Question follow-through · 105971
Energy: Billing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of energy suppliers holding large aggregate customer credit balances on household finances.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 14 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 23 Jan 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
14 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of energy suppliers holding large aggregate customer credit balances on household finances.
19 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jan 2026
Answer published
The level of customer credit balances held by energy suppliers is a matter for Ofgem, as the independent regulator. Energy suppliers use credit balances as a way to smooth customer direct debit payments over a year, accounting for seasonal variations in u...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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