Dan Jarvis – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dan Jarvis on 2016-04-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to reduce consumer energy prices.

Andrea Leadsom

There are now 33 independent suppliers for households to choose from in additional to the six largest suppliers, giving more choice than ever before. By switching from a standard tariff to the best fixed, direct debit deal on the market, many people could save around £300 and some could save even more. We have already made it simpler and quicker to switch supplier and are working towards next day switching.

The Government supports the Competition and Markets Authority’s investigation into the retail energy market and we will take forward appropriate implementation of its final recommendations which are due to be published shortly.