Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the smart meter rollout beyond 2025.

The smart metering Targets Framework sets energy suppliers annual, individual minimum installation targets over a four-year period and is driving the momentum of the rollout.

Ofgem is responsible for regulating and enforcing energy suppliers against their minimum installation targets.

The Government will consider whether further measures are needed after 2025 in addition to the existing smart metering New and Replacement Obligation to maximise the benefits of the rollout beyond the end of the four-year Framework.

The smart meter rollout continues to unlock energy system flexibility which is forecast to reduce system costs by up to £10bn a year by 2050.