Question follow-through · 69472
Energy: Standing Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on reducing electricity and gas standing charges.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 21 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2025 · 45 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with Ofgem on reducing electricity and gas standing charges.
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government knows that, for many consumers, too much of the burden of the bill is placed on standing charges. We are committed to lowering the cost of standing charges and are working constructively with Ofgem, on this issue. Ofgem have conducted a bro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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