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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the spending from the public purse to date on the smart meter roll-out; and if he will make a statement.

The smart meter roll-out is being funded from investment by energy suppliers and network operators.

The only expenditure relating to the Smart Metering Implementation Programme that comes from the public purse is the direct cost to Government of delivering the Programme.

This represents around 1% of the Programme’s total costs, for which estimates are set out in the latest version of the Government’s cost-benefit analysis of the Programme:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/smart-meter-roll-out-gb-cost-benefit-analysis.