Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department spent on (a) advertising the availability of and (b) registration of individuals onto a utilities Priority Services Register.

Condition 26 of Ofgem’s gas and electricity supply licence conditions requires suppliers to identify consumers who are eligible for the Priority Service Register and offer to add any or all of the Minimum Details to the Priority Services Register during interactions.

Details regarding the PSR are available to the public on Ofgem’s website, which can be accessed here: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/get-help-your-supplier-priority-services-register