Question follow-through · 47726
Utilities: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that increased charges by utility providers are put towards maintaining (a) clean and (b) safe infrastructure for consumer services.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 24 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 2 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
24 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that increased charges by utility providers are put towards maintaining (a) clean and (b) safe infrastructure for consumer services.
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 May 2025
Answer published
Ofgem review the price cap level every three months and ensure that it reflects wholesale prices as well as other costs incurred by suppliers. This includes network costs, for example the building, fixing and repair of pipes and wires to transport energy.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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