Philip Hollobone – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Philip Hollobone on 2016-02-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to prevent the mis-selling of domestic energy to pensioners.

Andrea Leadsom

Energy companies are required under their licence conditions to ensure all information that they or their representatives provide to domestic customers during a marketing activity is complete, accurate and easily understood.

Ofgem has powers to investigate and impose sanctions, such as financial penalties, on energy companies when they are found to have breached their licence conditions, including mis-selling.