Question follow-through · 117952
Energy: Standing Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the cost of energy standing charges on households in North Wales.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 9 Mar 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the cost of energy standing charges on households in North Wales.
9 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Mar 2026
Answer published
We are committed to bearing down on the cost of standing charges and continue to work closely with the independent regulator, Ofgem, on this issue. As a result of action following the Autumn Budget, and shifting the recovery of the Warm Home Discount to u...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Written question 30118
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