Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of (a) board members and (b) employees of Ofgem have previous experience in the sectors that they regulate.

Ofgem Board members have a wide range of skills and experiences that are relevant to their role. Bios of the Ofgem Board members, and those that sit on the Executive Committee, are available on the Ofgem website:

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/about-us/our-structure-and-leadership/gema-and-executive-committee-members

Ofgem employees are civil servants with individual skills and experiences. Many will have spent some time employed in the energy sector and some on secondment. Data are not available that would enable a proportion to be estimated.