Question follow-through · 103554
Energy: Standing Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce regional inequalities with standing charge rates.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 6 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce regional inequalities with standing charge rates.
8 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jan 2026
Answer published
Regional variations in standing charges arise from differences in electricity distribution costs and reflect the different costs of maintaining and upgrading the distribution network in a specific area, and the number of consumers those costs are spread a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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