Question follow-through · 58615
Ofgem: Sustainable Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking with Ofgem to help ensure there is adequate data (a) governance and (b) controls for sustainability arrangements at Ofgem.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 10 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jun 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
- Drax Power: Finance · 9 Feb 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 · 1 Jul 2026
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 2 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking with Ofgem to help ensure there is adequate data (a) governance and (b) controls for sustainability arrangements at Ofgem.
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Jun 2025
Answer published
Ofgem is an independent regulator and HM Treasury has principal oversight over Ofgem’s finances. As an independent regulator and Non-Ministerial Government Department, Ofgem is responsible for setting its own internal policies and controls in-line with it...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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