Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Natural Gas: Competition

(asked on 29th April 2019) - View Source
Questioner
Rebecca Long Bailey Portrait
Rebecca Long Bailey
(Labour - Salford and Eccles)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what comparative assessment his Department has made of the number of customers who switched suppliers of (a) LPG and (b) mains gas in each of the last three years for which data is available.

Answered by
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Claire Perry
This question was answered on 8th May 2019

According to data held by the Competition and Markets Authority, the annual switching rate for suppliers of Liquified Petroleum Gas in 2016, 2017 and 2018 is:

Year to 31 May

Metered estates (%)*

Single tanks (%)*

2016

1.14

3.72

2017

1.35

4.58

2018

1.67

5.27

* Calculated as the percentage of customers switching away compared to the size of the customer base at the start of the year.

The data regarding mains gas switching is publicly available information, and can be found at https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/data-portal/number-domestic-customers-switching-supplier-fuel-type-gb

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