United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 111702
Energy: Meters
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15 December 2022
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11 January 2023 · Answer
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11 January 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussion he has had with Ofgem about the potential merits of a ban on the forcible installation of prepayment meters this winter.
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15 December 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussion he has had with Ofgem about the potential merits of a ban on the forcible installation of prepayment meters this winter.
Source: Commons
11 January 2023
Answer
The energy regulator Ofgem has rules in place that restrict the force-fitting of a prepayment meter on customers who are in debt, except as a last resort, and only where it is safe to do so. Circumstances under which it is deemed not safe to have a prepay...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-12-15/111702
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1552044
- uk · wq-1552044 · source updated 11 January 2023