Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of adding a default notice to customers' credit files before the resolution of their payment disputes with energy providers on their credit rating.

The Government recognises that information relating to arrears, such as a default notice, can have an adverse impact on an individual’s credit file. While the decision to report arrears information about an energy account to a credit reference agency is ultimately a matter for the energy company, energy companies and other organisations that report such information are expected to follow the Principles for the Reporting of Arrears, Arrangements and Defaults at Credit Reference Agencies, available at: https://www.scoronline.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Principles-for-the-Reporting-of-Arrears-Arr….