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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent estimate he made of the cost of electricity being supplied by utility companies without charge to the user.

The Department does not hold data on the cost of electricity supplied by energy companies without charge.

Ofgem regularly reports on energy customer debt as part of the monitoring of their Consumer Vulnerability Strategy. Their latest report can be found online at:

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/consumer-vulnerability-strategy