| Heading: |
Energy: Standing Charges |
| Question ID: |
1809395 |
| UIN: |
57479 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5111 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Martin Wrigley
|
| Asking Member handle: |
|
| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Martin Wrigley
|
| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of standing charges on retirees in Devon. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
|
| Date answered: |
2025-06-11 |
| Date answer corrected: |
|
| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5099 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Miatta Fahnbulleh
|
| Answering Member handle: |
|
| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Miatta Fahnbulleh
|
| Correcting Member ID: |
|
| Correcting Member display name: |
|
| Correcting Member handle: |
|
| Correcting Member Twitter reference: |
|
| Answer text: |
We know that too much of the burden of the bill is placed on standing charges. We are committed to lowering the cost of standing charges and have worked constructively with the regulator, Ofgem, on this issue. Ofgem has carried out detailed distributional... |
| Original answer text: |
|
| Comparable answer text: |
|
| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |