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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on a cap for default tariffs which are not standard variable tariffs; and if he will make a statement.

The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Select Committee are scrutinising the Government’s Draft Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill. The draft bill would require Ofgem to impose a cap on all standard variable and default tariffs, and defines a default tariff as a rate or amount charged for if the customer fails to choose an alternative rate.