Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department holds information on the number of (a) energy suppliers and (b) contractors hired by energy suppliers undertaking forced installations of prepayment meters; and what recent estimate he has made of the number of households that have had prepayment meters forcibly installed by energy suppliers in the latest period for which data is available.

The Government has published a 5-point plan to tackle bad behaviour by energy suppliers. This includes a call for suppliers to stop the practice of forced prepayment switching and look at how else they can support those struggling to pay their bills. The Government has also demanded that suppliers share the number of warrants they’ve applied for in recent months and plans to publish the findings.