Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 35408

Energy: Prices

Tabled: 4 March 2025
Answered: 12 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal DemocratSouth Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he is taking steps to help end regional differences in domestic energy bills.

Answer

Miatta Fahnbulleh
Standing charges are a commercial matter for suppliers, and are regulated by Ofgem, but we know that too much of the burden of the bill is placed on them. The Government has worked constructively with the regulator on the issue of standing charges, and we...

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