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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the regulation of the LPG market by the Competition and Markets Authority.

The monitoring of the liquefied petroleum gas supply market for domestic suppliers is a matter for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) exercising its role as an independent competition authority.

Domestic bulk LPG suppliers remain subject to regulation under the CMA Statutory Orders and the CMA continues to monitor compliance with these Orders and the 2012 voluntary agreements. More information is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/liquefied-petroleum-gas-lpg-market-orders-and-calculator

In February 2018 the CMA published a factsheet and short animation explaining switching rights for new and existing Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) customers on metered estates: www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-advises-liquefied-petroleum-gas-customers-on-switching-rights. This was accompanied by updated guidance from the sector trade association UKLPG for its members about how best to communicate with residents of metered estates about their supply and switching options and a Q&A for residents on their website.