Question follow-through · 1803
Electricity: Billing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his department has made of the potential merits of rebalancing policy costs levied on electricity bills across gas and electricity bills equally.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 15 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2026
- Answer
- 3 Aug 2026 · 80 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his department has made of the potential merits of rebalancing policy costs levied on electricity bills across gas and electricity bills equally.
19 May 2026
Target answer date
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3 Aug 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises that policy costs fall disproportionately on electricity bills and are taking forward work to ensure that prices reflect the cheaper wholesale price of clean energy.On the distribution of costs between electricity and gas, the Go...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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