportion of customers of (a) British Gas, (b) EDF, (c) E.on, (d) Npower, (e) Scottish Power and (f) SSE who have been on that company's standard variable tariff for more than (i) three, (ii) five and (iii) 10 years.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Department does not routinely collect information on the proportion of customers of energy suppliers who are on a company’s standard variable tariff.
The Department holds data on the proportion of each of the six large energy suppliers’ customers who were on standard variable tariffs in March 2016, but it does not hold information about the length of time customers have been on those tariffs.
The information held by the department was provided by the regulator Ofgem pursuant to its statutory functions of providing advice, information and assistance to the Secretary of State on request (section 34(4) of the Gas Act 1986 and section 47(3) of the Electricity Act 1989). Insofar as the data relates to particular energy suppliers my department is restricted by section 105 of the Utilities Act 2000 from disclosing it except in accordance with that section.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on how much commission (a) ComparetheMarket, (b) GoCompare, (c) MoneySupermarket, (d) uSwitch and (e) Confused earn per single and dual fuel energy switch.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The commission arrangements between price comparison websites and energy suppliers are commercial matters for the individual companies concerned. The Department does not hold information on how much commission these price comparison companies earn from energy suppliers per single and dual fuel energy switch.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on whether (a) ComparetheMarket, (b) GoCompare, (c) MoneySupermarket, (d) uSwitch and (e) Confused charge different commissions to different energy suppliers.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The commission arrangements between price comparison websites and energy suppliers are commercial matters for the individual companies concerned. The Department does not hold information on whether these price comparison companies charge different rates of commission to different energy suppliers.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which energy company is the largest dual fuel supplier in each electricity supply region; and what proportion of dual fuel customers are with that supplier in each such region.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Department collects data on the number of customers on dual fuel tariffs from energy suppliers in confidence. The Department is therefore unable to publish any comparisons between companies or data on the proportion of dual fuel customers for each supplier in each region.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the proportion of customers of (a) British Gas, (b) EDF, (c) E.on, (d) Npower, (e) Scottish Power and (f) SSE who moved onto a new fixed price tariff with (i) the same and (ii) a different energy supplier at the end of a fixed price tariff with those companies.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Department does not hold information on the proportion of customers of energy suppliers who have moved onto a new fixed price tariff with the same or different energy supplier at the end of a fixed price tariff.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the average commission (a) ComparetheMarket, (b) GoCompare, (c) MoneySupermarket, (d) uSwitch and (e) Confused charge (i) British Gas, (ii) EDF, (iii) E.on, (iv) Npower, (v) Scottish Power and (vi) SSE per single and dual fuel energy switch.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The commission arrangements between price comparison websites and energy suppliers are commercial matters for the individual companies concerned. The Department does not hold information on the average commission these price comparison companies charge the energy supply companies referred to, per single and dual fuel energy switch.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what information his Department holds on the average commission (a) ComparetheMarket, (b) GoCompare, (c) MoneySupermarket, (d) uSwitch and (e) Confused charge suppliers which are not British Gas, EDF, E.on, Npower, Scottish Power and SSE per single and dual fuel energy switch.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The commission arrangements between price comparison websites and energy suppliers are commercial matters for the individual companies concerned. The Department does not hold information on the average commission these price comparison companies charge the energy supply companies referred to, per single and dual fuel energy switch.
Asked by: Dan Poulter (Labour - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of households are with their home, regional incumbent supplier for electricity and gas in each electricity supply region.
Answered by Jesse Norman
Data is collected by the department as part of the domestic fuels inquiry (DFI). This covers an estimated 86% of customers in the energy market. Customers not covered by the DFI are those supplied by smaller, non-home energy suppliers. Based on this data, the proportion of domestic customers that are supplied by their home, regional incumbent supplier for electricity and gas in quarter 2 2016 are as follows:
Region | Electricity | Gas |
East Midlands | 33% | 39% |
Eastern | 32% | 41% |
London | 40% | 50% |
Merseyside & North Wales | 32% | 46% |
North East | 27% | 35% |
North Scotland | 64% | 33% |
North West | 29% | 46% |
South East | 35% | 38% |
South Scotland | 41% | 42% |
South Wales | 54% | 33% |
South West | 37% | 42% |
Southern | 45% | 38% |
West Midlands | 27% | 43% |
Yorkshire | 27% | 42% |