Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the number of customers who have been overcharged for their energy use due to smart meter errors in each of the last three years.
Answered by Martin McCluskey - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Accuracy levels for both smart and analogue meters must comply with the Measuring Instruments Regulations (SI 2016/1153). Consumers have the right to have their meter independently tested if they dispute its accuracy.
The Department does not hold data on the number of customers who have been overcharged due to meter errors. More broadly, customers with analogue meters are almost three times more likely to complain about billing errors than customers with smart meters.
Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the trustees of the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme about protecting members' bonus pensions by removing standstill from the MPS Rules.
Answered by Chris McDonald - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
I am meeting the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme Trustees in early February to discuss potential changes to the scheme, including standstill.
Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent discussions his Department has had with the trustees of the British Coal Staff Superannuation Scheme on the transfer of its investment reserve to members.
Answered by Michael Shanks - Minister of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
The previous Minister of State for Industry met the BCSSS Trustees on 22 April, 11 June and 22 July and confirmed the Government’s commitment to considering their proposals regarding the reserve and the future of the scheme. DESNZ will now engage HM Treasury with a view to agreeing a way forward on the transfer of the reserve to members.
The Government is aiming to reach agreement on an outcome that can be implemented later this year which will benefit scheme members.