Question follow-through · 77823
Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help reduce regional inequalities in energy bills.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 16 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 17 Oct 2025 · 31 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Environment and energy
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- Fuel Poverty: Rural Areas · 10 Oct 2025
- Renewables Obligation: Biofuels · 10 Oct 2025
- Batteries: Storage · 17 Oct 2025
- Fuel Poverty: Ely and East Cambridgeshire · 23 Oct 2025
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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
16 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he is taking to help reduce regional inequalities in energy bills.
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Oct 2025
Answer published
Energy prices vary regionally due to differences in the costs of local electricity and gas distribution networks, which are influenced by factors like population density and infrastructure maintenance. The energy price cap accounts for these differences i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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