Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make a comparative estimate of the number of (a) households that include a disabled person and (b) other households on a pre-payment meter.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy does not collect data on the number of households with a disabled person on pre-payment meters. Ofgem, the independent regulator, does not collect data at this level. Ofgem License Conditions restrict the installation of pre-payment meters for debt, specifying that a pre-payment meter has to be safe and practical. Under Ofgem guidance safety considerations include having a disability.