Question follow-through · 112261

Energy: Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of extending a specific price cap, comparable to that applying to domestic customers, to landlords of vacant residential properties supp

answeredDr Ellie ChownsDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Answering body: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled: 10 Feb 2026
Target answer date: 12 Feb 2026
Answer: 17 Feb 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Votes on this topic

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Recorded timeline

10 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of extending a specific price cap, comparable to that applying to domestic customers, to landlords of vacant residential properties supp
12 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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17 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Price Cap was established to protect existing and future domestic customers who pay standard variable and default rates from a ‘loyalty penalty’. The non-domestic energy market is significantly more complicated, with considerable variation in consumpt...

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