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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has had recent discussions with energy companies on prioritising customers with an energy pre-payment metres for retrofitting works.

Pre-payment meter customers are eligible under the Energy Company Obligation (ECO4), however meeting the eligibility criteria does not guarantee assistance under the ECO4 scheme. The decision to offer any assistance lies solely with ECO-obligated energy suppliers and the installers to whom they sub-contract.

Under ECO Flex, energy suppliers can meet up to half of their ECO targets by delivering to households identified by local authorities or themselves. Customers in energy debt, and therefore, those on pre-payment meters, may be prioritised by suppliers under this element of ECO.