Question follow-through · 49865
Energy: Meters
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to improve protections for private renters with pre-paid energy metres.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 1 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 12 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
1 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to improve protections for private renters with pre-paid energy metres.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 May 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to ensure energy is affordable for all households, including those who are on prepayment meters. For some consumers, prepayment meters are a useful tool for managing budgets. In 2023, Ofgem introduced stringent rules for the in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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